I'm beginning to feel like harvest is finally over. I made the mistake of putting my press away for the year. Every other year I've done this, some grower comes to us and asks if we'll take his late harvest grapes. The answer will be "No way in Hell". (Unless it's Rick from Celilo)
Monday I came home from my Seattle trip and pressed off the last of our '06 red wines. Tuesday I racked and blended our '04 Cab Sauv. Wednesday I reassembled the winery. Yesterday I bottled Syrah, Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon. Today I'm off to Pasco for a tasting. You can bet your sweet cheeks that I'll have something interesting to say about it when I get back. Tonight is the Columbia Gorge Wine Growers annual Fall meeting. This is where all of the wineries and growers in our region get together to discuss the direction of the organization. That's all I'll say about that.
Sunday is the library tasting here at Wind River Cellars. Here are some of the wines we'll be pouring:
1998 Pinot noir
1999 Pinot noir
2000 Pinot noir
2001 Pinot noir
2002 Pinot noir
2003 Pinot noir
2004 Pinot noir
1998 Cabernet Sauvignon
1999 Cabernet Sauvignon
2000 Cabernet Sauvignon
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
1998 Merlot
1999 Merlot
2000 Merlot
2001 Merlot
2002 Merlot
2003 Merlot
2004 Merlot
2000 Lemberger
2001 Lemberger
2002 Lemberger
2003 Lemberger
2004 Lemberger
2000 Cabernet Franc
2001 Cabernet Franc
2001 Syrah
2002 Syrah
2003 Syrah
2004 Syrah
2001 Tempranillo
2002 Tempranillo
2003 Tempranillo
2004 Tempranillo
1997 Meritage
1997 Port of Celilo
2001 Port of Celilo
2004 Port of Celilo
2005 Port of Celilo
If this isn't enough for you then just ask to taste more current vintages out of the barrels.
If you don't feel like driving all the way to Husum for this event just stop by any winery and ask them pour samples of all of their red wines from the past ten years. Here's a list of what you would get from a typical Oregon winery:
2000 Pinot Noir
2001 Pinot Noir
2002 Pinot Noir
2003 Pinot Noir
That will be $95 please.
You make me want to open lots of wine, Husum!
Joel
