Educating for Responsible
Wine Consumption

Presenting Summer Picnic Tasting
At the Benson Vineyards Estate Winery, Manson, Washington
on Saturday, June 12th
Beginning at 1:00 p.m.

If you haven’t yet visited  Benson Estate Winery’s new tasting facility in Manson, you are in for a treat. Kathy and Bruce Campbell have arranged to hold our June picnic there.

Reservation Deadline: June 9th

Download the flier and application form for more information.

At the Cashmere Riverside Center
Beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Please join us as we sample wines from three of the most recent wineries to open in our area, and meet the winemakers who made this happen.

Deadline for Reservations:
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
LIMITED TO THE FIRST 56

Download the information flyer and registration form.

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“Tempranillo is Spain’s quintessential, indigenous ‘Noble Grape,” says Jancis Robinson, ” and is “Spain’s answer to Cabernet Sauvignon.”

We will learn more about this April 15 at the Cashmere Riverside Center, in a presentation by members Don Julien and Joanne Saliby.

Download the April Event Newsletter or more information, and a registration form.

What happened to winter? Are we now at the end of it or at the beginning of an early spring? As much as I hate to say it, we need snow, which calls for a cozy fire, and then….. a glass of wine! (more…)

At the Cashmere Riverside Center
on Thursday, February 18th.
Beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Registration Deadline Tuesday, February 16. Limited to the first 70!

For all the details, and a registration form, download the February Newsletter.

Annual Meeting and Bonus Tasting
Members Only

Location: Cashmere Community Center

Meeting at 6:30 pm, bonus tasting afterwards.

TASTE THE BEST OF WASHINGTON
Wine Spectator just released their top 100 Wines and many Washington wines made the list. We are celebrating the Washington Wine industry by tasting some of the wines that made that list!!

Food
Bring hors d’ oeuvres to share.

We will be pouring:

1. Bernard Griffin Columbia Valley Reisling (2008) – #66 on the list rated 90 pts.
2. Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon, Canoe Ridge (2006) – #38 on the list rated 92 pts.
3. Efeste Ciedleigh Syrah (2006) – #36 on the list rated 93 pts.
4. Rulo Columbia Valley Syrah (2006) – from the Eno Society cellar rated 87 pts.
5. Spring Valley Uriah Merlot Blend (2006) – #60 on the list rated 93 pts.

Please come join us and see how your own ratings compare with the Wine Spectator!

Admissions:
$15.00 MEMBERS ONLY

Download the January 2010 Newsletter and Bonus Tasting Application