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Mercury Wine Ribbon Cutting

Partners Brad Beard and Jake Hawkes had their ribbon cutting for their Mercury Winery tasting room on Friday, January 29, 2010. This wonderful new winer boast some excellent wines at reasonable prices including an $8- 500 ml jug as posted on Chowhound.

Mercury Wine on Chowhound

Wine Deal: NV Mercury Wine Geyserville Red, $8 (500 ml jug)

Saturday a friend and I took the slow way home after an afternoon of winetasting in Healdsburg with a 5pm cocktail chaser at Cyrus. We thought we’d catch Santa’s arrival in Geyserville and dinner at Diavola.

Right next door to Diavola (across the alley), a brightly lit tasting room was still open and crammed full of people. I didn’t remember seeing it before and asked how long it had been open. Turned out I was talking to the owner’s dad, and he answered, “One hour!”

Here’s a photo of the wine bottles and pickled vegetables in the display racks lining the walls. The winemaker, Jake Hawkes, canned all the veggies too. We liked the contemporary, hip and unpretentious feel of this place.http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenmaiser/4147124549

There’s a barrel room off to the side, and I took this photo of the table centerpiece.http://twitpic.com/reds0

Those 500 ml jugs shown in the picture are the Geyserville red wine. It’s a blend of vintages, mostly Bordeaux varieties, from the family’s vineyards in Alexander Valley. Plush, ripe tannins feel soft and velvety in the mouth, and there’s plenty of richness, depth and complexity in a ready-to-drink framework. Most wines at this price point are fruit bombs with little backbone or finish. This one goes down smooth and lingers with a black currant aftertaste. Sipping this wine, I immediately had a craving for some beefy short ribs. At $8 for 500ml (equal to $12 per 750ml bottle), this wine is a screaming deal and easily bests wines selling for more than double the price. I also like the format, just the right size for two people to share over dinner.

http://www.mercurywine.com/

Catch the full blog on Chowhound at http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/670693

Keith Lampson - Spirit of Sonoma Recipient 2009

The Geyserville Chamber honored Keith Lampson with the Sonoma County Spirit of Sonoma Award on December 4, 2009 at a ceremony at the Double Tree Inn in Rohnert Park. He was acknowledged along with 22 other organizations and their recipients for his many years of community service and his commitment to the agriculture industry in Sonoma County. Keith Lampson is the former owner of Lampson Tractor. Over the years, he has been extremely generous with his time, as well as his quiet financial support of local organizations. A graduate of Geyserville High School's class of 1947, he received a degree in Marketing from San Jose State and served in the Navy from 1951-1955, at which time he started Lampson Tractor. His business, which provided a vast majority of equipment used in the modern wine industry, was sold in 2007. Keith has been a member of the Allied Grape Growers, the volunteer fire department and a booster of the FFA Fair in Geyserville. The Chamber also honors Keith because he was instrumental in its reformation in 1974, and has served as president and long-time board member. With him at the ceremony, to share Keith's recognition was his bride since 1961, Dr. Irene Becker.

Diana Barret, Spirit of Sonoma Recepient 2008

The Geyserville Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Diana Barrett has been selected to be our Spirit of Sonoma recipient for 2008. Barrett has been an exceptional contributor to the Geyserville Chamber of Commerce serving on its Board of Directors for the last nine years in various and in many capacities. Barrett was also a member of the Geyserville Planning Committee for twelve years. In her professional life she did biomedical research at the Lawrence Livermore Lab early in her career and traveled the world presenting papers on biomedical research regarding automation of the Pap smear and breast cancer cytology. She is a past recipient of the Cytotechnologist of the Year Award. She later partnered in opening a retreat for psychotherapy at Pocket Ranch in Geyserville. Barrett is currently executive director of the STAR Foundation (located in Geyserville), a nonprofit foundation offering ten-day intensive workshops dedicated to personal growth and psychotherapy, with programs held in Arizona.

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Sonama West Publishers, "Discoveries" magazine ran a delightful article by Ray Holley with photography by Sarah Bradbury which included Geyserville.

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2007 Citizen of the Year

Geyserville Chamber of CommerceCitizens of the Year2007

as reported in The Healdsburg Tribune, March 1 - 7, 2007

Geyserville namesScheiber Citizen of the Year

By MATTHEW HALLStaff Writer

The Geyserville Chamber of Commerce has chosen Cosette Trautman-Scheiber as the Geyserville Citizen of the Year for 2007.The Chamber's biannual award is given to a dedicated volunteer in town — someone who keeps the business of the Chamber in the forefront.Chamber President Karen Waelde said she brought a list of nominees to the Chamber membership but the choice quickly became clear. "It was pretty much hands down when you look at her involvement in the community," she said.

Scheiber and her husband Ron own the Hope-Merrill and Hope-Bosworth

Bed & Breakfast Inns. The pair purchased the businesses in 1997 and moved to Geyserville where they immediately becamean integral part of the community.Scheiber was Chamber president for three years in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Former Chamber president Harry Bosworth said it was unheard of for someone to be' Chamber president in three consecutive years and that she had continued to support the local community as head of several committees.

"She's been very active in the community since she got here," he said. "Because of

all those things I think people thought she deserved some recognition."

Bosworth's grandparents were the original owners of the Hope-Bosworth 'building and he said he was happy to see the building renovated and still in use.

Scheiber has also been Chamber secretary, chairwoman of the Geyserville downtown merchants committee, chaired the Fall Colors Festival with her husband and has taken over management of the Visitors Center project.She said she was excited about the Visitor's Center as it would provide a location for traveling guests to learn about Geyserville and that she enjoyed seeing new businesses open as part of her work with downtown merchants but that no one project was her favorite."They are all part of the Chamber activities so I don't know that I can really say one is better than the other, they are all a piece of the Chamber" she said. "I think they are all important."The Chamber presented Scheiber with a Certificate of Appreciation that she will display at the Hope-Merrill House.