And we don't mean basketball!

Every year around this time we offer up a bottle of Brown at an irresistible price. This year the star of the show is our venerable 2005 Chaos Theory proprietary red (a Wine Insiders favorite). The madcap equation: 60% cab + 40% zin x Chaos Theory ÷ March Madness = $20 per bottle ($240 per case) while it lasts!

This wine is a big bang for the buck at its retail price of $36; at nearly half off it's a serious bargain. Marvelously smooth and highly structured with well-integrated fruit and subtle tannins, our 2005 Chaos Theory is drinking beautifully right now. It is also an excellent candidate for long-term cellaring thanks to the cab sauv component.

In addition, from March 22nd through March 31st, ground shipping is free on all full case orders. No time like the present to stock up for Easter!



In other news, Spring is here! As we await bud break and the approach of frost season, winemaker Dave Brown has been installing a greenhouse structure (pictured above) across the bridge from the winery. This will serve as the centerpiece of our mother's garden, whose bounty of vegetables we are awaiting almost as eagerly as the beginning of the grape growing season!

We wish you and your family a bountiful spring as well, and thank you for enjoying our wines!

It's one of the ironies of grape farming that the approach of spring, which sets the stage for bud break, also leads us into frost season, an annual event — or non-event, if we're lucky — that puts winegrowers on high alert.



Now and then, we crack wise about being in business with Mother Nature, whose fickle moods epitomize the term unpredictable. But that reality is no joke.

As we prepare to make our donation (and yours!) to Haitian earthquake relief efforts, we continue to follow news of the massive quake that struck Chile on February 27th. Our hearts go out to all whose lives have been affected by this dreadful event.

As well, we thank everyone who purchased wine online during the month of February for supporting our Haiti fundraising effort. You not only contributed to a very successful campaign, but you made off with all of our 2008 Petite Sirah!

We are delighted that this first ever vintage found such a fervent fan base — the self-proclaimed BE Purple Teeth Club! — and we are pleased to announce that Petite Sirah will remain on the Brown Estate roster in very small production lots going forward.

Up the hill at the winery, we are concocting a little "madness" for the latter part of March. Watch this space and/or your inbox for an upcoming announcement.

In the meantime, we wish you all an upbeat March into spring, and a rewarding Year of the Tiger!