LotM for August
This month’s label was inspired by a conversation with a customer about Nefarious Cellars. Now, I get really excited about great wine, great wine making and great wine stories, and this label delivers on all of the above. 2002 Nonni and Zing Willamette Valley Pinot Noir according to their website: …we started a label called Nonni and Zing. It was a small project of about 250 cases annually and was made entirely from fruit sourced from the Dundee Hills AVA. That was a good time. The label features a jester with bright red pompoms on his top. The Nefarious jester can still be...
Read MoreLabel of the Month: LotM for September
I’m ahead of myself for this month! Woo! This month’s label was inspired by my most recent trip to the Willamette Valley, where I sipped stupendous Pinot Noir and reminisced about my time working at Archery Summit as an intern. I first came across this label in a grocery store. It was last year during a time when I had yet to submit any of my own labels for approval by the feds. Yes, ALL alcoholic labels must be approved by the federal and state governments, which have pretty strict regulations about size and type of the label content such as the government warning. I came across...
Read MoreWillamette Valley Wine Tasting
I went down to the Willamette Valley this last weekend on a whirlwind trip to visit my good friend Liz. I drove down with her little brother Tre, which was pretty fun. On the way down, we even saw a DeLorean Gang. Four rustless DeLoreans driving through Olympia. Then it was off to the Willamette Valley on Saturday. We stopped by Sokol Blosser first and tasted through six fine wines from the white Evolution, to the red Meditrina, and the set of fabo Pinot Noirs. Umm, my fave. A wine after my own heart. Then it was off to find Maysara, which is Farsi for House of Wine. This winery was a...
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