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15 Newsletter
Avalon
NW Wine News
"These
Pharmacists
dispensing more than Medicine"
“ Walla
Walla Attracts Pharmacists
to the
Wine Industry”
by Christina Kelly,
Avalon Editor/Writer
"Betz
Family Wines
Truly
a Family Affair"
by Christina Kelly,
Avalon Editor/Writer
Charlie
Hoppes on His Own
" Fidelitas:
True to the Terroir”
by Christina Kelly,
Avalon Editor/Writer
The Avalon Hot Ten
Best Selling Wines this week
1. Bergstrom
"Cumberland" Pinot Noir 01 $29.99
Wine Spectator 92 points!
2 .L'Ecole
No. 41 Syrah 01
$37.99/$34.20
Best of Show,
NW Wine Summit 03
3. Bergstrom
Pinot Noir Rsv 2000
$29.99/26.99
Wine Spectator 90 points
4. Shea
Wine Cellars Pinot Noir "Homer" 2001
$64.99/$58.50
Wine Spectator 92 points
5.
McKinlay Pinot Noir
Special Select 00 $29.99
WIne Spectator rating
93 points!
*6. Cuneo Bordeaux Blend 99 $16.99
An absolute steal at this price- luscious!
7. Argyle
Pinot Noir 01 $16.99
Wine Spectator rating 91 points- Best Buy
8. Big Reds Club Membership
$66 a month plus shipping when purchased as a yearly subscription
9. Andrew Will Sangiovese
$30.00/27.00
from Ciel du cheval grapes- big, plush, delectable- Avalon employee fav!
10. Abacela
Tempranillo Reserve $45.99/41.39
Huge, dark, brooding, complex, cellar
for 15 years
*first week
on the list
Free
Wine
with one year sub to
Big Reds or Pinot Noir clubs
get
a free bottle of
Betz
Pere du Famille ($44 value)
or Shea
Homer PN ($65 value)
if you sign up this month!
June
Big Reds Wine Club
Fidelitas
Meritage $40
Tamarack
Red Dubrul Vyd $50
Club Members Price
$66/mo with 1 yr sub
Other wines coming this
summer:
Betz, Forgeron, L'Ecole, Cuneo,
Owen Roe and more!
June
Pinot Noir Wine Club
Penner
Ash 01 $45
Hamacher
00 $35
Special bonus bottle:
Hamacher
98 $35
included in this shipment
Club Members Price
$66/mo with 1 yr sub
Jean's Kitchen Sink
Cuneo Cellars is all over my sink this week-their light summer red Dolcetto, their amazingly cheap gushingly rich 99 Bordeaux Blend, their almost as cheap 2000 Bordeaux Blend (even better than the 99), and their luscious Syrah 01.
Yow- I'd always liked Gino Cuneo's wines but had not been able to get them very often- he always was selling out at the winery, where he is well known for his bounteous Italianate dinner events.
But the winery has expanded, and there is now enough wine that you, our wonderful customers across the country, can try his lovely quaffers. The wines are gushingly over the top rich, with a sensuous, Italian style richness, ripe luscious tannins, just wonderful wines. And the prices are so low- here's a chance to grab some bargains if you like lush, big big reds.
Big
Red Few Bucks!
Cuneo Cellars
Bordeaux Blend 99
$16.99
A steal at $30, this is a miracle at this price!
Come and see us
this Summer!
The summer weather here is wonderful, it's calm and rural and slow moving except in Portland and Seattle, the wine country is still farmland instead of Disneyland, you often get to taste wine with owners or winemakers, there's lots of outdoor activities, etc etc. In brief- this is a great summer to visit Oregon or Washington!
Email us if you are interested in coming out and let us know where you want to go, and we'll try to help with a little personal assistance- wher the locals go, places that don't show up in the guidebooks, etc.
Coming in
July!
Andy Perdue's new
NW Wine Guide,
from Sasquatch Press--
Watch here for more info on how YOU can get a free copy.
New Releases
updated
Aliogote-
lovely summer sipper, basis for Kir Cocktails
Washington
Wine Regions -
New Section
Check out the New and Informative Oregon Wine Advisory Board WEBSITE!
Articles
from
past issues of this newsletter
4/25 Newsletter
4/25 Northstar Winery
4/16 Newsletter
4/9 Abacela
Interview
4/9 Newsletter
3/30 Patricia
Green Interview
3/30 Newsletter
3/29 Owen
Roe Quarterly Newsletter
3/25 Sineann,
interview with Peter Rosback
3/17 Allen
Shoup's
Long Shadows Winery
3/17 Newsletter
3/6 Cayuse
3/6 Newsletter
3/1 McCrea Cellars
3/1 Focus
on Syrah
3/1 Kitchen
Sink Syrah
3/1 Owen Roe
3/1 Sineann new
wines
3/1 Beaux Freres 2001
3/1 Elvenglade
sale
3/1 Newsletter
