Wine & Music Inspirations IV – The Knife
It’s a stunning day here on the North Shore of Lake Chelan in Manson! Things couldn’t be more exciting as the Northern hemisphere moves into Autumn. This music inspiration came on the heels of my Swedish kick from Koop, but in a radically different fashion. The Knife are a Swedish Indie electronic, brother and sister duo enlightening us with hard-core lyrics, and pitch-shifting rhythm infused electronica. The inspiration came from a recent picture of my glamorous duties in a smurf blue jumpsuit while punching down the cap on my Red Mountain Merlot. As I was considering full...
Read MoreWine & Music Inspirations III – Shivaree
Last night I was wide awake in the middle of the night contemplating the 2010 Firá Chardonnay fermentation while staring out at the waning gibbous moon. Falling on the heels of a fantastic harvest moon two days ago, I still could not get this song out of my head. Naturally it has become my next wine & music inspiration. I love the way the music carries itself through the song to tell its story to the next interchange up to the climax and finally the dénouement farewell to the moon. Her brooding voice lends solace to my sleeplessness. Goodnight Moon by Shivaree My goal with this...
Read MoreWine & Music Inspirations II – Koop
This morning was the first day of a harvest that is certain to continue well into November. The excitement, the hurry up and wait, the restless nights are finally assuaged with the reception of our first grapes at The Blending Room. But before their arrival at 12:20PM, yours truly was all a flutter and seeking solace in anything but facebook or twitter. Thus, I turned to my now incessant search for wine and music inspirations. This is not an easy thing to do, let me tell you, but was just the task I needed to ease my apprehensive mind. I searched through the abyss of a music collection held...
Read MoreWine & Music Inspirations I – DeVotchKa
Awhile back, I was asked how I would pair my wines with music. So I thought long and hard about it… I tried not thinking about it, tried perusing the playlists, tried humming, tried racking my brain for rhythms, to no avail. I could not find any songs to go with any of my wines. Stumped! I turned off the Jorge Ben and Cesária Évora that I normally have playing at The Blending Room and switched to a party playlist. That’s when the opening rhythms of this song penetrated my soul. The only natural pairing was our 2008 Kamari Cabernet Franc. A dark, thick, creamy, rich young wine...
Read MoreLotM for September
So, once upon a time, a sassy 18 year old girl was working at an Italian restaurant awaiting her acceptance letter to the University of Washington. A regular sitting at the bar inquired about her University status and she confirmed that she had yet to hear anything. As the kind and helpful regular that he was, he suggested that she register with the local community college since classes were about to start in three weeks. Woah! Hang on a minute! Now we all know community colleges do great things, but she had already spent her time at a community college, not to mention a year at the...
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