Pairing wine with… Rollergirls!?!
Tomorrow (Friday April 29th from 6-8pm), at Wine World Warehouse in the University District of Seattle I will be pouring the largest selection of My Derby Wife wines ever. This new release of SMALL lot wines with very limited availability will be featured for one night only, not only by me, but by 100 of my closest rollergirl friends. We’ll be there, hip-checkin’ and wine swirlin’ all while elegantly in our natural form: ON SKATES! Meet the rollergirls each representing their featured wines: 2007 Killer Bee-otch Merlot 2008 Scarlet Leather Merlot 2008 Sheeza Brickhouse...
Read MoreWine & Music Inspirations VII – Ween
Only Ween could possibly capture the loco-ality of my harvest (in)sanity this chilly, fine October evening. One ton of Chardonnay grapes from the Bryan Vineyard in Quincy sit on the tarmac of The Blending Room awaiting the green light from our newest piece of tin. Meet our mutilator/destemmer: harvest emergency purchase: new best friend: Maude Elle Tee And her parts. Henry Ford would be proud. (Except she’s Italian.) It’s always a love~hate relationship in the wine industry. If you can find romance in that than you belong right here with me. Just listen to this song and you...
Read MoreWhere’s Wino? Red House.
One of the newest places to find our wines is in Renton, WA at the Red House. They feature fine food and a large selection of beers and wines from local makers and from around the world. They say the atmosphere is “sophisticated and casual” and I would agree. I recently poured our Firás and Kamaris at their weekly Wednesday wine tasting event. Trucking over from Manson was a journey, but worth the trip. The Red House is a cozy place. People were very friendly and in good spirits throughout the night sharing stories and laughs with old and new friends. The wines were well...
Read MoreLotM for October
It’s that time of year again for another Label of the Month. This month’s label is brought to you by my stoopendously funny girlfriend Shaina inspired by her recent trip to Kelowna, BC. Blasted Church Vineyards is another in the line-up of “modern wineries,” by which I mean keen, out-of-the-box marketing strategies applied to a product becoming increasingly commoditized. In an attempt (successful I might add) to differentiate themselves, Blasted Church have developed seriously fun labels in line with their dynamite church theme. From their website: The plan called for...
Read MorePerfect Pairing
We’ve been having so much fun over the last couple of months with our Friday night Perfect Pairing events that we’re certain to host them through the end of October. Join us this Friday, October 15th from 4 – 6PM at The Blending Room to find your wine and cheese match made in heaven. Last Friday October 8th, we selected our Firá Chardonnay, Firá Cabernet Sauvignon, and Kamari Black Label Reserve Malbec to host the evening. Lake Chelan Cheese brought over a fancy aged Champagne Cheddar, a soft-ripened Double Crème Brie, and a classic from those crazy folks in Northern...
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