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Christina Kelly,
Avalon Wine Senior Editor

Christina Kelly spent the first half of her career as a journalist for daily newspapers and magazines. She left daily journalism to work in corporate marketing/communications, but as a passionate wine enthusiast, she continues to write about the Northwest wine industry (since 1997) for many national publications.

Christina is a multiple fellowship winner to the Professional Wine Writers Symposium in Napa, including 2012. Christina has written for Avalonwine.com for the past 12 years. She can be reached at winewriter@comcast.net.

Jean Yates
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Jean first worked with the Oregon wine industry in 1989, when she helped develop marketing brochures for wineries in the South Willamette. She then started Avalon, and has supported the industry through her wine shop and web site ever since. Jean enjoys promoting Oregon and Washington wines and bringing Northwest wines to the notice of the wine-loving public across the country. She previously worked in high tech marketing and research in Silicon Valley.

Jean built and continually updates the Avalon web site, writes our Wine Club Newsletter, numerous e-mail articles on NW wine, and articles for the web site. Her twenty five years of experience working with NW wineries and winemakers gives Avalon a deep knowledge of the industry. She's judged NW wine at various competitions since 1997. Jean's favorite activity is photography, and many of the images on the Avalon web site are hers. She's from NC via Palo Alto, and lives in the South Willamette wine country.

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August 24, 2010, at 2:12 pm

Wines We’re Liking Now – from Oregon to Italy

By Marcus Looze, Avalon Wine, on August 24th, 2010

Of all the new wines coming through the store, here’s four that we keep taking home:

Smoking 08 Oregon Pinot:
Lemelsom Thea’s Selection Pinot noir 08
$25.16 in an order of any 12 bottles
http://www.northwest-wine.com/Lemelson-Pinot-noir-Theas-Selection.html
Great! An amazing core of cherry fruit and a super lush texture draws you in, while shadings of huckleberry and dark cocoa keep your buds popping. Thea’s positively sings on the finish. Outstanding Pinot.

Sipping poolside:
Ca del Baio Langhe Chardonnay “Luna d’Agosto” 09
$13.45 in an order of any 12 bottles
http://www.northwest-wine.com/Ca-del-Baio-Chardonnay-Luna-d-Agusto.html
Unoaked Chardonnay from Italy’s Piedmont – damn straight. One of the wines I look most forward to this time of year. We had a bottle last night with Albacore sashimi – wow. Clean, citrus flavors aren’t complex, they’re just perfect. Bring on the heat and humidity!

monchiero-roere-250pFire up the grill:
Monchiero Barolo “Roere” 05
$26.95 in an order of any 12 bottles
http://www.northwest-wine.com/Monchiero-Barolo-Roere.html
A contender for the best value Barolo. Floral and mega-aromatic, the Roere treats you to the allure of Nebbiolo – it smells like no other grape varietal. Dried rose, licorice, truffle-mushroom, dark cherry, fall leaves, resin and more. The tannins cry out for protein (steaks are on the menu) and it’s best to let this breathe for 1-2 hours before digging in. I can’t wait to visit the winery in September…

A glass with anything:
Westrey Pinot noir Willamette Valley 09
$19.75 in an order of any 12 bottles
http://www.northwest-wine.com/Westrey-Pinot-noir.html
The most recent success from Westrey. Red fruit – mostly crushed raspberry and wild mountain strawberry – subtle smoke, and white flowers. The WV 09 melds forward fruit with a bright and lively character, making a great intro to Oregon’s 2009 vintage.

August 24th, 2010 | Category: Oregon Wine | Comments are closed

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