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 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 MoreWine & Music Inspirations VI – Radiohead
Today, it’s grey and rainy here in Manson, reminds me of Seattle. And it also begs the question: Why is the weather so influential and indicative of our musical selections? I certainly cannot begin pondering the answer, but will suggest that Radiohead’s Paranoid Android on the OK Computer album is exactly the inspiration I need to get motivated for pressing red wine today. In fact, the entire album is needed, since it’s hard to separate each song from the brilliant overall orchestration emanating from Thom Yorke’s genius. Bear with me: This is the kind of album that...
Read MoreWine & Music Inspirations V – Rufus & Chaka Khan
Certainly, my Friday night pleaser. After spending all day yesterday and early today dropping fruit in the vineyards (boy, is life hard?), I returned back to the winery for evening cap maintenance. This song popped on and took the lead as today’s wine & music inspiration. Its rhythm was perfect for traipsing around the one inch edges of the fermenting bins. I’m always calling on my past gymnastic experience and my current yoga practices for these balancing times. But I was feeling extra lively tonight dancing to the rhythms of Tell Me Something Good by Rufus & Chaka...
Read MoreWine & 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...
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