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C Magazine

 

We are thrilled to be featured in the Summer issue of C Magazine! Thank you to photographer Rachel Roberts and the entire C crew for being so wonderful.

 

We love this Prada outfit!!

Pick up the Summer issue of C Magazine for the entire story!

THE LONDON!

woohoo! you can now enjoy lorenza rosé at the london hotel in west hollywood! a great place to stay or to drink a glass of wine by the pool!! i had a great time during my stay as you can tell by the photo above!

whole cluster press, bitches!!

Live from harvest 2011!!!
Whole cluster pressing is something we are very passionate about. It is exactly what it sounds like: put the whole grape cluster into the press! WCP applies gentle pressure to the grapes, extracting juice from the berries along with delicate color from the skins. In our humble opinion, it is the only way to make rosé!

lorenza loves cindy pawlcyn!

Today my mom and I went to check out Cindy Pawlcyn's new restaurant: BRASSICA! I met Cindy when I was 2 days old when my dad carried me across the garden from our house to Mustards Grill, a Napa Valley dining institution. I grew up in her restaurant and her cooking has shaped my palate! Brassica is AWESOME. I read on the menu that 'brassica' is the family of plants that include kale, cabbage and the yellow mustard that carpets the valley. Brassica - mustard - Mustards Grill. Get it? It has a killer wine program... check out the Brassica 12 AND the wine on tap! The food is beautiful, fresh Mediterranean cuisine that has been missing from the valley. We sat outside and stuffed ourselves with the Baba ghanoush, eggplant fries (OMG), halloumi, CP's trahana stew and a simple and perfect green salad. I can't wait to go back and order everything on the menu! Everyone in St. Helena is talking about it and Brassica more than exceeded the hype. Well done Cindy! We love you!

lorenza loves kain label!

Kain Label is one of our long-time favorite brands and I was so excited to shoot with them last week in LA! They make the best, softest t-shirts on the market! The day flew by and I had a great time dancing to Rihanna and Beyoncé the WHOLE time. Can't wait to see the rest of the pics when they come out. Huge thank you to the entire team including the adorable Amanda + Melanie Kain and photographer Justin Coit!

lorenza loves...

henry riton!! the official dj of lorenza rosé!!
listen up cuz its RITON TIME!!

lorenza loves...

tony hawk!! thanks to catherine goodman!

lorenza loves...

caroline styne!
caroline is one of the best restaurateurs in los angeles. she co-owns aoc, tavern, and lucques, all three are dazzling destinations for you foodies out there! caroline's impeccable taste is reflected in her restaurants, wine lists, and personal style. we appreciate her support of lorenza at lucques AND for a really good read its all about styneonwine.blogspot.com!

lorenza rosé on fashion coup

photo by garance doré
thanks to courtney from fashioncoup for the sweet article!! @HipTastesMaven

garance doré!!

we could not be more honored to be featured on garance's site! we know that many of you have found us through her and thank you for your interest! we have been long-time fans of garance and finally the stars aligned and we were able to meet up in napa valley and drink some rosé! its always exciting to show our wine to frenchies and see what they think since we are making the wine in a frenchy style! sending lots of love and wishes for a beautiful summer to all of you! please feel free to contact us with any questions lorenza@intersectionwine.com

photos by garance doré

pink + white

we had a great time pouring lorenza rosé tonight at the pink + white party at 750 wines! david and monica put on a fabulous event as usual! here is michele working some pink and white looks!

versace!

lanvin!

good news

Photo by Viktor Vauthier



Article by David Stoneberg

NEXT-GENERATION WINEMAKER: MICHELE OUELLET

Michele Ouellet and her mother, Mindy Kearney, who is a wine marketing consultant, have been partners in making Lorenza Rose wine since its first vintage, 2008. On April Fools Day, they will release their third vintage.

Ouellet’s father, Michael Ouellette, got the two started by introducing them to growers and the logistics of winemaking. Today, his daughter said, “His love of rosé and great palate has been inspiring.” Michael is in the wine-by-the-keg business (VinTap). The family has been in St. Helena since 1993, and before that was in Yountville shortly before Michele was born in 1988.

The partnership between mother and daughter is likely to be long-distance, since the 22-year-old Ouellet has been an international model since she was 15. In January, she was in town joining four other next-generation winemakers at a tasting and conversation at St. Helena’s 750 Wines. The stories of the other winemakers, Rob and Angelina Mondavi and Tony Leonardini, will be printed in future editions of the St. Helena Star.

Days after the interview, Ouellet — she changed her father’s name slightly for her modeling career — was in Bahia, Brazil, for a photo shoot for one of her favorite clients: French Cosmopolitan. By email, she said, “It’s incredible here!” She models everything from clothes to swimwear, jewelry and beauty products in magazines and for advertising campaigns as well as some runway work. She said, “So much of my work comes out in Europe, so I am really excited to be on the cover of Travel & Leisure’s February issue.”

Ouellet and Kearney will release 943 cases of their 2010 vintage on April 1. The wine was produced from mourvedre, cinsault, Grenache and carignan grapes grown in Lodi. The vines are between 60 and 113 years old. The wine is produced in Lodi.

Ouellet talks about her role in Lorenza wine: “I am in the vineyard before harvest, tasting the grapes for ripeness and then all the way through harvest checking on everything. I make it a priority to be as hands-on as possible during the blending process.” This year, too, she had returned from Brazil to be involved in the bottling. She is also involved in the label design and “other collaborations, including our upcoming T-shirts.”

“I handle our social media from wherever I may be working out of town,” she said. “When I’m in the valley, I make deliveries, organize our parties and visit our restaurant and hotel clients. It’s been a lot of fun to host parties supporting my friends in the fashion and art businesses in New York and Los Angeles.” She said she loves bringing her two worlds, modeling and wine, together.

“I have found that the wine business and the modeling world are very complementary and am so pleased with the balance it provides me,” she said. “Even though I travel the world modeling, I cannot express how happy I am to call St. Helena home.”

The back story of Lorenza — that one of its partners is a world-hopping model — is appealing. “On the other side, more and more clients are interested in working with me because I have an interesting business outside modeling,” Ouellet said.

behold....

our 2010 label! prepare yourselves for the next vintage of lorenza! april 1!

ALL AMERICAN

check out michele in her new wrangler campaign going from NY to CA! yeehaw!
wrangler-europe.com

lorenza loves

ajax tavern in aspen!!!!

brian and amanda!

victory!

thank you to everyone who supported us in this tough battle!

love from M+M

the supper club

supper club founder and mega-hostess tamsin lonsdale at one of her fabulous soiree's with a bottle of lorenza!

lorenza at google

big thanks to david and monica at 750 wines for hooking us up with this tasting at google headquarters!

it was very cool to check out the physical place where most of our internet life is created! they have everything here... volleyball courts, hot tubs, 18 cafe's, ping pong... wine tastings...

they have bikes too...

and umbrellas. and very interesting and kind people working for them! thanks google!

lorenza

pink!