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Roots and Vines: Get it?

April 15, 2009

The show is called Roots & Vines.
Roots (Rootvik) and Vines (vines–>grapes–>wine).
There are other angles as well: personal history in the area (I was raised here), being rooted in a place, the history of winemaking, terroir, etc. Bottom line, though, is that I’m thrilled to be involved in a show where I get to share my [...]

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The Ice Throne and Riesling

December 25, 2008

It was the eve before Christmas
and all through the house
I couldn’t find what I wanted…
So I grabbed a bottle of Otis Kenyon 2006 Riesling and headed out the back door to sit on my carefully carved (though very humble) throne.
Such are the joys of winter.

The riesling being a cold climate grape, I felt it only [...]

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Saturday Research

October 11, 2008

Lodmell Cellars
Adamant Cellars
Trio Vintners
Stephenson Cellars
Dunham Cellars
Trust Cellars
Chateau Rollat Winery
That’s quite a line-up for a Saturday afternoon. While friends and I planned on visiting Trio, invited by Steve Michener (one of the three), we had not accounted for the crowds brought into town for a Whitman College event weekend. So rather than wait outside Trio, we [...]

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