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Walla Walla Wow!
June
24, 2002--Just got back from a visit to Walla Walla and what an eyeopener
it was! Walla Walla is changing from an area known chiefly for its sweet
onions and Whitman College to a winelover's heaven.
Still a quiet and
charming small town, longtime resident Walla Walla farmers who pioneered
the local wine industry are being joined by new arrivals opening wineries
at a staggering rate.
Each winery has
its own unique story, but some common trends are worth noting:
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Walla
Walla Wines- What we liked
Walla Walla Vintners
Merlot 2000
$ 26.99-------- ORDER
HERE
A very very plush and
toasty wine, holds up against steak on the grill beautifully, drink
now and enjoy this fruit monster with hints of spice and lavender.
L'Ecole #41 Fries
Vineyard Semillon 2000
$20.99 ----ORDER
HERE
If you like Vouvray,
Alsatian whites, complex white Bordeauxs, you'll enjoy tis wonderfully
complex and articulate wine. Clear, fresh flavors, mineral, fruit and
floral notes, and a glorious clean finish. A wonderful wine by iteself
and excellent with white fish, shellfish, big salads, summer sipping.
Spring Valley
Uriah 2000
$39.99 --------ORDER
HERE
A red blend with complexity reminiscent of a good
Bordeaux, big but structured, with appealing hints of lavender and bitter
chocolate, ageable yet drinking very well now. The 99 vintage received
91 points in Wine Spectator. Beautiful label with photo of Uriah, the
great great grandfather of the current winemaker, and the pioneer who
first established this impressive family farm.
More next week........
Top Rated Wines
on Sale
Beaux
Freres Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
The Beaux Freres Vineyard 2000
Wine Spectator 92 points
Regular $69.99 SALE-Our price $59.75
-SEE
REVIEW HERE
Beaux
Freres Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
The Beaux Freres Vineyard 1999
Wine Spectator 94 points,
one of their Top 100 Wines of the World
Regular $69.99
SALE -- $59.99
SEE REVIEW HERE
I just can't believe we still have this wine available-
it is drinking superbly right now, Mike told me he thinks its drinking
the best of all his wines- this wine has somehow slipped through our
system and we still have it available- I cannot recommend this wine
too much, it is absolutely outstanding. ---JY
Domaine
Serene Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
Grace Vineyard 1999
Wine Spectator 92 points
Regular $78.99 SALE-Our price $69.99
SEE
REVIEW HERE
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What We're
Drinking Now
Willakenzie
Pinot Noir 2000
Regular $25.00 SALE $22.99
ORDER
HERE
Excellent price for its quality--- medium bodied with
everything in the right place- nice toast and fruit nose, hints of
fresh strawberry, juicy and silky mouth feel, and a round, pleasant
finish. Very nice with outdoor grilled salmon. -JY
Bergstrom Pinot noir 2000
Regular $36.99 SALE $32.00
ORDER
HERE
90 points in Wine
Spectator
The 2000 blend is full of briary fruit aromas with
notes of chocolate, torrefaction, and dark cherry, cedar and balsamic
tones. It is a muscular wine at 14% yet restrained and elegant. This
wine will drink well now but will reach its apogee with several years
of bottle ageing. We recommend this wine with hearty stews, steaks,
lamb, or game.
Penner Ash Syrah 2000
Regular $35.99 SALE $32.99
ORDER
HERE
We just came back from Walla Walla and while there,
we tasted a lot of Syrahs. I have to admit, this Syrah, made from
Southern Oregon fruit by the super talented Lynn Penner-Ash, is still
one of my favorites. The difference? The complexity- its still a big
fruity wine, but ther is structure and complexity that allows it to
be served with food and to age. I put it on sale for this newsletter
to let you try it at a bargain price- check it out- it rocks. JY
Briggs Hill '98 Pinot Noir
Regular $24.99 SALE $22.99
ORDER HERE
This is a rich, full bodied Pinot Noir at a bargain
price.
Croft Bailey
Pinot noir Reserve 98
Regular $49.00 SALE $39.99
ORDER
HERE
Wine and Spirits February 2002:
"All about velvet, a wine for sipping in a dark. blue-lit room
while watching Mullholland Drive. But moody as it is, there's nothing
forboding about it. Instead, it's just plush, cool, refined, seeming
to shimmer in a red persimmon fruitiness. The fruit is succulent,
the creamy tannins fine-grained, the feel composed yet informal."
Argyle
Pinot Noir 2000
Our Price $17.59
SEE REVIEW HERE
Argyle
Chardonnay
Willamette Valley
Nuthouse 99
Wine Spectator 91 points
Our price $28.99
SEE REVIEW HERE
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We've
started a new website with information for winemakers, grape growers
and people interested in the Oregon wine industry.
Check it out-
www.oregon-wine.com
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FREE
bottle of
Cameron
Chardonnay
with
every $75
or higher web order!
Just
mention this ad when you order
and we'll send along this
$17 value wine
Good through June 30, 2002
One coupon per order, please
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with every
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Just mention this ad when you order-
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Good through June 30, 2002
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with $500 order
good through June 30 2002
Order for regular priced in stock wines only
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BEST
BUYS
THIS WEEK
Ryan Patrick Red
Special Intro Price
regular $35.99
now $29.99
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Pinot
Noir 2000
$39.99
One word- yumm! Scent of restrained fresh strawberry,
char, spice, flavors of jammy
black cherry,
strawberry, violets, outstanding wine drinking between 2004 and 2008.
Very limited.
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Corkscrew
with $500 order
$60
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comes with foil cutter and
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good
through June 30 2002
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