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Welcome to Rush Wines

 

Rush Wines is a small, Birmingham-based distributor of limited-production wines from Argentina, California, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Oregon, Portugal, and Spain. Founded in August of 2002 by entrepreneur Rush Garner, Rush Wines seeks to bring some of the world's finest wines to its local markets, thus promoting fine wine awareness in Alabama.  Rush Wines also distributes its own private-label chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, which embody the company's focus on higher-quality, handcrafted wines produced by small-scale, family-owned wineries.

 

Current Happenings...

 

This year, several winemakers are set to make their annual pilgrimages to Alabama to present consumers and tradespeople with their new releases. They will host the following events, which consumers are encouraged to mark on their calendars...


• Vision Cellars Wine Dinner. Gianmarco's (Birmingham). Sunday, May 18. 6:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Wine Dinner. Bellini's (Birmingham). Monday, May 19. 6:30 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Trade Luncheon. Ariccia Italian Trattoria, The Hotel at Auburn University (Auburn). Wednesday, May 21. 12:00-2:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Wine Dinner.  Ariccia Italian Trattoria, The Hotel at Auburn University (Auburn). Wednesday, May 21. 7:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Trade Luncheon. The Exchange Lounge, Renaissance Hotel (Montgomery). Thursday, May 22. 12:00-2:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Tasting & Bottle-Signing. Ted "The Wine Guy" & Company (Montgomery). Thursday, May 22. 4:00-6:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Wine Dinner. Capital City Club (Montgomery). Thursday, May 22. 7:00 P.M.

• Vision Cellars Tasting & Bottle-Signing. The Wine Cellar (Huntsville). Friday, May 23. 5:00-7:00 P.M.

 

During a return trip to his native South this spring, winemaker Mac McDonald of Vision Cellars will  introduce the latest releases of his tiny-production, single-vineyard pinot noirs to Alabamians! At a series of not-to-be-missed tasting events, Mac will show a lineup of sumptuous pinots from the 2006 growing season, which he sourced from exceptional sites in Sonoma County, Anderson Valley, Santa Lucia Highlands, Marin County, and Mendocino County. Located in Windsor, California, Vision Cellars was founded in 1995 by Mac and Lil McDonald. Mac McDonald was born the son of a Texas moonshiner who was considered by many to be the finest moonshine maker in Texas. Mac’s mother Elbessie, along with her brothers and sister, made wine from various fruits that they grew. Even though Mac grew up around distilled spirits and fruit wines, he did not develop a taste for either until much later, when he tasted his first Burgundy wine in 1955. It was at that moment that he fell in love with fine wine and vowed to become a maker of fine pinot noir. Years later, after tasting pinot noir from around the world and making several trips to Burgundy, he and his wife Lil purchased the best fruit available and bottled their first pinot noir in 1997. Mac’s personal vision to become a winemaker had finally been realized. Since then, Mac’s wines have garnered the attention and accolades of magazines such as Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast, among many others. Mac is one of only a handful of African-American winemakers in California. For more information about Vision Cellars, visit www.visioncellars.com.