Día del Amor y la Amistad. It’s the Day of Love and Friendship. I just did some research on Valentine’s Day and was surprised to learn it’s not as much of a Hallmark holiday as I had thought. It turns out Saint Valentine was persecuted for conducting weddings for soldiers who were forbidden from marrying. […]
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Buying Wine on the Web: The Future for Small Northwest Wineries
There are a few reasons you might be buying wine. One of the most popular I’m guessing, is the immediate need for a hell yeah glass of wine right now. In which case, you’re running to the nearest store (if you don’t keep a stocked cellar) to make a choice from whatever is available. On […]
The Perfect Thanksgiving Wine Pairing Guide
Today’s blog post is written by Jon Harding. It’s next week! Have you decided what you’ll be pouring with your Thanksgiving feast? We put just as much, if not more effort into choosing the wine for the holidays as we put into the actual menu planning. Some of you might concentrate on the turkey and […]
Small House Winery Will Start Bottling Soon
We’ve been working for three years, crushing and de-stemming grapes, fermenting and aging in barrels. Hard to believe that in December, we’ll begin bottling our first vintage; the 2008 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and our 2010 Washington Viognier (from 35-year old vines). We would have bottled sooner but we just got settled into our new, […]