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Join us for the WSOP Hall of Fame & November Nine Dinner

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

JAQK Cellars invites you to dine with the legends of the game at the inaugural WSOP Hall of Fame & November Nine Dinner on November 7, 2009.

Simply buy 12 bottles of JAQK Cellars ‘High Roller’ Cabernet Sauvignon and we will give you one VIP ticket to the event. You’ll be able to rub elbows with poker luminaries from past and present, as well as the nine finalists from this year’s main event tournament. A WSOP professional will be seated at your table and you’ll also receive guaranteed seating to view the final table of the tournament.

The offer is strictly limited to the first 80 cases sold. To order, please call Brigid at (415) 398-1630 x320 to confirm that seats are still available (and that this offer is valid in your state). Enjoy!

JAQK Cellars: The Official Wine of the World Series of Poker

Monday, June 29th, 2009

JAQK Cellars is proud to be The Official Wine at this year’s World Series of Poker, as well as the Presenting Sponsor of the WSOP’s First Annual Hall of Fame & November Nine Dinner.

Get ready Las Vegas… JAQK will be at the Main Event from July 2nd - 15th.

If you will be there, come find us in the JAQK Cellars Wine Lounge at the PokerPalooza, the VIP Lounge and just outside the entrance to the Main Event tournament. (That is, the Main Event where there are 8,000 players competing for the final nine seats and the multi-million dollar purse.) Good luck!

‘High Roller’ Stands Out at Acme’s Atelier Wine Tasting

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Last Saturday, our very own winemaker, Craig MacLean was included in Acme Fine Wine’s 1st Annual Atelier, a tasting gallery of twelve of Napa’s top artisan winemakers.  The sold-out event gave patrons and press a rare opportunity to meet the winemakers and taste 50 of the most treasured wines from Napa Valley.

Jon Bonne, from the SF Chronicle, remarked that “It’s easier to schedule a Vanity Fair cover shoot than get a dozen of Napa Valley’s biggest stars in the same room.” NapaMan described the tasting as a privilege “of tasting 50 of Napa Valley’s most treasured wines, the rarest of rare juice. Stuff that you customarily can’t get your hands on…”

The winemakers present included, in alphabetical order, Heidi Barrett, Russell Bevan, Andy Erickson, Sarah Gott, Mark Herold, Mike Hirby, Craig MacLean, Philippe Melka, Robbie Meyer, Dave Phinney and Pam Starr. 

Joel and I were on hand to help Craig with the pouring of our ‘High Roller’ Cabernet. It was exciting to introduce our flagship wine to this crowd. The Napa Valley Register named ‘High Roller’ as a standout wine from the entire event.

Our thanks to Acme’s Karen Williams and David Stevens for hosting the event.

JAQK Uncorked

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
It’s official! On October 9, 2008, JAQK Cellars was launched at Le Club in San Francisco with great fanfare and success. The debut of our eight wines couldn’t have gone any better. Glasses were filled and emptied quickly and continuously as Craig extolled the virtues of each varietal.

There was a good deal of “playing” going on, whether on the card table, in the billiard room, or at the hands of the fiendishly befuddling card trickster extraordinaire, Chester Santos.
The turn-out was as impressive as it was flattering, and even included a few wine industry luminaries. Alas, we couldn’t invite everyone, but we would like to share the evening with all our friends. So, check out festivities. You can view all the images and order prints from http://www.sendtoprint.net (the User ID is JAQK, all caps).