Some Winter Write-Ups

December

November

October

September

Just Back In

Our very own Michael has just returned from a whirlwind week in Washington State. He visited vineyards, wineries & participated in a host of different educational symposiums. Washington State is an entirely different animal than California or even nearby Oregon. The Columbia Valley, where the majority of the state's world class grapes are grown, is stark & arid high desert. Keep your eyes on the blog for more updates throughout the week.

Write-Ups Galore!

Firstly, we are very pleased to announce our new beer club has commenced and grown quite rapidly. We hope to be able to bring new and exotic beers to our club members and offer very good discounts for all beer purchases made by our members. 10% off single bottles, 15% off 6-packs, and 20% off a case (24) these don't have to be multiples of any type of beer, you can mix and match as much as you like. Click below on the "BN" to download the August info on the beers we selected for the club.


And now we shift our attention to the wine club!



Below is a backlog of write-ups which need to be more readily available here for download. Click on any month to download the appropriate write-up.

August

July

June

May

April

March

When Business is Cut-throat

Amber Ridge Vineyard, located in the beautiful Russian River Valley of California, produces some of the world's best pinot noir & syrah grapes. Siduri & Novy Family Wines were so impressed by this young vineyard's fruit that they have sourced from it since it has bore fruit. They have produced many an outstanding wine from this site......that is until Nickel & Nickel/Far Niente bought it & refused to re-sign a contract with them. Before making the decision to not re-sign with Siduri/Novy they did make sure to ask about their winemaking decisions regarding this particular site. Adam Lee, being the friendly & open wine professional that he is, was happy to share this information with them. That is of course until he found out he wouldn't be getting anymore grapes from this site.

Good news is that if you are a Joe's Winos Wine Club member this month you will be getting the Novy Amber Ridge Vineyard Syrah 2006 Russian River Valley as your red wine selection. But if you like you better come back & get some more before its all gone. Once our supply runs out, thats it for good. If you want any after that you'll have to just pay the exorbitant Nickel & Nickel prices.

Coming Soon: Wine & Beer Tasting

Stay tuned for details regarding our next Wine Tasting in September.

In October we will be hosting a Octoberfest Beer Tasting as well.

Spelunking The Home Version

Finally you can Spelunk from the privacy of your own home with this adorable freeware game called Spelunky! In the 16-bit game, you play an Indiana Jones / Mike Bodeen type character in search of treasure & other random things white avoiding monsters and doom. The levels are procedurally-generated (created on the spot) each time you start meaning you never have the same cave or experience twice. Click the picture above to download.

PC only. this is just a recommendation & we take no liability for your computer exploding or what not.

Wine + Oyster Dinner at Sole