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AMBER MINHA
Originally from Wisconsin, Amber started her career in the restaurant business at a young age of 6, washing dishes at her best friend's parent supper club. She got paid in French fries back then. She then starting working at a private country club in her late teens and that is how she learned about hospitality, fine dining, first class service and wine. She went from hospitality to sales (and studied and completed her Certified Sommelier) and after 13 years working for a distributor of fine wine, she had the call from the Napa Valley Vintners to move to her dream spot, Napa Valley, where she was the Domestic Marketing Manager for all of the wineries and the Napa Valley American Viticulture Area, AVA. She helped with the International Marketing while also educating trade, consumers and thousands of people over the years on not only Napa Valley, but the ever-changing wine world.
After a few years, she made the transition to Staglin Family Vineyard, one of the world’s greatest wines in Rutherford, Napa Valley, and runs all sales globally. She travels the world and seeks out the best restaurants, resorts, private clubs and wine shops and hosts wine events nightly, talking about organic farming, running a women owned and operated winery, the ageability of Staglin Family Vineyard wines and all that encompasses the Napa Valley. She is a Global Sales Director and Ambassador for Staglin Family Vineyard.
Amber is vibrant, full of energy and has a way of explaining wine in an “easy to understand” way. She loves National Parks (and has been to all in the US but one) and now lives in two of the world’s best places: Napa Valley and the Cotswolds in England, with her partner, Phil, and their Rhodesian Ridgeback, Midas. She also has planted a small vineyard in the UK and hopes to one day produce the world’s best English Sparkling, or at least a drinkable one.
Fearrington looks forward to welcoming pioneering power couple Xavier & Nicole Rolet, the owners of Chêne Bleu from the Southern Rhône Valley of France. Their work represents a groundbreaking chapter for French viticulture—creating world-class, biodynamic 'Super Rhônes' that challenge traditional estate boundaries and place their high-altitude vineyard firmly at the center of international fine wine conversations. Chef Paul Gagne and Wine Director Troy Revell will be creating a custom five-course meal to pair with eight selections, presented to you by the owners themselves! We hope you can join us, Thursday August 27th at 6:30pm.
- ▼CHÊNE BLEU
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The multi-award-winning wines of Chêne Bleu are produced at their medieval vineyard nestled in a truly exceptional site, high up in the Dentelles de Montmirail near Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Way up in the mighty Mont Ventoux foothills above Gigondas in the most northern county of Provence, cradled in the sun-drenched southwestern Rhône, the Ventoux region is establishing itself as a hidden gem for the world's finest wines.
At the forefront of this movement is Chêne Bleu, a daring young winery founded in 2006 by Xavier & Nicole Rolet on the ruins of a 9th-Century priory. A pioneer of regenerative, organic, biodynamic and bee-friendly viticulture, Chêne Bleu specializes in sustainably made, age-worthy, high-altitude wines that temper the region’s signature power with unusual freshness and acidity.
“Exceptional, in every sense of the word.”
- Steven Spurrier on Chêne Bleu
- ▼NICOLE & XAVIER ROLET
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Xavier Rolet, former CEO of the London Stock Exchange, comes from a French family that included the Domaine Rolet winemaking dynasty in the Jura. A passionate conservationist, he patiently scoured the French countryside 30 years ago for a vineyard that combined exceptional terroir and a pristine pollution-free natural environment that allowed him to set the stage for pesticide-free, regenerative organic viticulture. His ground-breaking work has inspired many winemakers and extended to regenerative agriculture and ranching. Among his many accolades, he has been knighted by the Queen of England and received the French Legion of Honor.
