Adulting Rose – Platinum | 91 pts

Of the 21 career Platinums won by Jarrod Boyle, this is the first for bubbles — and the first for the young sparkling-focus brand managed by his marketing maven wife, Alexandria. It’s a charming example of the Charmat method as red Bordeaux grapes get a lift from Orange Muscat (5%). A twist of the screwcap releases aromas of fresh strawberry, melon... Read More Read More

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Wine Club Release Update

While we were planning for our May Wine Club Release the COVID-19 crisis was also ramping up and given the incredibly serious situation it posed to all of you as well as our team we made the decision to hold off until we had a better understanding of what was going on. Since that time (in early February) we have received an overwhelming amount of requests so we'll be releasing our spring/summer allocation in June! We are hopeful that the extra month provided a little extra time for everyone to…

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March Madness

Our Mattie girl playing ball March is WA Wine Month but this year I'm feeling more synergy with "March Madness", you know the a phrase that conjures up thoughts of a basketball bracket you can bet on and basketball makes me think of my favorite little basketball star, our daughter, Matti. Born in March she seemed to take to it naturally and while she's always been a petite little thing you'd better watch out because the girl could play. I digress,  "the point" of this post is just to say that this…

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A Rosé is a Rosé…

Spring is here! Well at least officially. We had a sunny spring day and decided it was definitely Rosé season. Rosé is one of those wines that people equate with warm weather and sunshine. We hope that both of those things are coming your way. Rosé wines can be made with red or white varietals. It all comes down to the grape skins because that is where the color of wine is located. There are two general methods of making Rosé wine. One is maceration and the other is method is called saignéeing.

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