CORLEY® and CORLEY RESERVE® wines, the flagship wines from The Corley Family’s MONTICELLO VINEYARDS® in Napa Valley, CA, will have a leading role in the 76th Annual Academy Awards ceremonies this year. The Corley Family has contributed their 2000 CORLEY RESERVE Cabernet Sauvignon, 2001 CORLEY RESERVE Estate Grown Chardonnay, and 2000 CORLEY Proprietary Red Wine the special gift bags created for this year's Oscar® actor nominees created by Buzz Bags. Valued at more than $12,000, the “Other Bag” for Oscar® nominees (as the bag is being called) contains an offer from The Corley Family to the stars inviting them to visit family’s winery in Napa Valley.
“The wines are symbols of our artistry and craft as winegrowers and winemakers in the Napa Valley and they are given as tokens of our appreciation, and offers of congratulations, on the success of the nominees’ artistry and craft”, says Stephen Corley, Director of Wine Sales.

These family designated wines are their finest; to the Corley family the wines represent the confluence of earth, sun, science, art, technique, unwavering passion, and quite often pure Magic! “Like the nominees the wines we offered are the best of the best”, says Chris Corley, Winemaker. “We are extremely selective when we produce these wines and no more than 500 cases of each wine were made.”

The twenty actors and actresses nominated for the 76th Academy Awards are also invited to spend a day and enjoy the beauty, majesty and magic of the Napa Valley at the Corley Family’s Monticello Vineyards estate winery. This year represents the 20th Anniversary of the dedication of the Corley Family’s Jefferson House where the nominees are invited to dine.

“These wines carry our family name as the finest that we produce and we believe that the wines are a fitting tribute to our movie-making brethren as artists and entertainers” adds Kevin Corley, Winegrower.

The wines are extremely limited and are available from the winery. Further information is available at www.CorleyFamilyNapaValley.com

About The Corley Family’s Monticello Vineyards:
2004 commemorates the Corley Family’s 35th year as winegrowers and 25th year as winemakers in the Napa Valley. Small winery; Big reputation. The Corley family grows and produces 15,000 cases of exclusively Napa Valley wines designated as Monticello Vineyards, Corley Reserve and Corley . The family’s distinctive wines represent the character of the grapes and the vineyards on which they are grown. Emphasizing classic varieties, The Corley Family offers estate grown cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, merlot, and pinot noir from their vineyards in the Oak Knoll, Yountville, Rutherford and St Helena Appellations of Napa Valley. The family’s vision and mission is to be recognized as premier growers and producers of Napa Valley wines and it is their strongest belief that this is best accomplished by growing and producing wine in limited quantities. Their philosophy is one of 'sunshine to wine' in which they direct all aspects of winegrowing and winemaking from the initial selection of the vineyard sites, planting, farming, harvesting, fermenting, and blending through to uncorking the wine for enjoyment.
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About Buzz Bags: Co-founded by Debra Scott, former journalist, and Jane Ubell Meyer, former TV and movie producer, Buzz Bags is a product placement company specializing in creating goodie bags. Buzz Bags places new, hip, interesting or luxe products directly into the hands of targeted demographics, the “A-List”, and tastemakers to help create a “tipping point” for their clients’ products.
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ACADEMY AWARD(S)®, OSCAR® (S)®, OSCAR® NIGHT® and OSCAR® ® statuette design mark are the registered trademarks and service marks, and the OSCAR® ® statuette the copyrighted property, of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Monticello Vineyards is located at 4242 Big Ranch Rd, Napa, CA 94558. Ph: 707-253-2802 Wine@CorleyFamilyNapaValley.com www.CorleyFamilyNapaValley.com