July 17, 2020

Hello friends,

The deck is open, and the weather has been so warm for Lompoc.  Please come on down and enjoy a glass of wine and some delicious charcuterie snacks. Reservations are not required but recommended. 

Our TGIF wines this week are the 2018 Dorigo Vineyard Grenache, and our 2019 Zotovich Vineyard Chardonnay.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, and we are still offering free local delivery or parking lot pick up. 

Please join me, hopefully with a glass of Transcendence, and raise your glass in solidarity and prayers for essential workers that bravely accept the responsibilities of their jobs, regardless of the risks to themselves and their families. And, our fellow neighbors who don't have a choice to conduct business over ZOOM or outdoors but will safely reopen their businesses when the restrictions are lifted.

Love you all,

Sara

June 10, 2020

Hello Friends,

The deck is not so bad.  For all those that think the tasting room gets too loud, the deck has been a wonderful sound solution.  We also have plenty of room for social distancing and the weather has been beautiful. Just trying to see the bright side here folks. Reservations are recommended but not necessary and just in case bring a jacket or a cozy blanket.

This week our 2018 Sangiovese will be on our TGIF special.  $25/bottle for wine club members.  We will also keep the 2019 Zotovich Chardonnay on our TGIF list for all you white wine lovers.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, or have free local delivery.

Thank you for your continued support and feel free to spread the word about this fine local winery with exceptional wines at affordable prices, and really friendly and good looking members:)

Be well my friends,

Sara

July 2, 2020

Hello Friends,

Thank you for being on this roller coaster with us for the last four months.  I realize you can buy wine a million different places, and we are so grateful for every bottle of wine you buy from us.  So many businesses aren't going to make it through Covid. I just want to express our sincere gratitude because we are holding on to this roller coaster and keeping our employees employed because of you!!

As many of you know, we are required to stop all indoor wine drinking for three weeks.  Luckily we have a fantastic deck with some beautiful views and plenty of room to social distance. We have new charcuterie plates available and the deck is a wonderful place to have a glass of wine and relax. Reservations are recommended but not required. We are still doing curbside wine pick up and free local delivery.

Our TGIF wines this week are the 2018 Dorigo Grenache and the 2019 Zotovich Chardonnay.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, reserve a table on the deck or have your wine delivered right to your door for free!

Our hours this week:

Wed and Thu 4-7
Friday 12-7
Saturday-Closed for 4th of July
Sunday 12-5

Have a great 4th of July,

Sara

June 26, 2020

Hello Friends,

This week's TGIF is our 2018 Dorigo Grenache from Ballard Canyon.  This is such a wonderful summer wine, it is so drinkable, light, and totally satisfying in the mouth.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, and we are still doing free local deliveries...just ask!

We have been able accommodate most groups but a reservations is still recommended. Email me, DM Tina, or call the tasting room 805-743-4094 during open hours.

Our schedule this week:
Wednesday and Thursday 4-7
Friday 12-7
Saturday and Sunday 12-5

I will be in the tasting room on Friday night, I sure have missed seeing you beautiful people!!!

Sara

June 19, 2020

Hello Friends,

I am excited to report that we are fully open and operating with our regular hours.  There are still social distancing requirements in the tasting room. Reservations are highly recommended.  You can make a reservation by replying to this email or calling the tasting room during open hours 
805-743-4094.

**We will be closed for Father's Day**

Wednesday and Thursday 4-7
Friday 12-7
Saturday 12-5

Our TGIF wine this week will be our 2018 Sangiovese from Adobe Canyon Vineyard.  The Sangiovese is a great Father's Day wine! I also highly recommend our 2019 Zotovich Chardonnay.  If you don't always love Chardonnay (like me), give this one a try, it is zippy and crisp and so enjoyable on a hot day. Both wines are $25/bottle for wine club members only. Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, and we are still offering free local delivery.

Enjoy your weekend, and celebrate the great men in your life!

