2011 Syncline, Cuvée Elena
This gem, one of our favorite wines and a club perennial, is a delicious and carefully constructed southern Rhone style blend of their very best grapes. Continue reading
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Specialty Club – February 2014
2011 Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe, Châteauneuf du Pape
It’s hard to believe, but this may be the very first time we’ve ever gotten enough of this iconic red Châteauneuf du Pape to put it in this club, although we have selected some of their white wines, and have also put their other reds from Gigondas and the Ventoux into our Collector’s Club. Continue reading
Oregon Wine Club – February 2014
2010 Adelsheim, Pinot Noir Elizabeth’s Reserve
Adelsheim is one of Oregon’s oldest wineries, dating back to the early 1970s when then young David and Ginny Adelsheim planted their first vineyard, on a volcanic, south-facing slope in what is now the Chehalem Mountains AVA. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – February 2014
2011 ANIMALE, Dolcetto — With an annual production of barely 200 cases a year, ANIMALE is truly a micro winery. Winemaker Matt Gubitosa makes those wines in the basement of his home in Ballard, sourcing fruit from select vineyards around the state. Continue reading
Grower Champagne Club – February 2014
Jacques Copinet, Cuvée Marie Etienne Blanc de Blancs 2004
Jacques and Brigette Copinet founded their Champagne estate in 1975 in the tiny village of Montgenost in the Côte de Sézanne. Continue reading
Washington Wine Club – January 2014
2010 Baer Winery, Callisto
As longtime club members may remember, Baer Winery in Woodinville was founded by Lance Baer in 2000, and our dear partner Bear loved the wines from the very first release. Continue reading
Specialty Club – January 2014
2010 Lignier-Michelot, Chambolle-Musigny, Vieilles Vignes
We discovered this amazing wine at a seminar in the fall led by Peter Wasserman, one of the top importers of Burgundy in the country. Continue reading
Oregon Wine Club – January 2014
2011 Evening Land Vineyards, Chardonnay
Evening Land was founded by former movie producer, Mark Tarlov, who turned his successful Hollywood career into a small trio of wineries, first in Sonoma, then Oregon, and most recently, in Burgundy. Continue reading
Collector’s Club – January 2014
2008 Edi Simcic, Duet — The Simcic family has been producing wine for several generations in Goriska Brda, Slovenia, a location that is now just 500 yards from Italy’s Friulian border. Continue reading
Grower Champagne Club – January 2014
A. Margaine, Brut Rosé
In our September club write-up I talked about the first visit on my whirlwind one-day tour of four grower-producers in Champagne last summer (beginning at Gaston Chiquet, in Dizy). Continue reading
West Seattle Wine Cellars 