guidelines for Humane Society label:

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE!

Reasons to bid on this item:
- Proceeds from the Live Auction support the Idaho Humane Society.
- 5% of the 2007 Malbec sales will be donated to the Idaho Humane Society.
- Over 100 cases (over 1,200 bottles) will feature the winning bidder's dog and winning bidder's name on back label.
- Our Malbec has consistently won numerous medals and awards at various wine competitions.
- This wine is widely distributed throughout the state of Idaho and is available at premium restaurants and wine shops (you're beloved doggie will be famous!)
- What better way to celebrate the gift of unconditional love from your best friend!


Guidelines:
- It must be a dog and it must be alive!
- Humans are not allowed in the photo. Just the dog.
- We are currently sold out of our current Malbec vintage so we ideally would need to take the photo within a few days after the Garden Party. The 2007 Malbec is ready to be bottled and released to the public!
- We take the photos of your dog and we choose the final design of the label.
- We will include your dog's name on the label.
- We may choose to do an artistic rendering of your dog.
- Winning Bidder will receive 6 bottles of the 2007 Malbec after bottled, as well as a 15% discount on the 2007 Malbec from our tasting room.
- We will use the Idaho Humane Society's logo on the front or back label.
- Indian Creek Winery will feature the winning bidder's name on the back label.

Tasting Room Closed

The Winery will be closed for the 4th of July Weekend! We will open the following weekend. Cheers!

Aussie lives on.....!

So many of you who have been following this blog have met and shared kisses with our special winery dog circa 1999 - 2008, Aussie. It's been a little over a year since he has passed away and we miss him! This is a link to his tribute if you happened to have missed it.
Aussie modeling the lime-green fork lift in style.

I took this photo of Aussie sitting in a blanket of golden leaves on a warm fall day.

After 8 years with Aussie beside us each day, we decided to dedicate the Malbec wine to him.

It sells out quickly every year!
So after our hearts started to heal after the death of Aussie, we started thinking it was time to look for a new pup.
The search began...we looked online, in the papers, and both Mike and I agreed that there are too many homeless dogs in the pounds and we felt the right thing to do was to adopt a dog in need of a home from the animal shelter.
It's heart-breaking to visit the pounds; they all put the puppy-dog eyes into effect and it breaks my heart to not take them all home with me. Mike had some work to finish up and trusted that I would find the right dog (some big shoes to fill after Aussie!) and sure enough, our Baby Dahli and I had a connection. I took her home the next day and she instantly was comfortable running around and giving us so much love!
Here is Dahli, our flower-pup:

We think she is 1/3 fox, 1/3 hyena, 1/3 human!

Now THESE are puppy eyes!

Friends have been asking....will the Malbec label still grace Aussie's face? A lot of people said they would like to see him stay on the Malbec...well, here's what we decided to do in Aussie's honor:

We've been BLESSED with both Aussie and Dahli's love, and have heard so many similar stories of friends adopting animals from shelters.
In return we have decided to donate the new 2007 vintage of the Malbec to the Idaho Humane Society's 19th annual Lawn Party's LIVE AUCTION. The winning bidder's doggie will be featured on the label for the entire production of 2007. A portion of each Malbec purchase will also go towards the Idaho Humane Society.
We encourage you to attend this Lawn Party and contribute to this wonderful charity. If you cannot attend, know that by purchasing this new vintage, when released in August, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Idaho Humane Society.


the details:






Maybe YOU want to be the winning bidder?!?!? :)

Savor Idaho

Unfortunately Tammy and I weren't able to make it to the first annual Savor Idaho, we were at our Happy Pappy's Day event of course, we did have a booth set up there for tasting (thanks Crystal!). Here is a somewhat lengthy but very well put together video of the event by Wine Press NW:

Happy Pappy's Day 2009

Happy Pappy's Day 2009 was a great success. Thanks to all who came out and participated in the FUN. We still have a few more Happy Pappy's Day glasses for sale in the tasting room, so if you want more let us know soon, they will go fast. Here are a few photos and a video of the event:


The first photo is from Becky McKinstry and the rest are from Marla Smith from Corkscrews wine bar in Meridian.






The Idaho Press Tribune was also there shooting video and taking photos. Here is what they captured:
Idaho Press Tribune Photos
Idaho Press Tribune Video

Grapes and Cowboys

Last week was the 5th annual Grapes and Cowboys event put on by the Canyon County Habitat for Humanity. The event is held out here at Indian Creek every year. We donate the grounds and a portion of all wine sales for the night to Habitat for Humanity. Here is a short vid of the evening:

Baby-Dahlia

Dahlia Dog sends her love, lots of wet kisses.

Happy Pappy's Day!

Indian Creek Winery's annual Happy Pappy's Day celebration!

Music, wine, barrel tastings. Mama Mui's Thai plate lunches $6.

12 - 5 pm

$10/adult, under 21 free

Flowers

Ok, another photo post. I took these shots last week. They are all flowers around the tasting room. Everything is looking so beautiful at the winery right now, flowers, vineyard, and the Catalpa trees are blooming as well. Click on the image for a larger view:

Vineyard Macros

Here are a few shots of the vineyard I took about a week ago, just after one of the many afternoon thunderstorms we have been experiencing. Click on the photo for a larger view:

-mike