{"id":10,"date":"2009-06-16T10:59:27","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=10"},"modified":"2009-06-19T09:07:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-19T16:07:35","slug":"saturday-june-20-wine-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/saturday-june-20-wine-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, June 20 Wine Tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday turned up about ten guests. Regulars (god bless &#8217;em!) included Anne and Jerry, David and Kier, Mark and daughter Livvy, and Robin and Ian&#8211;she still suffering the aftermath of orthopedic surgery still managed to drag herself up the stairs for a little vino and crowd consolation. Also enjoyed new guests Will and Jane, who just (two weeks ago) moved to 4th Corner from Denver via\u00a0Indiana (&#8220;guess we&#8217;re not in Indiana anymore, Toto&#8221;&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p>Thought I was pouring the &#8217;06 Legoe Bay syrah, but turned out to be the &#8217;05, which was showing very well after a year in bottle&#8212;too bad it was the last\u00a0of its kind! But we all think the &#8217;06 is even better right out of the starting gate, and there is still plenty of that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"None\"><img data-opt-id=1782150530  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13\" title=\"lbandrich2\" src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lbandrich2.jpg\" alt=\"our blog team!\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:200\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lbandrich2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:267\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/lbandrich2.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After the regular tasting Leigh and Brian brought some California friends (pretty rowdy!) for a special tasting of some especially delicious Northwest wines, including the Four Graces, Hestia semillon &#8217;06, Isenhower merlot &#8217;03, Cadence Ciel du Cheval cab &#8217;02, Betz Clos de Betz &#8217;04, and finishing with a Quilceda Creek CV Red &#8217;05. All pretty yummy!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s lineup will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brancott Sauvigon Blanc &#8217;08 (NZ<\/strong>) <em>&#8220;Tight and tart, with sharply focused grapefruit, lime and peach aromas and flavors&#8221;&#8230;$13\u00a0 <a title=\"brancott wines\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brancottvineyards.com\/wine\/\">read more<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abbey Page (Unoaked) Chardonnay &#8217;06 (OR)<\/strong> &#8220;Elements of lime and kiwi combine with the dominant apple flavors&#8221;&#8230;$10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrongo Dongo &#8217;07 (Spain) <\/strong>&#8220;Juicy, straightforward blackberry and cherry flavors brightened by baking spices and cracked pepper&#8221;&#8230;$8<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chateau Donjon minervois cuvee\u00a0 (France)<\/strong>\u00a0<em>&#8220;ripe fruit and chocolate aromas. Full and generous on the palate with a long, powerful finish supported by soft tannins&#8221;&#8230;<\/em>\u00a0$14\u00a0 <a title=\"chateau donjon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chateau-du-donjon.com\/english\/actualites.asp\">read more<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legoe Bay Syrah (Washington-<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>June Wine of the Month<\/strong>: &#8220;&#8230;<em>dark cherries and red plums, a great value at $12!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <a title=\"legoe bay winery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legoebaywinery.com\/\">read more<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday turned up about ten guests. Regulars (god bless &#8217;em!) included Anne and Jerry, David and Kier, Mark and daughter Livvy, and Robin and Ian&#8211;she still suffering the aftermath of orthopedic surgery still managed to drag herself up the stairs for a little vino and crowd consolation. Also enjoyed new guests Will and Jane, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,25,27,9,17,24,26],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-tasting","tag-abbey-page","tag-brancott","tag-chateau-donjon","tag-legoe-bay","tag-lummi-island","tag-lummi-island-wine","tag-wrongo-dongo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}