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The Wine List
 

The Wine Collection takes center stage at Friends Lake Inn. The Inn's wine collection has earned the Wine Spectator Magazine's coveted Grand Award since '97. The cellar boasts over 25,000 bottles of wine and offers an extensive International selection of over 2200 different types of wine.

The Wine list prices range from house wine selections at $22/bottle to prestigious vintages of Bordeaux and Burgundy in the thousands. The wine list features a very extensive selection of verticals Bordeaux and Cabernet Sauvignon. However; the Phillips' are most proud of the array of high-quality reasonably priced New World "finds" that grace the selection.



 

 

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   Wine Dinners

All of our wine events are sumptuously themed five course dinners created by our Chef, Matthew Bolton, matched with wines under the direction of Innkeeper and Wine Director John Phillips. Wine dinners start at 7:00 pm with a reception in the Murphy Room. Dinners are five courses matched with five wines with Casual commentary between courses.

Rodney Strong Wine Dinner

Friday February 10th, 2012

Rodney Strong Vineyards produces wines from grapes grown exclusively in Sonoma County's finest appellations: Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Chalk Hill and Sonoma Coast.  Rod was one of the  first to plant pinot noir in the Russian River Valley, the first to produce and release a Chalk Hill   chardonnay, and the first to make a single-vineyard cabernet in Sonoma.

 

Casual commentary by Kelly Newton, Empire Wines.

 

$95 per person 7 pm reception 7:30 dinner

 

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Joseph Carr Wine Dinner

Friday March 16th, 2012

Joseph Carr was an award winning Sommelier and international wine industry executive who set out on     his own in 2005 and founded Joseph Carr Winery in Carneros, California.  It was, as Mr. Carr would        say, a chance to follow a dream. "We're a family owned company dedicated to making world class, handcrafted wines.  We work with small growers, coopers and winemakers producing elegant,   sophisticated, yet approachable wine from Napa Valley, Carneros, and the North Coast of California."

 

Casual commentary by Joseph Carr

 

$85 per person 7 pm reception 7:30 dinner

 

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The Wine Bar

Join us in the cozy friendly Wine Bar to try some selections by the glass or bottle. The Inn offers a light menu to complement wine from the extensive cruvinet system. A lovely selection of microbrews and a fully stocked bar is available as well.  The Wine Bar is a popular destination in the afternoon or for before dinner cocktails and after dinner nightcaps.

The Wine Shop

Come visit the the Wine Shop, we offer hundreds of  interesting, hand selected wines from around the world priced from $9.

 Open every day from  9am to 9pm .

 

 

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