Newsletter Sept 19, 2002

We are so proud
to offer this delectable
red wine!

Columbia Crest
Walter Cloré Private Reserve
Columbia Valley 99 $29.99
Rated 92 points
in Wine Spectator!
"Just delicious, round and generous, a plush mouthful of pepper- and mocha-scented black cherry, blackberry, and smoky flavors, which echo on the fine-grained finish. Drink now through 2007. -H.S."

We don't normally get enough of Columbia Crest's Private Reserve wines to offer to our customers, they go to highend restaurants mostly- so here is great chance to get a world class wine dedicated to a pioneer of northwest winemaking- MORE---

Also available in very small amts:

Columbia Crest
Reserve Syrah 2000
$29.99

Columbia Crest
Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 99 $31.99

Snoqualamie
Reserve Syrah 2000
$25.99

Spring Valley Uriah 2000
blended Red Wine
Rated 94 points
in Wine Spectator!
$39.99 Back in stock!

"This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc is one of the best wines in the appellation. It’s ultrasmooth and gently spicy, a gorgeous rainbow of plum, cherry, cedar, chocolate and exotic spice flavors that play across a supple frame, polished to a deep sheen and echoing forever. Drink now through 2010.—H.S. " ORDER HERE

"Change in barrel program
creates more elegant wines
for DiStefano"
By Christina Kelly
Avalon Staff Writer

If there are "hoties" in the Northwest wine industry right now, DiStefano Winery has to be among them. Winemaker and owner Mark Newton says his new barrel program helped to generate all the fuss. READ THE STORY

Highest rated NW Wines-
updated 9/19/02

New NW Wine Releases-
updated 9/19/02

Featured Wines
September 2002
updated 9/19/02

News from Avalon-

The weather is changing and now is a great time to get wine shipped- in many cases, we can use inexpensive ground shipping during this brief period when the weather is temperate between Avalon and your home.

We have many new releases this week, you might want to check the web pages listed above... or give us a call, we love to hear from our customers!

If I had to buy only one wine from Avalon's list this week, it would be the Andrew Will Champoux Red Table Wine. It is sinply the best wine I've ever had from Chris Camarda. I was fortunate enough to try it with him a few months ago, ---wow---! Very sophisticated, complex, needs aging, just perfectly balanced.

So there's my 2 cents worth, most of you customers know so much more than I do about wine, I continue to marvel at your interest and knowledge!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Jean, Ann, Carl, Teresa, Cole, and Christina

Marketing NW Wine:
How to make the "B" Word
work for you!
By Cole Danehower
There is perhaps no bigger buzz word in marketing than "branding." What was once an innocuous noun is now an imperative verb. MORE....

The Lowdown on
Blended Wines
Cole Danehower explains it all

We are featuring some blended reds this week, so I left the link to this story from last week...
READ THE ARTICLE HERE

An Interview with
Anna Matzinger
New Winemaker at
Archery Summit Winery

From Last Week

Cristom Releases
New 2000 Pinot Noirs

Soléna Wines-
Complex, Sophisticated, Impressive
Catch a Rising Star!

Archery Summit's
New Management, new era

German Winemaker
Praises
Oregon Pinot Noir

Think Oregon can't make
great Chardonnay?
Think Again!