Educating for Responsible
Wine Consumption

Note: You saw it here first! : ) Watch Cashmere grow!

Cashmere is on its way to becoming another wine center for visitors and locals. Crayelle Cellars and Waterville Winery are already established there on MIssion Ave. near the distillery, and it won’t be long before they are joined by others. The Flanagans of Ryan Patrick Vineyards are establishing their wine production facility there, as well as a new tasting room, and it won’t be long before both are up and running.

Going through Junkyard Gypsy next door will take you back a good many years when you view their collection of clothing, furniture and other miscellany from years gone by.

The Wenatchee World online has created a new site in their Communities section, Cashmere World, which is definitely worth checking out, with its interesting articles and stories. I especially like Fran Tabor’s articles, Taber Homestead: a Pioneer Story, and Aren’t we lucky?.

Wine:

Grocery Outlet has a dry French rose’ from Robert Skalli in stock. Skalli is the French parent company of St. Supery winery in Napa. We have presented their wines several times over the past years. The Skalli wines are not normally available in WA state.

This wine is very dry, as are most French rose’ wines, and went well with our delicate steelhead last night. And, at $2.99, it’s a real bargain.

I’ve heard good reports on Square Nail cab sauv but haven’t tried it yet. Same with a white from Australia called Tempus Two, Melange 2006–a blend of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. It sounds good but today is cloudy and chilly so we’ll try the Square Nail tonight with a pot roast. It’s cold up here on the hillside!

Beginning July 10, Alex will be pouring at the local Ryan Patrick tasting room here in town, so come by and say hello if you’re around.

Don’t forget to schedule in the pig roast at Bergrens’ home July 24. It’s always one of the highlights of the summer. More will come on that later.

Joanne

For that matter, what a lot of everything is going on. We’ve had Apple Blossom, Maifest and the Wenatchee Wine Walk, and coming up are barrel tasting and more. Here, if you haven’t seen this website, you should go there and get the information first-hand. It is excellent, and will give you all kinds of news about coming events. www.wenatcheevalley.org. (more…)

It isn’t April yet, so you have three days remaining to hurry down to the WA State Liquor Store or to your closest grocery or wine store for good buys in Washington wines while it is still Washington Wine Month. I just saw Safeway’s ad, and TOP Foods and Freddie’s. Of course, when stores have these sales, the reduction is usually from a price higher than what you are accustomed to seeing on the bottle you want. It might not be the case every time, but it pays to know your wine prices! (more…)

March is coming up….Oops…It seems March is here already. It snuck up on me while I was in February, still…. and with it, Washingon Wine Month. Jan Lutz, Eno member and Executive Direxctor of the  Columbia River Wine Country association, sent me some information I thought would be of interest to the wine society.. (more…)

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…)

Have you noticed?

I’m surprised there hasn’t been a major news report about this, but perhaps the scientific community is keeping quiet about it for now. Surely you, as I, have noticed that the universe is speeding up and time as we know it is slipping away at an alarming rate. Didn’t you notice that September flew by, and now October is doing the same? At this rate we will be able to prepare one meal to serve both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner at the same time. (more…)