Sara

June 10, 2020

Hello Friends,

We will be reopening on Friday!!!  There will be some restrictions but I'm sure you are accustomed to these by now. Because we can't pack the tasting room in our regular TGIF style, I highly recommend that you make a reservation. We will be reserving in 1-hour blocks, if there is nobody waiting, you are welcome to stay but if there is a reservation behind you, I'm sure you will understand.  Also, you are welcome to walk in, just keep in mind, you might have to wait for a spot.  You can make a reservation by replying to this email or calling the tasting room during open hours 805-743-4094. We will also have some new food choices in the tasting room but they are definitely not mandatory to eat...LOL!!!

Our hours this week:

Thursday 4-6 pm, for pick up only

Friday 2-7ish, TGIF social distancing style

Saturday and Sunday 12-5ish

Our TGIF wines this week will be our 2018 Tempranillo from Adobe Canyon Vineyard, regularly $40, TGIF=$25, and our 2019 Zotovich Vineyard Chardonnay, Regularly $36, TGIF=$25.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, and we are still happy to do free local delivery.

Also, please take advantage of our Father's Day special. Free shipping on 3 bottles of wine.  We will be shipping on Monday in time for Father's Day. 

Thank you all for hanging in there with us and thank you in advance for putting up with the restrictions that we have to comply with. I won't be seeing you this weekend because I came up to visit my momma in Oregon and found myself with a blood clot in my leg.  I feel terrible about this because I have been looking forward to celebrating with you and seeing your beautiful faces! Joey, Tina, Shannon, and Caitlin will take great care of you all!

See you soon,

Sara

June 4, 2020

Hello Friends,

Now you all know how stubborn I am after last week's rant.  I have enjoyed every single one of your responses and some just cracked me right up. Thank you all for your tremendous support and love you have given to us over the last 10 weeks.  I know you would all be happy to buy whatever food I was serving.  Last night, I went to my favorite bar and was not required to buy food.  I have also enjoyed a few restaurants this week and I could buy a glass of wine without food, I can buy food without a glass of wine and I can sit there and buy nothing if I am not hungry or thirsty. So why the discrimination with tasting rooms?  I have no answers that make sense and I won't bore you with the political back story. We are going to wait until phase 3 to open the tasting room, which I am told should be June 15th. 

This week's TGIF special is the 2018 La Pareja (Grenache/Syrah Blend). We are getting down to our last cases so there will be a 6 bottle max and this week will likely be the last time the La Pareja will be on TGIF. Because it is so hot, our 2019 Zotovich Vineyard Chardonnay will also be available for TGIF. Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, or have free local delivery. TGIF=$25/bottle 

For Father's Day, we will have the following special:  If you buy at least three bottles of wine, we will ship to your Dad for free! In fact, we will ship to anyone who has been like a father to you as well as free local delivery.

Our tasting room pick-up hours this week are:

Thursday and Friday from 4-6 pm
Saturday from 12-4 pm
Sunday from 3-5 pm

Thank you for hanging in there with us, we are surviving because of you!

Sara

In an effort to rev up the local economy, curtail tourism which would prevent the spread of Covid, the County has decided that for us to open, we must require customers to buy a meal in addition to a glass of wine. I suggested that we require people to show proof of residency. Still, for reasons beyond my control and understanding, food is the answer. Again, eating a meal is a better way to curtail tourism than requiring proof of local residency. Economically, emotionally, and mentally I need to open. Intellectually and ethically, I can’t force my dear customers to do something that literally makes no sense to me.  Someday, the Covid documentary will be released, and all of this craziness will be revealed.  In the meantime, Transcendence will wait until we can open without mandating grown-ass adults to eat food.

For wine club members, our TGIF specials ($25/bottle)  this week are the 2019 Zotovich Vineyard Chardonnay and the 2018 Dorigo Vineyard Grenache.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, or enjoy free local delivery.

AND…For Lompoc locals, which includes VAFB, starting today and lasting through the end of June, Transcendence will be offering 20% off any wine. So, spread the word, and if someone joins the club, you get a referral bottle on us!

Our hours this week at the tasting room location are:

Thursday and Friday from 4-6 pm, Saturday from 12-4 and Sunday from 3-5.

I hope you understand my position on this food issue.  Sent with a lot of love and a fair amount of fire,

Sara

May 21, 2020

Hello Friends,

First and foremost, thank you for loyal support during this closure.  Our wine club has quite literally kept us going and we appreciate the heck out of your guys!!!  THANK YOU!!

