![]() Yehoshua, I think it's premature to say GAN EDEN Wine lives. I wish I could understand the purpose, and why they are more interested in maintaining the fantasy wine than getting in real inventory. But I agree, chances are it is a phantom placed there for some purpose by the powers that be at Skyview. Yossie, the problem is that I never made a 2010 vintage, which tells me it is not old stock, but rather counterfeit, if it existed at all. But I would like to begin a distribution system in which direct sales is only a large portion, in anticipation of the days I have 20,000 or more cases I need to sell. So I would imagine the first few vintages will not be long in inventory, and should easily sell out by Rosh Hashana unless I decline to do anything except direct sales. Unfortunately, again, I cannot work with fruit I do not have, and especially not with wine I do not have. I don't think I ever produced less than 3500 cases in a year when I had my own winery, and even that was only the 1985 vintage. That would be the smallest release for GAN EDEN ever, but beggars can't be choosers. Therefore, my initial release will likely be around 800 cases (12 bottles each) split between the 3 varieties, with a later release of 2012 Chardonnay. I do not now anticipate bottling more than half of the Agua Dulce production under the GAN EDEN label, though if allowed to, that could change. The GAN EDEN, as it stands now, will be a partnrship between me and the owner of Agua Dulce, and will intially be limited to wines I produced in past vintages for Agua Dulce, since I cannot crush anything now from past vintages, but will eventually include fruit purchased from other growers, from elsewhere in the state or the surrounding states. Gabe, the Agua Dulce and Gan Eden will be somewhat different wines in most cases. In short, Skyview's GAN EDEN branded wine is either phantom wine or existing counterfeit GAN EDEN, actively and knowingly perpetuated by Skyview. Frankly, I do not know what else I can do without engaging an attorney. MY emails to Skyview have told them that failure to remove reference to GAN EDEN at this time would result in their being excluded from being offered legitimate GAN EDEN, and they seem unmoved. Skyview will not be offered the new GAN EDEN, but many other wine shops in the area will be offered it. Skyview is using the brand name, at least on its web site, with a product which does not exist legitimately, if at all. I have never abandoned the name nor the business, and anyone using the name is in breach of my trademark. I have continued the active web site to the brand, and I am working on a bottling of GAN EDEN wines for sale before Pesach (2010 Cab, Syrah and Zin). ![]() ![]() The brand was never abandoned by me in the trade, it has been down under the requisite inactive period of time to ber considered abandoned. The GAN EDEN brand and trademark is registered to me and not to anyone else at the federal level. I have written emails to Skyview to take it off their list, to no avail. I don't know anyone who has ever ordered or received a bottle, and they do not have a picture of one on their site.
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