Includes:

• 1 x The Leader – Dora - 2018 Red Wine – Napa Valley
• 1 x Ridgewood Road - 2020 Pinot Noir - Santa Barbara County
• 1 x Bloom - 2018 Chardonnay – Russian River Valley
• 1 x DAMGIRL - Sparkling Brut - Méthode Champenoise – Napa Valley
• 1 x 6-Bottle Wooden Fire-Branded Vintage Wine Crate
• 1 x Customizable 3D Wooden Card
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• 1 x Screwdriver Keychain to Open the Crate
• 1 x Wine Key & Pouch
• 1 x Slate Board
• 6 x Slate Coasters
• 1 x Wood Block Knives Set
• 1 x 4-Piece Chocolate Truffle Set
• 6 x Wine Charms with 1 Burlap Drawstring Bag
• 2 x Crate Hinges

Wine Information:

The Leader – Dora:

The first wine of DAMGIRL pays homage to Dora Bloom Turteltaub, a founding member of Sigma Delta Tau and our first chapter president. Dora had a calming presence and provided steady leadership during the creation of our sisterhood. Dora married John Turteltaub, and was a community-minded woman, an extensive world traveler, and a proud mother and grandmother.

We introduce you to The Leader. This proprietary red blend – from our award-winning winemaker Todd Heth – exhibits dark blackberry, bing cherry, and plum notes perfectly into layers of coffee and tobacco. The finish is dry with long-lasting berry fruit. Silky but firm tannins, this wine is enjoyable now but has the ability to age well in the cellar.

Ridgewood Road:

To anyone else, Ridgewood Road is just another street. To our Alpha sisters, it is their home away from home. The iconic house evokes the same feelings of warmth and sweetness that a sip of the Pinot Noir can do. This tribute to our Alpha Chapter takes us back to Ithaca, New York on that March day when the sisterhood we know and love first began.

We introduce you to Ridgewood Road. Our Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara County experiences a lengthy and cool growing season that is similar to the climate of the Burgundy region of east-central France. Unlike Burgundy, our Pinot Noir experiences dense fog that rolls in off the Pacific Ocean; this fog contributes to the ideal climate for Pinot Noir, offering just enough moisture to be beneficial without lingering too long.

This Pinot Noir has aromas of cherries, raspberries, blackberries, and brown sugar with notes of baking spices. On the palate, the wine opens with bright, fruit flavors of strawberries, leading to a round mouthfeel on the mid-palate and soft, velvety tannins on a long, elegant finish.

Bloom:

When Sigma Delta Tau sisters hear “Bloom,” they are reminded of two important components of our organization: one of our founders, Dora Bloom Turteltaub, and our flower, the golden tea rose. The rose is found in many aspects of SDT tradition including the preference ceremony during recruitment and our initiation ritual. The petal, the rose, and the rose bush represent the individual member, chapter, and sisterhood of Sigma Delta Tau. It is our hope that membership in our sorority allows each of these elements to grow and bloom more fully.

We introduce you to Bloom. Hailing from the cool and foggy climate for the Russian River Valley in Sonoma County, this beautiful medium-bodied wine was grown slowly to build intense flavors over time. This wine was aged in French oak and displays a beautiful balance of fruit, oak and liveliness on the palate and exhibits lush mango and toasted almond. Balanced fruit with tarte acidity makes this wine a classic example of Premium Russian River Chardonnay.

DAMGIRL:

Our sparkling wine was created to honor the seven women who founded Sigma Delta Tau at Cornell University in 1917. Each founder brought something unique to the organization and their collective spirit created the legacy our sisters have been gifted. The DAMGIRL acronym was created as a way to highlight and discuss our founders using the first letter of each of their first names. Open a bottle of DAMGIRL wine to celebrate our seven founders and the special occasions in your life.

We introduce you to DAMGIRL. This premium sparkling wine – meticulously and artfully made in the traditional champagne method – rivals anything found from the best Champagne houses in Épernay and Reims. Blended superbly from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, this magnificent Napa Valley Brut exhibits rich fruit aromatics of strawberry and delicate white cherry that follows through to a creamy mid-palate accompanied with highlights of lime and wet minerality and a lingering vibrant finish.

Retail Price: $489.00

DAMGIRL Wine Club Member Price: $391.20