{"id":903,"date":"2011-12-29T00:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T07:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artisanwineclub.com\/?p=903"},"modified":"2011-12-29T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T18:51:54","slug":"new-years-week-wine-tasting-schedule-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/new-years-week-wine-tasting-schedule-11\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year&#8217;s Week Wine Tasting Schedule &#8217;11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\">Year of the Dragon <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-06-22\/earth-in-the-balance-humankind-on-the-edge-nathan-myhrvold.html\"><img data-opt-id=1575930373  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/climateblue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/EarthBalance_small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a>As we approach the start\/end of another calendar year, I am moved again to mention that I have fallen into the habit of reading the above heading as: <em>&#8220;New Year&#8217;s Week Wine Tasting Schedule &#8216;aught-eleven.'&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> That may just be a figure of speech, or it may be that so far this year\/decade\/century\/millenium <em>(that&#8217;s a lot of beginnin<\/em><em>gs!)<\/em> I haven&#8217;t been all that impressed with our collective prospects\u00a0 for the future. While individual human beings have risen to various challenges and prevailed for the Greater Good in many noble ways, the collective karmic scales which measure the merits of our kind as stewards of our One Tiny Planet over the last few years<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-06-22\/earth-in-the-balance-humankind-on-the-edge-nathan-myhrvold.html\" target=\"_blank\"> look to be tipping precariously against us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Logo_winter2.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1795537794  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Logo_winter\" src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:141\/h:150\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Logo_winter2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\">Sale <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThat is probably <strong>all the more reason our $99 per case offer<\/strong> has been so popular it will continue through Friday, Dec 30. Our stock was starting to look a little picked over, so we just brought in even more &#8220;Best Buy&#8221; wines that have been popular with many of you during the past year. You can see tasting notes for the sale wines <strong><a title=\"Xmas Wine Sale 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/saledec2011.xls\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/strong> See tasting schedule for this week below. And do your part to take these great buys off our hands!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\">Solstice <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the wine shop, this is where the sun sets on the winter solstice, just at the south end of the ridge line on Orcas Island&#8230;it is somehow comforting to know that for the next six\u00a0 months sunset will move continually north till the Summer solstice, and that the cycle just keeps repeating&#8230;no matter what we do.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_2100-Modified2.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1876290435  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_2100-Modified2.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-928\" title=\"solstice 1\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_2100-Modified2.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_2100-Modified2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:100\/h:100\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_2100-Modified2.jpg 100w\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21043.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1474633729  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21043.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-929\" title=\"solstice 2\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21043.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21043.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:100\/h:100\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21043.jpg 100w\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21061.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=680657462  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21061.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-930\" title=\"img_2106\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21061.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21061.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlpxrtka7dnn.i.optimole.com\/w:100\/h:100\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/img_21061.jpg 100w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\"> Hours this week <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>We will be open Thursday and Friday nights (December 29-30) this week from 4:30 -6:30.<\/strong> On Thursday we will be pouring four interesting <em> malbecs<\/em> for your comparison. On Friday we will be open the same hours, wines as yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: maroon;\">Sixth Annual \u201cEast Coast\u201d New Year\u2019s Eve Gala Extravaganza <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nFrom 7-9pm on New Year\u2019s Eve! We provide the wine, you bring something delicious to share, and when the ball drops in Times Square we hoist our glasses and toast the Year of the Dragon! You young folks can move on to your next party, and we old timers can get to bed at a decent hour! It\u2019s our chance to thank you for your support this past year, and to look ahead to more fun in aught-twelve. Mark your calendars and start planning your finger food.<strong><em> And please<\/em>\u2013RSVP if you are coming!<\/strong> (758-2959)<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1734864737  data-opt-src=\"http:\/\/cdn.babble.com\/famecrawler\/files\/2010\/12\/Times_Square_NYC.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" 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=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year of the Dragon As we approach the start\/end of another calendar year, I am moved again to mention that I have fallen into the habit of reading the above heading as: &#8220;New Year&#8217;s Week Wine Tasting Schedule &#8216;aught-eleven.&#8217;&#8221;\u00a0 That may just be a figure of speech, or it may be that so far this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-tasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","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=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artisanwineclub.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}