Product Description

We are thrilled to welcome Chantal Forthun, Director of Winemaking at Flowers Vineyards & Winery, to celebrate the release of their 2023 Flowers Sonoma Coast Rosé! Chantal has led the winemaking team at Flowers since 2012, and is dedicated to crafting elegant and balanced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. Their grapes are unique to the land they farm and the coastal proximity yields wines with nuance, complexity, and fresh coastal minerality. Experience Flowers’ elegant and expressive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines with the winemaker!

Wines to be poured:
2023 Flowers Sonoma Coast Rosé ($45)
2022 Flowers Sonoma Coast Chardonnay ($55)
2022 Flowers Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir ($60)
2022 Flowers Sea View Ridge Pinot Noir ($100)

All wines will be available for purchase at a 10% discount after the event.

Cheese and charcuterie will be served.

ABOUT CHANTAL FORTUN
Chantal Forthun, Director of Winemaking, has led the winemaking team at Flowers Vineyards & Winery since 2012. She and her team source Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from estate vineyards and other family-owned vineyards throughout the cool Sonoma Coast. They use minimal intervention in the winery to let the remarkable character of this fruit shine through.

“Each vintage gives us a fresh opportunity to attentively farm our Sonoma Coast vineyards and take these grapes from vine to bottle. At Flowers, ‘minimal intervention’ doesn’t mean hands-off; it actually means more hands are involved in the preparation, requiring us to be present in each moment, through every step of the process.”

Chantal has made wine at Oak Ridge Winery, Rhys Vineyards, and Bonny Doon Vineyard—where, under Randall Grahm, she learned biodynamic farming and natural winemaking in the creation of their terroir-driven wines. A stint at Quartz Reef Winery in the Central Otago region of New Zealand sparked the passion for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that she brings to her role at Flowers.

Chantal is a California native, having grown up surrounded by agriculture in the Central Valley. She holds degrees in Biology and Botany from Chico State. Just a few weeks into her first winemaking job, while barrel fermenting Chardonnay, Chantal knew she’d found the right vocation—one that engages all the senses, involves science, art, and physical labor, and inspires camaraderie through close teamwork.

Cancellations must be received at least 48 hours before start time for a refund or transfer to another class or event.