Just a quick shout-out to everyone. As most of you know, I'm not one to brag but at the risk of compromising my modesty, I must tell you that Wind River Cellars has recently been awarded for quality excellence. At the 2008 Northwest Wine Summit we were awarded 5 medals out of 1200 entries, including a gold medal for our 2006 Cabernet Franc. If I were the bragging sort I would also boast about winning silver medals for our Port of Celilo and Merlot and bronze medals for our Lemberger and Tempranillo. I don't like people who brag but did you happen to see the picture below of me with Don James? He only likes award-winning wines. You won't see him posing for pictures with the losers.
I hope to see all of you this Memorial Weekend. Today I'm going to call all of the wineries who didn't win anything. Hopefully the news of our awards will cheer them up.
Stay humble, Husum!
Joel
