Vendange Carmel Inn and Suites Carmel-by-the-Sea’s Only Wine Themed Hotel Launches New Wine Themed Room
By Blair Estate Winery
Vendange Carmel Inn and Suites has partnered with 14 local
Monterey County wineries to create a unique guest experience celebrating
the bounty of Monterey
County’s vineyards. Each winery sponsors one room or suite, providing
its own creative touches. From the McIntyre Vineyards room with its
impressive 100-year-old section of grapevine to J. Lohr’s plush
bathrobes, every winery’s room offers a signature luxury
experience. For 2014, Vendange has announced the release of its first
new wine themed for 2014 with Blair Estate Winery.
“Blair
Estate winery is proud to partner with Vendange,” said Winemaker
Jeffrey Blair “Both Carmel establishments are independent, artisan, and
family run with an emphasis
on the guest experience. Blair added that “we’ve tried to bring a bit
of our family history and love of the land to the décor and furnishings
of the “Blair Estate Room” at the hotel. We worked with Grant Peterson
Design and noted local artist and decorator
Bella Lofaso to create an elegant, interesting space that is both
welcoming and comfortable. We wanted to extend the feel and hospitality
of our tasting room into this fun, new space.”
“I
was inspired by Jeffery’s proud reflection of his family heritage and
the influence it has on his devotion to his grandparents’ legacy through
Blair Estate Winery,”
said local artist and decorator Bella Lofaso. “The beautiful Blair
Estate Winery label, with the warm reddish browns and gold B established
the color palette for the bedding textiles. The room is simple and
understated, yet evokes a sense of warmth and comfort
by incorporating family photos, Blair Winery photos, custom crafted
re-purposed wine furniture and whimsical signs.
This Summer Vendange will be unveiling a room by Holman Ranch Wines. Details available soon.
Vendange Rooms Overview:
· The cozy rooms have sleek, modern bathrooms finished with imported Spanish marble.
· Views of both the Inn’s beautiful gardens and the Carmel skyline are plentiful.
· Sleeping areas are appointed with memory foam-top beds, deluxe linens, and high-definition flat screen televisions - not
that you’ll want to stay indoors.
Cottage Suite:
· The
separate Cottage Suite offers a generous 650 square feet of living
space. With a California King bed, 50” high definition flat
screen television, gas fireplace and kitchenette, it’s the perfect
place for a honeymoon or romantic weekend getaway.
Wine Themed Rooms:
· Newest Room: Blaire Estate Room
· Coming Summer 2014 Holman Ranch Winery Room
· Dawn’s Dream
· Galante
· J. Lohr
· Joullian
· Manzoni
· McIntyre
· Otter Cove
· Pierce Winery
· Tudor
· Twisted Roots
· Ventana
· Cima Collina
Wine Room Highlights:
Twisted Roots King Suite
Twisted
Roots believes in letting the grapes speak for themselves. They feel
that the work in the vineyard is where the wines get their flavor and
overall complexity.
As "Green Growers" they follow sustainable farming practices throughout
the entire wine making process. In creating the Twisted Roots room,
winemaker Josh Ruiz took the same philosophy to design as he does to
making wines. Canvas pictures from the Twisted
Roots vineyard adorn the walls, custom artwork made from barrels, rod
iron and wine bottles show case the bar and more!
Ventana Vineyards:
Ventana Vineyards believes
great wines are made in the vineyard, and the Ventana
Vineyard has the perfect combination of water, soil, climate, art and
science to create superb, world-class wines. Our success is evidenced by
the number of awards that we have won over the
years on wine made from this remarkable property. In fact, wines from
our Ventana Vineyard have earned more medals and awards than any other
single vineyard in America. When creating their Ventana Vineyards wine
themed room they brought the story of the
vineyard to the room.
· Custom canvas prints grace the walls telling the story of the vineyards.
· The winemaker’s story can be found on the room for all to enjoy.
·
A Ventana Vineyards wine barrel has been converted into a custom snack
bar full of delicious Ventana Vineyard logoed snacks and wine!
· The bed has a logoed throw and the walls have actually small vines from the vineyard affixed to them.
J. Lohr:
Flavorful
wines, quite literally “wines full of flavor” are the mission at J.
Lohr. J. Lohr’s unwavering focus on flavors sounds so simple, yet it’s
surprisingly complex. Achieving the best flavor demands total control,
every step of the way, and is the result of planting each site to its
ideal grape variety and applying artisanal winemaking techniques,
including extended maceration, barrel and malolactic
fermentation, among others. When you stay in the J. Lohr room you soak
up the flavor of the vineyard. From grapevine wreaths and a barrel on
the balcony that offers the perfect table top to enjoy some wine and
cheese to art from the vineyard and a custom
J. Lohr wine display, you will as if you have been transported to the
vineyard.
Additional Rooms with Unique Features:
·
McIntyre Vineyards brought in a 5 foot vine from the vineyard that is
the masthead for the bed as well as created custom glass lamps etched
with the McIntyre wine label. Truly spectacular to view!
·
Cima Collina has their vineyard artist create custom painting for the
room made from wine barrels and rod iron as well as creating their
own logoed bed side stand.
Amenities:
· The Inn offers breakfast daily and wine tasting on the weekends.
· Wines that are typically available only in partner wineries’ tasting rooms are also available to guests for purchase.
· Guests can relax with a glass of wine around the inviting fire pit in the garden and enjoy live music. (available most weekends)
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