{"id":52,"date":"2009-10-15T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=52"},"modified":"2009-10-16T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T19:02:15","slug":"wine-tasting-october-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wine-tasting-october-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Tasting October 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(no pictures? click on link above to view entire post )<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last week we spent on the road with the dogs in Eastern Washington. Visited a few interesting wineries whose wines we will be ordering and featuring soon&#8211;more on that later. We got back on the midnight boat on Friday, imagining a quiet day in the wine shop Saturday.\u00a0 WRONG! We had lots of visitors, went through two bottles of everything we were pouring, compared to the usual of something less than one bottle of each wine.<\/p>\n<p>It was also one of those days when all the wines were really showing well. The <em>Argiolas vermentino<\/em> continues to impress me every time I taste it; the <em>Marchetti<\/em> was strutting its stuff; we ran out of the <em>OS Red<\/em> (don&#8217;t worry, will get more, this is a staple for us) so opened the <em>Townshend T3<\/em> red blend\u00a0(which some people liked even better); and the <em>Alexandra Nicole Quarry Butte<\/em>\u00a0was probably the favorite of the day, at least for some people&#8230;so it was a good day for Washington reds (yum yum!)!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of the revelers:<br \/>\n\u00a0 <img data-opt-id=1033149669  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/IMG_0542.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" \/> <img data-opt-id=1240945828  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/IMG_0552.JPG\" alt=\"photo\" \/> <img data-opt-id=421564367  data-opt-src=\"\/images\/IMG_0545.JPG\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1356335352  data-opt-src=\"\/images\/IMG_0556.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"photo\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <img data-opt-id=1812328375  data-opt-src=\"\/images\/IMG_0553.JPG\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"photo\" align=\"top\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wines for this weekend:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brooks Amycas &#8217;07\u00a0\u00a0 (Oregon)\u00a0\u00a0$15<\/strong> <em>Aromas of apricots, minerals, white flowers, melons,\u00a0white peach, lime, and kiwis;\u00a0 In the mouth, ripe acidity and tremendous minerality;\u00a0 pure notes of tangerines, honey, and ripe apricots finish of pure stones slathered in lime blossom honey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Durigutti Bonarda &#8217;06\u00a0 (Argentina) $9<\/strong><em> Juicy notes of blackberry and blueberry,\u00a0with\u00a0tinges\u00a0of tobacco, fig and smoke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Domaine de Relagnes CdRhone\u00a0 Vielles Vignes &#8217;05\u00a0 (France) $13<\/strong> <em>Earthy old world style syrah\/grenache blend with soft briar, cherry, licorice, and tobacco notes, and an open texture that speaks of bread &amp; cheese in summer meadows&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>OS syrah Dineen Vineyard &#8217;04\u00a0\u00a0 (Washington)\u00a0\u00a0 $25 <\/strong><em>Been sitting on this one for a few years, just now hitting its stride with winemaker Bill Owen&#8217;s trademark luscious fruit on both the nose and palette. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(no pictures? click on link above to view entire post ) Last week we spent on the road with the dogs in Eastern Washington. 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