Wine is meant to be shared…
We’re enjoying gorgeous blus skies and temps in the hi 50s here for a couple of days. Unusual, unseasonal, but we’ll take it! A lot of good stuff is on the horizon for us, with a lot of great opportunities to get together and taste a veritable plethora of of excellent wines – how bad can it be?
Make a note now that on Saturday March 14th you’re invited to a “Big Names, Deep Discounts” Burgundy tasting here at the winery. This wil be your opportunity to taste some goodies that are generally not open for tasting – from Burgundy superstars Lucien Le Moine, J-J Confuron, and François Lamarche. We’ll be offering big savings on all remaining inventory from these three heavy hitters – details to come, but don’t miss this one!
Plans are also underway for a special joint event with the crew at my alma mater, Domaine Drouhin Oregon. We’ll be doing a joint tasting in Portland at Oregon Wines on Broadway from 5-8 on April 9th, and then a joint winemaker dinner to follow at Higgins, an all-time favorite in downtown PDX. Again, watch your emails and this space for details to come…
Most immediately – please plan to join us at the annual Flavors of Carlton event on Saturday March 7th in the cellars at Ken Wright’s – it’s only $50 for a night of great food and wine – we’ll be there pouring along with Penner-Ash, Elk Cove, Raptor Ridge, Soter – 18 wineries in all, and food from a bunch of the area’s top chefs and restos – including Nick’s and La Rambla. Over 50 top artists have donated items for the auction, and there are food, wine & vacation packages on the block as well. It’s a great event, and it funds Carlton Together Cares – which runs vitally needed education and enrichment programs for youth and teens in the Carlton area. I look forward to seeing you there!
And while we’re enjoying a false spring, here’s a great shot of our Azana vineyard in the snow back in late December…