Our County had a significant COVID update with regards to opening.  Restaurants can now open for in-house dining with precautions and social distancing.  Unfortunately, wineries and tasting rooms can't open unless they can serve a "bonafide" meal.  This puts Lompoc particularly at a disadvantage since we have historically struggled with the City to allow us to serve food.  We will be working with the city and some local food trucks to see if we can team up and provide said bonafide meal.  Unfortunately, this won't happen this weekend.

We are excited to release our 2019 Zotovich Vineyard Chardonnay at for TGIF this weekend. Regularly $36/bottle, TGIF=$25.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, or have free local delivery. The weather, thankfully, is looking hot and not too much wind here on the central coast. It will be a perfect time for a cold glass of Chardonnay.  For you red only drinkers, we will also have our 2018 Sangiovese from Adobe Canyon available for TGIF as well.

Our tasting room curbside hours this weekend are the following:

TASTING ROOM-300 North 12th Street:

Thursday and Friday from 4-6 pm
Saturday from 12-4 pm

Much Love,

Sara

May 14, 2020

Hello Friends,

The drive-through has been a lot of fun but it is windy and hot and we are getting weathered!!  So this week we are going back to the tasting room. There will be two of us there so one of us can come out to the parking lot and the other will pack your order.

This week's TGIF is our 2018 Sangiovese from Adobe Canyon Vineyard in Los Olivos District.  The normal price is $40, TGIF=$25.  Let me know if you would like to pick up at our tasting room, stash, ship, and we are still offering free local delivery.

TASTING ROOM-300 North 12th Street:

Thursday and Friday from 4-6 pm
Saturday from 12-4 pm

How is everyone doing out there? If any of you need help, Joey and I are here for you, just give us a call. We are great at errands and Joey is pretty handy:)

Much love and contagious good health!!!

Sara

May 6, 2010

Hello Friends,

Like many of you, I am missing my Mom this week.  For me, Mother's Day is all about brunch.  Bottomless Mimosas, endless fruit, bacon, omelets, hashbrowns, and desserts.  I will miss brunch this year and especially my momma!

This week we will be featuring our 2019 ROSÉ of Grenache for TGIF.  Regularly, $27/bottle, Special Mother's Day TGIF $18/bottle.  Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship or free local delivery. We also have delightful flower baskets made my Cabrillo High School Floricultural Students.  $9/basket.

Our Pick Up schedule this week:

**Thursday at the TASTING ROOM, curbside pick from 4-6 pm

**Friday at the WINERY drive-through experience from 4-6 pm

**Saturday at the WINERY drive-through experience from 12-4 pm

Enter the winery gates between 313 and 315 North F Street.

Blessings to you my friends,

Sara

April 30, 2020

Hello Friends,

This week our TGIF wine will be the 2018 Dorigo Vineyard Grenache.  The Dorigo Vineyard is a fairly new site in Ballard Canyon and we were thrilled to be able to work with this fruit in 2018.  Grenache typically is not overpowering with tannins and true to Joey's winemaking style this is a very elegant and drinkable experience.  Regularly $38/bottle, TGIF=$25 for wine club members.

This week our COVID schedule is as follows:

**Thursday at the TASTING ROOM, curbside pick from 4-6 pm

**Friday at the WINERY drive-through experience from 4-6 pm

**Saturday at the WINERY drive-through experience from 12-4 pm

Enter the winery gates between 313 and 315 North F Street.

Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, ship, free local delivery, or pour some Grenache forward!

I'm not gonna lie, we here at Transcendence are frustrated that folks can walk into a liquor store, grocery store or Walmart and buy wine but can't walk into our tasting room and buy wine.  However, just like you, we are working on our endurance and patience and we appreciate you coming to our drive-through experience and your continued support and love.

Looking forward to better days with you all,

Sara

4/23/20

Hello Friends,

We have had so much fun this week POURING IT FORWARD!!  If you would like us to deliver or ship a bottle or two of wine to a friend in need, we would be happy to! Or if you are at our drive-through and would like to pour it forward to the next customer, I am sure the favor will come back around!

This week we will have a few options for your TGIF pleasure:)

2018 La Encantada Chardonnay $25/bottle
2018 La Parea (Grenache/Syrah) Blend $25/bottle 
2018 Tempranillo $25/bottle

Let me know if you would like to pick, stash, ship, or have free local delivery.

