Carpe Vinum Friday Flights! The Great Northwest!
Hello Friends and Wine Lovers!
We are in Wine Country! It’s just out our back doors. . .and, well, our front doors too. It’s all around us! Of course, considering that wine is now grown in all 50 states, this pretty much applies to everyone in the country, but try explaining that to someone in Juno, Alaska! Of course, I am referring to the Great Northwest, where the bulk of this bulk-email is delivered to. Although wine is grown in 50 states, the Northwest has a great deal of great wine. Things have progressed so far in the Northwest Wine department, that we are almost self-sufficient wine-wise and will be able to secede from the rest of the country soon! (See Coup D’Etat, Extra-Special Premium #1.) But I jest. . .
But now something about the wines! As a possible side-effect of global warming, there have been more and more warmer-weather grape varietals grown here and squashed into bold, tasty reds. I felt it my duty to explore some of these interesting wines, a journey beyond the seas of Pinot Noir. Firstly, but not foremostly, I bring you a Gamay Noir, the varietal behind the Beaujolais region of France. Also, I have 2 Bordeaux-Style blends, one Zinfandel, 2 Rhone-Style blends (Including the wickedly tasty Sinister Hand), and one certainly amazing Cabernet Franc from the Walla Walla winery Colvin Vineyards! There aren’t enough words to describe them! So, I guess you’ll just have to taste them for yourself. . . here! Tomorrow!
(And speaking of the Great Northwest, someone not-so-great in this Great Northwest has taken it upon themselves to run off with one of my planters with the Baby Twisty-Locust in it. Besides leaving my doorway asymetrical, it leaves the other Locust kinda lonely. So considering this is a small town, if anyone sees it anywhere, let me know. I’ll offer a decent reward for its safe return! And oh, the tasty things I can reward with! Thanks, all!)
So Friday, September 10th, between 4:30 and 9:00 PM it’s:
The Great Northwest!
Amity 2002 Gamay Noir, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Foris 2000 Fly-Over Red, Rogue Valley, Oregon
A to Z 2002 Claret, Southern Oregon
Westrey 1999 Zinfandel, Layne Vineyard, Applegate Valley, Oregon
Owen Roe 2003 Sinister Hand, Columbia Valley, Washington
The Extra-Special Premium Pours:
Andrew Rich 2002 Coup D’Etat, Oregon/Washington
Colvin Vineyards 2001 Cabernet Franc, Chelle den Pleasant Vineyard, Washington
A good deal at $10 for the first 5, and $6 for the Extra 2 Premium Pours.
Hope to see you here!
Seize the Wine!
Next week is Wines of the French Rhone!
M