After a career in geopolitical think tanks, Chêne Bleu co-founder and CEO Nicole Rolet got badly bitten by her husband’s wine bug, pursued studies at the WSET and has never looked back. She oversees the winery and its SustainaBEElity program, co-hosted the International Grenache Symposium and co-founded the International Grenache Association, then Fine Minds for Fine Wines and the Areni Global Institute for the Future of Fine Wines, which she now chairs. Nicole is knighted Chevalier of the order of Agricultural Merit by the French Government, Chevalier of Tastevin in Burgundy, of the Échansonnerie of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- ▼THE FINE PRINT
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This $225 wine dinner is non-refundable and totals $295 inclusive of tax and service. If your plans have changed, please feel free to send a lucky friend in your place! Just send us an email with their name or have them bring your confirmation email.
AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION
Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death.
AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide, including those who have experienced a loss. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart about mental health by engaging in the following core strategies:
- Funding scientific research
- Educating the public about mental health and suicide prevention
- Advocating for public policies in mental health and suicide prevention
- Supporting survivors of suicide loss and those affected by suicide
This $295 wine dinner is non-refundable and totals $365 with tax and service. $50 of each ticket will go to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. If your plans have changed, please feel free to send a lucky friend in your place! Just send us an email with their name or have them bring your confirmation email.
Chêne Bleu Wine Dinner
$295.00
Fearrington looks forward to welcoming pioneering power couple Xavier & Nicole Rolet, the owners of Chêne Bleu from the Southern Rhône Valley of France. Their work represents a groundbreaking chapter for French viticulture—creating world-class, biodynamic 'Super Rhônes' that challenge traditional estate boundaries and place their high-altitude vineyard firmly at the center of international fine wine conversations. Chef Paul Gagne and Wine Director Troy Revell will be creating a custom five-course meal to pair with eight selections, presented to you by the owners themselves! We hope you can join us, Thursday August 27th at 6:30pm.
- ▼CHÊNE BLEU
-
The multi-award-winning wines of Chêne Bleu are produced at their medieval vineyard nestled in a truly exceptional site, high up in the Dentelles de Montmirail near Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Way up in the mighty Mont Ventoux foothills above Gigondas in the most northern county of Provence, cradled in the sun-drenched southwestern Rhône, the Ventoux region is establishing itself as a hidden gem for the world's finest wines.
At the forefront of this movement is Chêne Bleu, a daring young winery founded in 2006 by Xavier & Nicole Rolet on the ruins of a 9th-Century priory. A pioneer of regenerative, organic, biodynamic and bee-friendly viticulture, Chêne Bleu specializes in sustainably made, age-worthy, high-altitude wines that temper the region’s signature power with unusual freshness and acidity.
“Exceptional, in every sense of the word.”
- Steven Spurrier on Chêne Bleu
- ▼NICOLE & XAVIER ROLET
-
Xavier Rolet, former CEO of the London Stock Exchange, comes from a French family that included the Domaine Rolet winemaking dynasty in the Jura. A passionate conservationist, he patiently scoured the French countryside 30 years ago for a vineyard that combined exceptional terroir and a pristine pollution-free natural environment that allowed him to set the stage for pesticide-free, regenerative organic viticulture. His ground-breaking work has inspired many winemakers and extended to regenerative agriculture and ranching. Among his many accolades, he has been knighted by the Queen of England and received the French Legion of Honor.
After a career in geopolitical think tanks, Chêne Bleu co-founder and CEO Nicole Rolet got badly bitten by her husband’s wine bug, pursued studies at the WSET and has never looked back. She oversees the winery and its SustainaBEElity program, co-hosted the International Grenache Symposium and co-founded the International Grenache Association, then Fine Minds for Fine Wines and the Areni Global Institute for the Future of Fine Wines, which she now chairs. Nicole is knighted Chevalier of the order of Agricultural Merit by the French Government, Chevalier of Tastevin in Burgundy, of the Échansonnerie of Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
- ▼THE FINE PRINT
-
This $225 wine dinner is non-refundable and totals $295 inclusive of tax and service. If your plans have changed, please feel free to send a lucky friend in your place! Just send us an email with their name or have them bring your confirmation email.