Thursday-at the tasting room location, parking lot pick-up from 4-6. 300 North 12th Street

Friday-at the winery drive-through from 4-6 
enter the driveway between 313 and 315 North F Street

Saturday-at the winery drive-through from 12-4 
enter the driveway between 313 and 315 North F Street

I'm not sure how much longer this sheltering in place will last. Like most of you, I'm not sure how much more I can take.  I do know that when I see your smiling faces and hear how a glass of wine made your day just a bit brighter it makes me feel like I can go on a few more days.

Much love and health my friends!

Sara

Hello Friends,

Like most of you, we would have never predicted and therefore had no way to prepare that a virus would compromise so many of our livelihoods. 

If you are reading this letter, you most definitely made a conscious choice to continue to support Joey and I and Transcendence. The outpouring of emails, phone calls, and texts of you all checking on us meant the world to us. All of the TGIF orders over the past month have kept us going.  Dropping off wine at your homes and meeting you in the parking lot for pick-ups have been the best part of our days.  Words cannot express how much your love and support mean to us. Thank you, it has made a difference in our lives and our employees; Tina, Caitlin, and Shannon. 

Our hope and prayers for all of you are that you and your families stay healthy. Secondly, that your personal economy is only temporarily affected, and you bounce back better than before. And last, that the connections you have made with your family and friends during quarantine are lasting and improve the quality of your life forever.

We are looking forward to seeing you all again, and I hope by the next wine club letter (October), this will be a distant and bizarre memory.

With love and gratitude,

Sara and Joey

Hello Friends,

Celebrating the week, the work we have accomplished, releasing the stress and raising a glass to one another is more important than ever!!

Our TGIF wine this week is the 2018 La Pareja.  La Pareja is a Spanish word, meaning the couple. This beautiful blend of 50/50 Syrah and Grenache is a perfect way to toast the end of another hard week in this COVID craziness.  Regularly $38, TGIF =$25 just for wine club members.

Do you still need to pick up your wine club?  We will be open via our drive through again this Friday and Saturday. Friday from 4-6 pm and Saturday from 12-4 pm.  You just enter the gate between 313 and 315 North F Street, drive on through and we will put the wine safely right in your car.

We are also happy to provide free local deliveries and you can continue to stash and ship as well. 

Do you know someone who could use a pick me up? How about a care package of wine?  POUR IT FORWARD PEOPLE!  Send a couple of bottles of our TGIF wines or a gorgeous bottle of the 2019 Rose to a friend in need.

In solidarity,

Sara

Hello Friends!

How ya'll doing?  Your wine club will be ready on Friday, and we are doing something different, and hopefully, we all will some fun and get out of our houses.  On Friday, 4/10/20, from 12-4, you can pick up your wines at our Winery location in Lompoc (not the tasting room). You will enter at 313 North F Street and drive through and exit through our G Street gate.  The whole crew will be out there with masks and gloves, giving air hugs and packing up your shipments.  

We will have TGIF wine available as well as any wine that we have stashed for you. Our TGIF wine this week is the 2018 Tempranillo.  Let me know if you would like to pick up on Friday, stash, or ship with your wine club on Monday.

I know you are all struggling. You might be lonely, or you might be seeing too much of your current household.  Either way, we hope you enjoy a little traffic jam at Transcendence.

We are still offering free local delivery as well as curbside pick up: Please call the tasting room when you arrive in the parking lot 805-743-4094

Wed and Thu 5:30-7 (tasting room)
Friday 12-4 at the winery-enter 313 North F Street
Sat 3-5 (tasting room)
Sunday-closed for Easter

Lots of love, and see you on Friday!

Sara

Hello Friends,

Wouldn't it be great if this was all a big April Fools joke?  What is not a joke is that this will be our last TGIF for the 2017 Kessler Haak Pinot Noir.  Regularly $48/bottle TGIF=$25/bottle. Let me know if you would like to pick up, stash, free local delivery, or ship with your wine club order.

