{"id":4116,"date":"2014-04-10T23:55:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T06:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=4116"},"modified":"2014-04-11T00:09:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T07:09:56","slug":"lummi-island-wine-tasting-april-11-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/lummi-island-wine-tasting-april-11-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Lummi Island Wine Tasting April 11 ’12"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Search of Terroir<\/em>
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\"\"One objective of the blog this year is to provide more information about wine “footprints and fingerprints,” aka terroir — <\/em>the particularities of where the grapes were grown and who made the wine. At it turns out, this information is not so easy to come by for a lot of wines, so it is a great pleasure when a winery website goes into some detail about these things. Such is the case with Chateau Montfaucon (see slide show<\/strong>)<\/a><\/em>, which makes the Cotes du Rhone rouge<\/em> we are pouring this weekend, and which has been in the same family for many generations. If you browse their website you will find some great photos of the landscape and a sense of the local history and their winemaking philosophy:<\/p>\n

“From the vineyards to the cellar we work delicately and with maximum care to preserve the quality and purity of the fruit: We only pick the grapes by hand. In order to enhance the balance of the wine, we co-ferment up to five varieties in the same tank. This increases the exchange and integration of different grapes during the important fermentation time. By controlling temperature and time on skins, typically 8 to 14 days, I am looking to extract only soft and silky tannins.” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wine Club Members Only: Our Own French Imports!\u00a0<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Join us on Sunday, April 27th, 2014, 3-5pm<\/em><\/strong> for a spectacular pre-order tasting of Ryan Wildstar\u2019s French wine portfolio. These wines are currently available nowhere else in Washington and are being offered exclusively<\/em> to Artisan Wine Club Members at one-time only<\/em> pre-sale prices! Ryan is the<\/span><\/em> US representative for each of the wines we will be tasting and many of you have visited some of these wineries on Ryan’s Wine Tours over the last two years. So you know how good they are!<\/p>\n

At this special tasting event you will get an in-depth perspective on the wines, their regions, and their winemakers, accompanied by tasty cheeses, knockout chocolate, and charcuterie<\/em>. Time and location are still being worked out, but space is limited so please RSVP<\/a> to reserve a spot. Tasting will include several wines from each of:<\/p>\n