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| Olympic Cellars | Port Angeles, WA 98362 |
www.olympiccellars.com
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255410 Highway 101 Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-0160 Fax : 360 452-3782 Email: info@olympiccellars.com
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Olympic Cellars is a fun, friendly boutique winery located in a century-old barn in the North Olympic Peninsula town of Port Angeles. Our doors are open to all, and we encourage you to take some time away from your busy schedule, gather with friends and enjoy our handcrafted wines year ‘round.The winery is owned and operated by three female entrepreneurs, affectionately known to locals as the Olympic Women in Wine. Our winemaker, Benoit Murat, is a native of Toulouse, France. Benoit crafts limited quantities of Olympic Cellars’ award-winning wines in a unique style that blends the best of French and American winemaking techniques.Our premium La Dolce Vida line features five varietals that are intended to be shared with friends and family in celebration of “the good life.” Our second label, the highly acclaimed Working Girl® series of everyday wines (Working Girl White, Go Girl Red, and Rosé the Riveter and Handyman Red), was created in support of women and underwrites Olympic Cellars’ two signature philanthropic giving programs, Charity of Choice and 2X Success. Our heritage Dungeness wines were originally released in the late 1970s by Gene Neuharth, the winery’s founder, and remain a local favorite. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winemaker Benoit Murat French winemaker Benoit Murat came to Olympic Cellars in September 2004, seeking to experience winemaking in a different part of the world. He quickly made a name for himself with a unique winemaking style that is earning the attention of judges and consumers alike. Benoit became interested in making wine while helping with the 1996/1997 harvest in Saint-Emilion, a medieval town in the Bordeaux region of France. His experience in the vineyards – pulling and trellising vines, racking tanks and barrels and bottling – motivated him to enroll at La Tour Blanche School of Viticulture and Enology, located south of Bordeaux in the heart of the Sauternes Appellation. He apprenticed for two years while taking classes, and gained experience in all aspects of vineyard and cellar operations. In June 1999 he earned an undergraduate diploma in viticulture and enology, and became employed as winemaker at Chateau La Fleur Cravignac in Saint Emilion for the 1999 vintage. After completing an additional apprenticeship in marketing and estate management and working for two cooperative wineries in France, Benoit came to Washington State and ultimately Olympic Cellars, intrigued by what he’d heard about Washington’s perfect climate for growing grapes. Hitting the cellar running, he initiated a review of each aspect of Olympic Cellars’ production from grape contracts to equipment to cooperage. Improvements were initiated with the 2004 harvest and continue ongoing. These changes coupled with Benoit’s talent and winemaking style, a mélange of French and American winemaking techniques, ripe fruit and balanced tannins, have done the winery proud. Benoit’s first “grape to bottle wine”, Olympic Cellars’ 2004 Dungeness Red Lemberger, (his first experience with this grape variety) received the prestigious Jefferson Cup Award at the 2005 Jefferson Cup Invitational, a competition honoring the “best of the best” among U.S. wineries from all of America’s wine regions. His 2004 Rosé Lemberger, a.k.a. Rosé the Riveter under the Working Girl® label, has also won multiple gold medals. “Benoit is a master of his craft and is taking our premium varietals to a new level,” says Olympic Cellars Owner Kathy Charlton. “Barrel samples of La Dolce Vida, our premier label, are indicative of the outstanding quality he is producing at our winery. There’s an explosion of fruit in our barrels. I love barrel tasting days!! |
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