I will be sending out wine club emails today.  You will have a week to make any changes; credit cards charged on April 8th.  We are planning a fun "drive-through pick up party" on April 10th.  At our winery location in Lompoc, you will enter from  F Street and exit at G street.  I know we have thrown better pick up parties, and we are likely not going to be on roller skates, but we have thought about it! It will have an Easter theme, and I will send out more details in a later email.

I know we all miss the in-person experience but please open this link to see the virtual tasting experience with Joey and me for the new release wines.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzD0_oU1MSrbARybtYGJcrWIt0ZoNnDul

Our hours for pick-up this week are the following:

Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7, Friday 5-7, Saturday and Sunday 3-5

From our family to yours, thank you for being our wine club family,

Sara, Joey, Tina, Caitlin, and Shannon

Hello Friends,

How are you doing?  I hope you are hanging in there and finding new ways to connect to each other.  The personal connection seems to be one thing that I enjoy having more time for.  I have so many group chats going and have found time to call people I have not talked to in years.  I am grateful to say that everyone I know is healthy.  

We are going to continue to stay open a few hours a week for pick up, and we love making deliveries.  It is fun to drive around and spread some cheer, they are free, just ask!

Hours this week for pick up or parking lot delivery:

Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7
Friday 5-7
Saturday and Sunday 3-5

This week's TGIF is the 2018 La Encantada Chardonnay and the 2018 La Pareja (Grenache/Syrah blend).

Next week we will be posting a link to a virtual wine tasting with Joey that will go over all the new release wines for the Spring Wine Club.  This should be a fun and unique way to connect with you all.  

Thank you for all your support! Email me if you would like to stash, pick up, receive a delivery, or ship with your next wine club (early April).

We are patiently waiting until bottles of wine become just as in demand as toilet paper!!!

Much love,

Sara

Hello Friends,

Let's be real..there are times that I think I am going to lose it and I am fighting the urge to panic daily. I'm fighting this urge by concentrating on all of the things I am grateful for.

I am so comforted by my friends, family, neighbors, customers, and community. I am so thankful for the small group of friends I work out with every morning. I am grateful for my partnership with Joey and the fact that I genuinely love to spend time with my teenagers.  I'm sure so many of you, like us, are monetarily affected, and for that you have my full heart of empathy coming your way.  So many others are impacted by working from home, your kids staying home, and severe health risks.  We are together in solidarity!!

But I am ESPECIALLY thankful it is not Dry January!!  Drinking some wine or cocktails is a full-on lifesaver!  At this time, our TGIF wine deal couldn't be more critical.   

This week we have two TGIF wines. The 2018 La Encantada Chardonnay, regularly $38, TGIF=$25 and the 2018 Adobe Canyon Vineyard Tempranillo, regularly $40, TGIF=$25

I know many of you still have February's wine club to pick up or TGIF wines that are stashed.  We are happy to deliver locally for free, or you can come by the tasting room at our modified business hours.  Parking lot pick up is also available. Call the tasting room during the open hours below.  805-743-4094. 

Wednesday and Thursday 5:30-7
Friday 5-7
Saturday and Sunday 3-5

Email me If you want to pick up, stash, or ship with your next wine club.  

Keep concentrating on the positive my friends,

With Love,
Sara

Hello Friends,

I am sitting here at the bar with Caitlin writing this email, and Tina is filling my glass repeatedly with this delicious Sparkling. I am overwhelmed with the love I see around me.  We at Transcendence are accustomed to implementing a high level of sanitation in our tasting room, and we will continue to do so throughout this situation. I am confident that this family that we call Transcendence would never put anyone at risk by coming to the tasting room if they were sick or have been exposed.  At the time, we are business as usual.

If you are in a high-risk group or feel more comfortable not being in the tasting room,  we would like to offer the following:

Free local wine deliveries with a minimum of three bottles.  When you email me, indicate that you would like a delivery.

If you would like to pick up wine at the tasting room, we would be happy to meet you in the parking lot.  Please call the tasting room 805-743-4094 during business hours or contact me directly to make arrangements.

Our TGIF this week is the 2018 La Pareja (Grenache/Syrah) blend.  Regularly $40, TGIF=$25.  And we are 3 weeks away from our next wine club, so let me know if you would like to stash, ship, or pickup.

Stay safe my friends and remember to think critically, and use your intuition, it is always right.

Lots of Love,

Sara