Big happenings here at Wind River Cellars. Monday night was the big Columbia Gorge Winery Association showcase in Portland. Hundreds of attendees had the opportunity to taste wines from most of the gorge wineries. This event was of course, the kick-off to this weekend's Gorge Winery Passport Weekend. Contact any of us for details.
I will be pouring wine at one of my favorite wine festivals, the Capital Food & Wine in Lacey. I'm not sure why they call it the Capital. Shouldn't they call it the Lacey? Anyway, if you go you will see dozens and dozens of wineries, lots of live music and several breweries. A brewery is like a winery only they make what we call "beer" instead of wine. Beer is usually served cold and I understand that it can be quite refreshing. I look forward to tasting it.
The tasting room is getting busier by the day. Below is a picture of some of the visitors we had last weekend. They were from Olympia, home of the real capital. They will be at the festival this weekend even though Lacey is a fraud.
Check the website for more upcoming events. I'll let you know next week what I think about this whole beer thing.
Keep it real, Husum!
Joel
Visitors of the week from Olympia!
Okay, lets end this confusion right now. The Capital Food and Wine event is the last weekend of March, which happens to be the same weekend as the Gorge Winegrowers Passport Weekend. This coming weekend I have nothing going on for the first time in 8 weeks. This would be a great time for you to grab whatever friends you have and come up for a barrel tasting. I can promise you a good time.
While I've been gone the pruning fairies have been busy working on the vineyard. Gavin is the Head Fairy and he's motivated to get things growing.
I really enjoyed myself at West Seattle Thriftway last Thursday and Freemont Wine Warehouse on Saturday. I always enjoy seeing my staulkers.
It's nice to be home, Husum!
Joel
Below is a picture of one of the rooms at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival, held last week. I had a great time meeting tons of new people and tasting a lot of lesser known Washington wines.
This coming weekend I will be pouring wine on Thursday at West Seattle Thriftway. West Seattle Thriftway is actually located in West Seattle. I will also be at the Fremont Wine Warehouse, located in Fremont, on Saturday. FWW is one of my favorite shops anywhere. If you get a chance to swing by either of these places, please do so. I also look forward to post-tasting dinners after each of these events. Stay tuned for announcements regarding Friday. I don't have anything yet but I'm sure something will come up.
For the eighth weekend in a row I will be on the road the following weekend at the Capital Food and Wine Festival in Lacey. There are not many festivals in Washington that are more fun than this one, as it offers lots of wine, lots of food, lots of music and lots of the Devil's beverage, beer.
Check out the Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Association for details on our upcoming "Passport Weekend". Most of the wineries in the area are participating and all are offering great incentives to visit.
I'm going outside to shovel snow for what I believe is the last time this year. Spring is here somewhere, I just have to uncover it.
I miss you Husum!
Joel
