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Special Wine Cruise
Specialty Cruise & Villas is very proud to announce its first West Coast Wine Cruise. We have previously produced wine cruises in Europe which have proven to be very popular. This cruise will be onboard the ResidenSea World, which in our opinion is probably the most luxurious ship afloat. The food and service offered onboard are most compatible with the wine experience that we want our clients to long remember. We will be tasting the absolute best in the way of California, Oregon, Washington, Canadian, and yes, even Mexican wines. The cruise begins Aug 14 in Vancouver and will sail south visiting all the major wine growing regions of the West Coast. We are offering the cruise in a number of segments which you can see below. We are strictly limiting participation to 16 guests on any given segment in order to maintain a level of intimacy which we fell will optimize the experience. Numerous wine theme dinners will be offered throughout the cruise along with special shore experiences. These features will be exclusively offered to our passengers. All shore excursions will be operated using stretch limos.
West Coast Wine Cruise
Aug 14-Vancouver, board in afternoon. Welcome aboard cocktail party and orientation
Aug 15-Vancouver, sail at 11pm. Wine Dinner featuring the great wines of Canada and highlighted by an after dinner tasting of Canadian Ice Wine.
Aug 16-Port Townsend, Washington, 8am to 3pm
Aug 17-Seattle, arrive 9am. Wine dinner featuring the great wines of Washington, especially highlighting the red wines of Leonetti and Andrew Will.
Aug 18-Seattle, sail midnight. Tour of Seattle, stopping at the famed public market. Afternoon visits to St Michelle, Delille Cellars and Januik wineries, with lunch and wine tastings.
Aug 19-at sea
Aug 20-Portland, Oregon, arrive 8am. Dinner featuring the great Pinot Noire of Oregon.
Aug 21-Portland, Oregon, sail midnight. Tour of the Willamette wine district, Tours and tastings at three wineries and lunch.
Aug 22-at sea
Aug 23-Eureka, California, arrive 8am. California Wine Dinner, featuring California Chardonnay and the best of California Pinot Noir
Aug 24-Eureka, California, sail 6pm. Pre-dinner tasting of California Sparkling Wine.
Aug 25-San Francisco, Arrive 1pm. Wine dinner featuring the best of the alternative California reds such as Sangiovese, Syrah, Zinfandel, and Rhone blends.
Aug 26-San Francisco. Tours of two wineries and lunch with a wine marker or winery owner at the winery. Theme Dinner featuring the great California Reds of 1997.
Aug 27-San Francisco . A visit to Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa. Lunch at Julias. Theme dinner featuring the great Cabernets of California.
Aug 28-San Francisco. A visit to a "cult winery" to see what all the fuss is about. Dinner with historical wine tasting, featuring California Cabernet from the 50's and 60's, some aged First Growth Bordeaux and for a finale, some examples of 19th and 18th(!!)century winemaking.
Aug 29-Sausalito; 9am to midnight.
Aug 30-Monterey; arrive 8am
Aug 31-Monterey; sail 6pm. Tour of Monterrey and Carmel, with lunch and a wine tasting of central coast wines in the wine cellar of The Sardine Factory.
Sep 01-at sea
Sep 02-Los Angeles; arrive 9am. Wine dinner featuring the wines of Southern California.
Sep 03-Los Angeles. Visit to the Getty Museum
Sep 04-Los Angeles, sail 6pm. Wine Dinner featuring the Wines of Baja California.
Sep 05-San Diego
Sep 06-San Diego, sail 11:59pm
Sep 07-Ensenada, arrive 8am. Optional excursion to the winery in the Valle de Guadalupe, where you will be exposed to one of the newest west coast wine districts and some awesome wines. From the winery, you will be transferred to the airport in San Diego.
Following are the cruise segments available:
Aug 14, 2003 ResidenSea World Vancouver - Seattle, 3 night Sampler, Overnighting in Vancouver for two nights, Port Townsend/Wa. Our special price is $695 per person for outside suites and $1195 for veranda suites.
Aug 14, 2003 ResidenSea World Vancouver - San Francisco 14 nights,, Overnighting 2 nights in Vancouver and calling at Port Townsend/WA, Seattle for 3 days, Seattle, Portland for 2 days, Seattle, Eureka for 2 days, San Francisco for 4 days. Our special price for outside suites is $3850 per person, or $4895 for suites with private verandas.
Aug 14, 2003 ResidenSea World Vancouver - Los Angeles , 19 days, Calling at Port Townsend/Wa, Seattle 3 days, Portland 2 days, Seattle, Eureka 2 days. Our special pricing for an Outside suite is $4750 per person and for a Suite with Veranda, $6495
Aug 14, 2003 ResidenSea World Vancouver - San Diego 22 days, overnight 2 nights in Vancouver, Port Townsend/WA, Seattle for 2 days, Portland for 2 days, Seattle, Eureka for 2 days, San Francisco for 4 days, Sausalito, Monterey for 2 days, Los Angeles for 3 days, San Diego for 2 days. Our special price for outside suites is $5395 per person, or $8295 for suites with verandas
Sep 4, 2003 ResidenSea World Los Angeles - Ensenada 3 day Sampler,calling at San Diego for 2 days. Our special prices for outside suites from $725 per person.
Cruise price for all cruises except the samplers include all onboard wine tastings and theme dinners except the historical wine dinner. Passengers can also choose two complimentary shore experiences(one could also be the historical wine dinner). Additional shore experiences or the historical wine dinner may be purchased for $150 per person.
The wine maker of Far Niente Winery will also be on board for this cruise and will be offering tastings, talks and opportunities to visit his winery.
Specialty Cruise & Villas reserves the right to modify shore events.
Wines of the following producers will be featured in this program.
Canada: Inniskillin, Konzellman, Jackson-Triggs, Hillebrand, Burrowing Owl, Gray Monk, Mission Hill, Quail's Gate, Sumac Ridge, Tinhorn Creek, Calona, Gehringer Brothers, Summer Hill
Washington: Quilceda Creek, Andrew Will, Leonetti, Januik, Chateau Ste Michelle, Col Solare, McCrea, Woodward Canyon, Waterbrook, Columbia Crest, Delille Cellars
Oregon: Panther Creek, Archery Summit, Domaine Drouhin, Cristom, Ken Wright, Siduri, Ponzi, Bethel Heights, Beaux Freres, Argyle
California: Far Niente, Caymus, Beringer, Dalla Valle, Diamond Creek, Groth, Heitz, Lokoya, Stag's Leap, Araujo, Beaulieu, Chateau Montelena, Dunn, Inglenook, Mayacamus, Merryvale, Opus One, Martin Ray, Ridge, Saintsbury, Shafer, Silverado Vineyards, Viader, Alban, Flora Springs, Kistler, Kongsgaard, Marcassin, Peter Michael, Pahlmeyer, Joseph Phelps, Duckhorn, Rochioli, Robert Mondavi, Turley, Williams Selyem, Acacia, Chateau St Jean, Justin, Kendall-Jackson, Charles Krug, Silverado, Whitehall Lane, Arrowood.
Mexico: Monte Xanic, Santo Tomas
France: Chateau Margaux, Chateau Mouton-Rothschild
Portugal: D'Oliveira, Barbeito
Specialty Cruise & Villas
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