QUEENSRŸCHE reports:

Three Rivers Winery is offering the 2009 Geoff Tate Insania red in laser etched, hand painted, signed 3.0 liter bottles (equivalent to 4 regular size wine bottles); production is limited to 20 bottles, $500 plus tax each, so get yours reserved today. The bottles will be ready March 2011.

Contact Three Rivers Winery to place your order: 509-526-9463.

There are limited quantities left of the 2008 Geoff Tate Insania red (2 cases) and 2009 Geoff Tate Insania white (30 cases). Once these are gone there will be no more of this vintage.

More info here (scroll to bottom of the page).

"Geoff and Scott will be in Walla Walla for Holiday Barrel Tasting, on December 4th and 5th. We will barrel taste the 2009 Insania red with Geoff and Holly being on hand to speak with people. Geoff and Scott and friends will play a holiday acoustic set at Three Rivers Winery over this weekend. Book lodging early as it runs out quick. This is a very fun weekend with a lot to see taste and do."

As previously reported, four-time Grammy nominees Queensrÿche have signed a multi-album, worldwide deal with Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records. The band’s label debut - their twelfth studio album overall - is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2011 release. Singer and founder Geoff Tate remains the creative nucleus of the band, which continues to make relevant, against-the-grain hard rock that entices fans, both new and diehard.

Queensrÿche have been – and unquestionably remain - one of the most respected and innovative names in forward-thinking hard rock throughout the course of their nearly 30-year history. Since their inception over 25 years ago, Queensrÿche have sold over 20 million albums worldwide and have performed in over 22 countries.

“We are very happy to be signing with Road Runner/Loud and Proud. This is the rock label and a place where they are as excited about our music as we and our fans are,” Tate said.

“We are excited to welcome Queensrÿche to the label” stated Loud & Proud President Tom Lipsky. “They have earned global acclaim for their distinctive approach to music and we are confident of a successful partnership with them.”

Queensrÿche's 1988-issued album, Operation: Mindcrime, is universally respected as a classic concept release about rock, revenge and redemption. The album elicited comparisons to THE WHO’s Tommy and PINK FLOYD’s The Wall and is ultimately regarded as one of the most important and essential hard rock records in the genre’s expansive canon. 1990’s follow-up, Empire, yielded a #1 single, the Grammy-nominated ballad 'Silent Lucidity', which the band performed at the 1992 Grammy Awards accompanied by a supporting orchestra.

In 2006, the band released Operation: Mindcrime II, a scorching sequel to their original. The band then hit the road performing both albums Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II back-to-back in their entirety in an incredible theatrical presentation throughout the year.

The final performance was recorded at The Moore Theatre in Seattle that October and the Mindcrime at the Moore double CD/DVD release debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Music DVD Chart and eventually reached Gold status.

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