Whitehall Lane’s Millennium MM Cabernet debut
December 21, 2009
Last Friday was a one of those beautiful, crisp December days in the Napa Valley. Ideal setting to ring in the Millennium, the Whitehall Lane Cabernet Millennium that is.
We recently renamed one of our prized vineyards and solicited our Wine Club for help. The Name That Vineyard contest drove in numerous creative entries. Some of the brilliant submittals referenced the Leonardini family name and the Lion. Also, the Wappo Indians who settled in the Napa Valley region were recognized. Other intriguing names were Edge, 20 Acres, Extreme and Elation. Unfortunately, these names were so impressive that other wineries or vineyards already use them. One entry referenced 2000, the year that our family purchased the vineyard. However, the suggestion, “Millennium Vineyard”, is presently being used by wineries in Oregon and Nebraska. So we adapted the name and came up with (drum roll please) . . . . . . . Millennium 2000 Vineyard. And from there we chose Roman Numerals for 2000 so it won’t be confused with the vintage date on the label. So it is now Millennium MM Vineyard.
Congratulations to Wine Club member Bruce Hunter for submitting the Millennium name. Thank you for joining us to ring in the Whitehall Millennium.
