Rutherford, CA (August 2, 2012):  St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery is excited to announce the opening of their newly renovated tasting rooms and art gallery in Rutherford, California. “Our goal was to create small, intimate spaces to best showcase our estate wines,” says St. Supéry Estate CEO, Emma Swain. “St. Supéry Estate has always valued wine education and we believe the most important part of wine education is discovering your own palate in a meaningful way that allows you to better communicate your tastes and have more consistency with your wine purchases. Our renovated winery creates an environment that facilitates this level of wine education,” continues Swain. 

In order to offer personalized tasting and learning experiences, St. Supéry Estate remodeled the Winery to suit a variety of different wine consumers and their tastes.  The downstairs Estate Room, with its long bar, casual seating areas, and outdoor patio adjacent to the pétanque courts, is built for lively, fun wine tastings in a social environment. For those seeking a more intimate wine experience, there is the Gallery Level that is home to a private wine cellar, private tasting rooms, and seated tasting experiences designed for smaller groups. 

St. Supéry Estate continues to champion wine education with a refined Vineyard to Glass tour, daily wine tastings, and a series of wine experiences developed to encourage guests to engage with the wine in a multi-sensory manner.  The newly developed Interactive Wine Classes are for guests with varying levels of wine education, from the introductory class, “Pleasure in the Glass,” to the more advanced multi-sensory class, “Five Bordeaux Varietals and your Five Senses.” These classes are offered throughout the week to allow guests a variety of unique daily experiences at St. Supéry Estate.

In addition to the variety of wine experiences, St. Supéry Estate continues to offer world-class art gallery exhibitions in their newly renovated Art Gallery.  Exhibitions rotate twice yearly and are designed and installed by the Paul Thiebaud Gallery in San Francisco.  St. Supéry Estate currently features Bay Area artist Grace Munakata’s work as the debut exhibition in the new space. Munakata’s work, showing for the first time ever in Napa Valley, is available to the public daily at no charge from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through November.

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery is a family owned, sustainably farmed, estate winery in Napa Valley, California. St. Supéry Estate specializes in Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon, with more than 500 acres of sustainably farmed, Napa Green certified vineyards. Its award-winning wines are available from local retailers, at restaurants, at the winery in Rutherford, and online from St. Supéry Estate. Members of the St. Supéry Estate Club and Divine Club receive special small-lot estate wines and access to exclusive winery events and offers. Check for new releases and local tasting events on www.stsupery.com. Follow St. Supéry Estate on Twitter @stsupery or like St. Supéry Estate on Facebook for all the latest updates on events and wine releases.  St. Supéry Estate's Napa Valley winery and gallery welcomes guests daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for tastings, tours, Interactive Wine Classes and special events. For questions, call 1-800-942-0809 ext 44.

For inquiries, a press kit, or to set up a press preview, contact Jenna Bergna, 707-963-4507, ext 24 or Jenna@stsupery.com.

St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery · 8440 St. Helena Hwy. · PO Box 38 · Rutherford CA · 94573 www.stsupery.com · Phone 707-963-4507 · Fax 707-963-4526 · Toll Free 800-942-0809