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February 28, 2007
Eco-Tours Now Part of Kunde Estate Wine Country Experience
Kunde Estate has announced its “Eco Tour” and “Sustainable Winegrowing Hike” schedules for 2007. Designed for hiking and wine enthusiasts, the programs enhance public education and awareness of sustainable winegrowing practices. Fourth Generation Winegrower Jeff Kunde will lead Eco Tours that climb from the Sonoma Valley floor up 1400’ through the vineyards and into the Mayacamas Mountains, concluding with a wine tasting and gourmet lunch overlooking Sonoma Valley.
Lasting approximately four hours, Eco Tours are $75.00 per person and pre-registration is required. Dates are May 5, June 2, August 25 and October 20. Complimentary Sustainable Winegrowing Hikes with Sonoma Valley docent Bill Myers conclude at the winery tasting room and are scheduled for May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10 and December 8. Guests are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. For more information or to sign–up for a tour, visit www.kunde.com.
“Our guests have been asking us about the connection between what happens on our estate vineyards and what they’re tasting in the bottle, and what it means to be estate-grown and sustainably farmed as opposed to organically farmed,” said Marcia Kunde Mickelson, Fourth Generation Winegrower. “There’s no better way to understand the benefits of sustainability than to see them first-hand. And people love getting outside and connecting with the place in a much more tactile way. We’re honored to have a spectacular 1,850 acre estate with an ecological diversity that allows for this one-of-a-kind wine country tour.”
The Kunde family is committed to sustainable winegrowing and to producing only 100% estate grown wines from the famed Sonoma Valley. “In December 2005, we achieved Second Level Green Business Certification from the San Francisco Bay Area Green Business Program — one of only 12 Sonoma county wineries out of more than 200 to be awarded this certification,” said Fourth Generation Winegrower, Jeff Kunde. “Everyone at Kunde Estate is very proud of what we are putting in the bottle, and that the core values of sustainable winegrowing are acting in ways that are at once environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially responsible.”
Contacts:
Kunde Estate Winery & Vineyards
Marcia Kunde Mickelson, 707-833-5501
marcia@kunde.com
or
Paige Poulos Communications
Joel Quigley or Travis Arnesen,
510-970-9777 or 800-497-3376
kunde@paigepoulos.com
Source: Press Release; “Kunde Estate Offers Green Hiking Tours of Sustainably Farmed Wine Estate,” KENWOOD, Calif.--February 27, 2007
Posted by fortna at February 28, 2007 05:04 AM
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