Saturday, June 23, 2007 | 5:30 PM
In the early 1970s, Silver Oak Cellars emerged as a dream tied to an intrepid idea. The founders—Ray Duncan, an entrepreneur with a sense of adventure, and Justin Meyer, a former winemaker with Christian Brothers—dared to devote every effort toward the pursuit of a single wine, Cabernet Sauvignon. What’s more, they resolved to create a wine with a style all its own—not another hard, tannic red wine requiring years of aging to enjoy, but a wine of fully developed flavors and a velvety soft texture on the day it is released for sale.
Ray and Justin believed that if they chose the right Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards from California’s premier appellations, and if they aged their wine for as long as five years, first in American oak barrels and then in bottles, they could produce an exhilarating, smooth red wine.
At every opportunity they have reaffirmed the commitment to excellence—by purchasing and improving new vineyards, by fully dedicating each one of our two estates to make just one wine, and by developing a partnership with a family-run Missouri cooperage to ensure the long-term availability of first-rate American oak barrels.
The elegance and finesse of the wines have attracted as zealous a circle of customers as any winery can boast, and they are truly grateful for their allegiance, although they will never relax in the pursuit of perfection.
Silver Oak leaders believe that they have yet to make their best bottle of wine, and will never stop trying. Try it for yourself. Silver Oak Cellars on the Waterway.
Life is a Cabernet Waterway Tour
$38 per person
See the following Guests at this Event:
