Field Vineyards, Katarina Field, Katarina Cabernet,

Katarina Cabernet Sauvignon
Alexander Valley, 2003
Awarded Silver Medal at this year's 2005 San Francisco International Wine Competition!

SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, June 26, 2005 Field Vineyards, Katarina, Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley, 2003 a very limited, high end, boutique wine was awarded a Silver Medal by notable judges at the just completed 2005 San Francisco International Wine Competition, the largest and most respected International wine competition in America.

Over 1,000 wineries submitted wines from 18 countries which made this years event the largest and most successful ever. Only commercial wines produced by a professional winery were permitted to enter the competition.

The Executive Director for this years event was noted wine and food authority, Anthony Dias Blue, Wine and Spirits Editor of Bon Appetit Magazine. To ensure the competition's rigor and integrity, judging was based on a blind, consensual procedure. All wines were judged by vintage within each class. Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals were presented to wines receiving a consensus vote by the panel of judges. The judges serving on the panel were nationally recognized wine experts, sophisticated wine writers, wine buyers, sommeliers and retailers from around the country.

The following is a partial list of judges from this years competition:

Patrick Comiskey, West Coast Editor, Wine & Spirits Magazine, SF
Thom Elkjer, Wine Editor, Wine Country Living, SF
Catherine Fallis, MS, Wine Director, Planet Grape/Aqua, SF
Doug Frost, MS/MW, Wine & Spirits Writer, Kansas City Star
Alan Goldfarb, Wine Editor, St. Helena Star, California
Michael Hill-Smith, MW, Universal Wine Bar, Adelaide, Australia
Eugenio Jardim, Wine Director, Jardiniere, San Francisco
Charles Mara, Wine Merchant, Mara & Co., New York
Drake McCarthy, Importer/Distributor, Diamond Wine Merchants, SF
Frank Prial, Wine Editor, The New York Times
Jeffery Stivers, Wine & Spirits Director, Cicada Restaurant, LA
James Trezise, President, New York Wine & Grape Foundation
Kevin Vogt, MS, Wine Director, Delmonico’s Restaurant, Las Vegas
Ron Washam, Wine Director, Pacific Dining Car, Los Angeles
Rosina Tinari Wilson, Wine & Food Editor, Wine X Magazine, CA

Field Vineyards is located along the Russian River in the world-renowned Alexander Valley in Northern Sonoma County. Katarina Field is a cheerful, vital and vigorously artistic woman who has the "Spirit of the Renaissance" running through her veins and through her forty year old, award winning Cabernet Sauvignon vines. Field Vineyards, a well established highly respected grape supplier has been growing, harvesting and selling high quality fruit for over twenty years. Fruit from Field Vineyards has been sought after by some of the finest wineries in the industry, St. Francis, Sebastiani, Lake Sonoma, Beringer, Korbel, Sterling, Clos Du Bois and Silver Oak just to name a few.

Katarina, Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley, 2003 achieves a wonderful balance of intense, focused flavors of ripe blackberries and plump, juicy cherries smothered in elegant tannins. Thick, rich layers of vibrant fruit combined with subtle cedary oak and leather aromas produce pure pleasure as it passes your palate. With the first 500 case production of Katarina Cabernet, Field Vineyards has now become not only a highly sought after grape supplier but a highly sought after producer of outstanding award-winning wine.

For more information about the San Francisco International Wine Competition and a complete list of winners, visit: www.SFWineComp.com

Wine Profile

Katarina Cabernet achieves a wonderful balance of intense, focused flavors of ripe blackberries and. plump, juicy cherries smothered in elegant tannins. Thick, rich layers of vibrant fruit combined with subtle cedary oak and leather aromas produce pure pleasure as it passes our palate.

Winemaking Notes

The grapes for this wine came exclusively from Field's Katarina Vineyards in the beautiful Alexander Valley. The vineyard is situated on the banks of the Russian River and contains a mix of old vines and new plantings. As a result of the gravely to rocky loam these vines produce a low yield, high quality fruit. The grapes were destemmed, crushed and fermented warm. During fermentation, the juice was pumped from the bottom of the tank over the cap of floating grape skins to extract a rich, ruby red color and forthright fruit flavors. At the end of fermentation, the wine was pressed and allowed to settle and complete malolactic fermentation in a stainless steel tank before being racked to French and American oak barrels. The barrel aging process was limited to showcase the true fruit character of this outstanding vineyard.

Composition: Cabernet Sauvignon - 100% Appellation
Alexander Valley - 100%
Total Production: 500 cases Alcohol Level: 13.9%
Brix at Harvest: 24.6% pH: 3.72%
Titatable Acidity: 0.57% g./100ml

Food Pairing
Katarina Cabernet matches beautifully with juicy beef tenderloin, simple sautéed mushrooms, wild rice and grilled zucchini. It's also a perfect accompaniment to anything with chocolate.