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"The Collector's Circle club allows us to share special wines that are made in limited quantity.  It provides our members with these unique wines, some rarely found except at the winery."
Tom Klein, Proprietor

Next Shipment
Collector's Circle Wine Club member's Fall shipment will be sent at the beginning of September and includes our 2005 Symmerty and our 2007 Estate Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley. Keep in mind...if you have new address information, please email us with the updates. For those of you who prefer to phone, please call us at (866) 779-4637 or send a fax to our Hospitality Center at (866) 779-4638. Thanks for keeping us up to date!

Refer a Friend
We have a new benefit to add to your Collector's Circle membership — refer a friend to join and YOU enjoy the benefits. For each member referred, you will get you a one time only special discount of 40% off any current release. So, what are friends for?

YOUR Favorite Way to Grill a Prime Rib Roast
There's nothing like perfectly grilled meat hot off the grill. If you have never prepared a prime rib roast on the grill, then this is the season to give it a try! To prepare your roast, rub meat all over with a bit of olive oil, and season with YOUR favorite garden herbs, salt, and pepper. We recommend grilling your roast with medium, indirect heat, so the meat will cook slowly on one side of the grill with the fire underneath on the other. The temperature should be around 300 to 325 degrees. If you have a gas grill, soak a handful of hickory chips in water 30 minutes before putting them on the gas briquettes. If you are using charcoal, replace half of the charcoal with hickory chunks. This will help to raise the heat, and will give the meat a smokier flavor.

Use these guidelines for amount of time to roast and use meat thermometer to test:

  • Rare: 12-15 minutes per pound - 115 degrees to 125 degrees
  • Med. Rare: 14-18 minutes per pound - 125-135 degrees
  • Done: 16-20 minutes per pound -140-145 degrees

Directions:
Remove from grill at recommended temperature, cover and let it sit for 15 minutes before slicing. This is the most important part of the recipe: Make sure you get a big enough roast for leftovers!

For an excellent pairing with Prime Rib, try Rodney Strong Vineyard's Knotty Vines Estate Bottled Zinfandel.

For more recipes, visit our Recipe Archive.

Collector's Circle Wine Club News Archive
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