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How are we rolling this Tuesday night? Sav Blanc

How are we rolling this Tuesday night? Sav Blanc and 'za my friends! Crisp, juicy with tart grapefruit notes. This wine zings! @carharttvineyard
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It's the last day of #tastewashingtonwinemonth and

It's the last day of #tastewashingtonwinemonth and we are celebrating with a piece on Kitzke Cellars Candy Ridge Vineyard in the proposed Candy Mountain AVA. This will be a double nested AVA in the Columbia Valley AVA and the Yakima Valley AVA. Seth Kitzke is the winemaker. He also has @upsidedownwine in Hood River.
Visit our website to take a stroll through the vineyard with us! @kitzkefamilyvineyards
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Yeah...it's not wine...it's banana bread...homemad

Yeah...it's not wine...it's banana bread...homemade and delicious.

Some days are for writing...some days are for rese

Some days are for writing...some days are for research. There is banana bread in the oven...it smells divine. I was curled up on the couch with my issue of Food & Wine when Michael turned on Wine Show TV and then opened this. We are traveling and nesting and deepening our wine knowledge in multiple ways today! Cheers! @santabarbarawinecountry
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2016 Syncline Mourvedre from Horse Heaven Hills.

2016 Syncline Mourvedre from Horse Heaven Hills. It paired beautifully with roasted butternut squash with sage, thyme, rosemary and lavender, bacon wrapped filets and roasted beets with parmesan Notes of raspberry, smoke, eucalyptus, dried herbs and roasted meats. @synclinewinery
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So my #pantrypairing for tonight! We had some tor

So my #pantrypairing for tonight! We had some tortilla Crushed tilapia in the freezer as well as a big bag of quinoa that I seasoned with dried thyme. Michael picked up beets at the store this week which had beautiful greens on the top, so those got cooked dow. With olive oil s&p and a bit of white wine vinegar. A little sliced apple for it's brightness. This was paired with a 2018 Cadaretta SBS. In my last post I called this a Sav Blanc, but it's more than that. In a Bordeaux (specifically Entre deux Mers) style this wine is 66% Sauvignon Blanc and 34% Semillon (that grape we came to love in Australia's Hunter Valley). #youcansipwithus
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Tonight we will open this Sauvignon Blanc from Cad

Tonight we will open this Sauvignon Blanc from Cadaretta. We had an amazing visit to their glasshouse on their vineyard back in October of 2018 with the Wine Media Conference. (Scroll through to see the photos) More recently we visited their tasting room when we were in Walla Walla in July. Sadly this is the last bottle of their wine that we will get to enjoy.
Back in February they decided to take their family business in a new direction and closed Cadaretta.
We will give a toast to Kris Middleton, as well as one to Greta who took care of us both in the tasting room and at the dinner. (More on the dinner pairing later) #Washingtonwines
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View from the roof, smushed with Michael in the Pa

View from the roof, smushed with Michael in the Papasan chair staring at the sky. It's like a pillow ripped open and scatter by your dog. Sometimes it looks like you imagine it looking from the other side.

This afternoon we are doing the #flatteningthecurv

This afternoon we are doing the #flatteningthecurve thing with this beauty.
@tablascreek. Circa 2018 If you know me, you know that this was my gateway drug to Tablas Creek addiction. I love their Vermentino. This 2018 is sold out. They only made 1140 cases. They never make enough IMHO. These grapes are certified organic and biodynamic! Remember we are doing the #travelinabottle thing! Well it occurred to me we can go a bit "whovian" on this because with wine, we are not just traveling to a place, we are travelling through time, revisiting a vintage! From their site (cause they are genius with this stuff)
"The 2018 vintage saw an almost ideal balance of vine health and stress, as is often the case with the first dry year after a very wet one. Although rainfall was just 70% of normal, the rains came late, delaying the onset of bud-break and the beginning of the growing season. The cool weather continued most of the year, punctuated by a six-week heat wave in July and early August. But temperatures moderated before picking began, and harvest proceeded under slightly cooler than normal conditions, allowing us to pick without stress and producing fruit (and wines) with intense flavors and good balancing acidity.
The Vermentino grapes were whole cluster pressed, and fermented using native yeasts in stainless steel to emphasize the minerality of the grapes. The wine was bottled in February 2019." So pick a winery, pick a vintage and enjoy some time travel with me!
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On Crushed Grape Chronicles today: The Valley Gro

On Crushed Grape Chronicles today: The Valley Grove Vineyard and the future of Armstrong Family Winery. These photos are of the barn on the property built in 1895, the beautiful guest house on the property, friendly wildlife..(got to love cats!) And the vineyard view! We met Tim at the Wine Bloggers Conference (now known as the Wine Media Conference) in Walla Walla in 2018. We k we when we were back in the area we wanted to have a chance to speak further with him. So on our trip in July 2019 we scheduled a visit. While you are at home, you can read up on this Winery and their beautiful vineyard and plan a getaway when we can all get out and travel again! #travelinabottle
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