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Fall Release
INTRODUCING THE FALL 2024 LABEL AND VARIETAL
Founder John Webb Kerr
2021 Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley
John Webb Kerr (Alabama 1856) helped establish one of the most successful fraternities in American history. Kerr was elected as SAE’s first secretary and helped form the foundations of The Fraternity we love today. It was Kerr’s home where many fraternity meetings took place and the first place SAE called home.
Like other Founding Fathers, Kerr grew distant from the fraternity that had meant so much to him. However, at the 1896 Convention, Kerr attended and spoke to the assembly, saying, “Forty years ago was the last time I attended an initiation or took any active part in SAE. Yet when I met you today, I was borne backward to those good times when I was a youth full of hope and ambition.”
There’s a deeper appreciation in Kerr’s story for what SAE has always aimed to be: a home. While we as brothers may stray from that home, it never truly leaves us. Wherever a brother may be, and no matter how much time has passed, like Kerr, may he know that he can always come home to SAE. So we present to you, Kerr. Our challenge for you is to find that brother who has grown distant, share this selection with him, and like Kerr, bring him home.
We introduce you to Founder John Webb Kerr. Cab is king. And in a vintage like this, it shows, as our standard bearer is big, dark, structured and showy. With aromas of blackberry, kirsch and cedar, over a hint of pencil lead. Dense, dark, intense and with sweet fruits on the palate, it is a big wine that will benefit from decanting or giving it time to air as it reveals more layers and depth with each sip.
John Webb Kerr (Alabama 1856) helped establish one of the most successful fraternities in American history. Kerr was elected as SAE’s first secretary and helped form the foundations of The Fraternity we love today. It was Kerr’s home where many fraternity meetings took place and the first place SAE called home.
Like other Founding Fathers, Kerr grew distant from the fraternity that had meant so much to him. However, at the 1896 Convention, Kerr attended and spoke to the assembly, saying, “Forty years ago was the last time I attended an initiation or took any active part in SAE. Yet when I met you today, I was borne backward to those good times when I was a youth full of hope and ambition.”
There’s a deeper appreciation in Kerr’s story for what SAE has always aimed to be: a home. While we as brothers may stray from that home, it never truly leaves us. Wherever a brother may be, and no matter how much time has passed, like Kerr, may he know that he can always come home to SAE. So we present to you, Kerr. Our challenge for you is to find that brother who has grown distant, share this selection with him, and like Kerr, bring him home.
We introduce you to Founder John Webb Kerr. Cab is king. And in a vintage like this, it shows, as our standard bearer is big, dark, structured and showy. With aromas of blackberry, kirsch and cedar, over a hint of pencil lead. Dense, dark, intense and with sweet fruits on the palate, it is a big wine that will benefit from decanting or giving it time to air as it reveals more layers and depth with each sip.
$95 / Bottle
Spring Release
INTRODUCING THE SPRING 2024 LABEL AND VARIETAL
Be Brighter
2021 Cuvée Blanc – Napa Valley
Brighter is an encouragement for all of us to stay in the light. – to stay positive when life may have gotten out of hand. Brighter means we will remain optimistic no matter what comes our way. We will remain cheerful if the situation calls for us to remain so. It calls for us to look up and smile from time to time. Life is about love, love of self, love of others, love of the planet on which we live, and most importantly, love of God.
– Past Eminent Supreme Archon, Michael S. Rodgers (William & Mary ‘92)
We introduce you to Be Brighter. This is an alluring and complex white wine blend, with a sensuous offering of tropical fruits, white flowers and subtle spice. The nose is like a bouquet of flowers and jumps from the glass with ripe lemon, white peach and orange blossom followed by notes of toast and white pepper. On the tongue, lemon bursts forward with pineapple and other tropical fruit, with undertones of vanilla. The finish is bright and zingy and mellows with vanilla and subtle spices in its length.
Brighter is an encouragement for all of us to stay in the light. – to stay positive when life may have gotten out of hand. Brighter means we will remain optimistic no matter what comes our way. We will remain cheerful if the situation calls for us to remain so. It calls for us to look up and smile from time to time. Life is about love, love of self, love of others, love of the planet on which we live, and most importantly, love of God.
– Past Eminent Supreme Archon, Michael S. Rodgers (William & Mary ‘92)
We introduce you to Be Brighter. This is an alluring and complex white wine blend, with a sensuous offering of tropical fruits, white flowers and subtle spice. The nose is like a bouquet of flowers and jumps from the glass with ripe lemon, white peach and orange blossom followed by notes of toast and white pepper. On the tongue, lemon bursts forward with pineapple and other tropical fruit, with undertones of vanilla. The finish is bright and zingy and mellows with vanilla and subtle spices in its length.
$95 / Bottle