In Full-on Holiday mode…
‘Tis the season indeed! The wreaths and lights are up at the house, we’ll get the tree this weekend, no pipes have burst yet – it’s a go!
It was a great time in Sisters, OR last Sunday for our annual dinner at the fabulous Jen’s Garden. TR & Jen do an amazing job, as does Emily at Cork Cellars. The food was amazing, the wines did not suck, and a good time was had by all. we even forgot for a moment that it was down to near 0 degrees that night. We’ve had quite the arctic chill going on here for the last week or so. It is supposedly ending tonight, to be followed by a storm of freezing rain! Please, no replay of last-year’s pre-Xmas fiasco…
Summertime in Champagne
There’s still time to get your gift orders in for the holidays (and to stock up at home, just in case we get snowed or iced-in again!) Need bubbles? Small amounts of the amazing Champagnes from Marc Chauvet remain, along with the killer-value Crémant from Huber-Verdereau (which was just written up in Mix Magazine.)
We’re also doing a year-end special on four of our staff favorites from the tasting room over the past year. Full or mixed cases are 25% off on these four goodies – our 2007 La Paulée Pinot, the 2007 St. Véran from Domaine Thibert, the 2007 Côte de Nuits Villages from Jean-Marc Millot, and the 2007 Côte de Nuits Villages from J-J Confuron. This offer is good thru Dec. 19th – get your orders in now…
Check out this very nice article on us in Thad Westhusing’s Beyond the Bottle Blog… Thanks for the kind words!
Winter in Portland (2008)
It’s hard to believe we’re booking events for 2010 already. Coming up in March we’re doing a great winemaker dinner in conjunction with the Classic Wines Auction. On March 2nd we’ll be at Portland’s Bluehour restaurant along with DeLille Cellars and O Wines. You can register now and get more info at the Classic Wines Auction Website…
Coming up shortly – the list of my favorite bottles of the year. Stay tuned!
