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🍷 Weinnotes - Weekly Oregon Wine Newsletter
There are two choices when you finally get a chance to sit down at 10:30 on Friday morning to start the newsletter. One, you can rush it out the door or admit defeat for the week. I am choosing to admit defeat. This week I have been wrestling with a new workflow for the podcast, driving all over the place for the end-of-year school activities, and being a ballet dad.
I won’t leave you completely high and dry. I have a few excellent links to share before I let you off the hook super easy this week.
Were you aware there is a Golden Girls Cafe in L.A.?
If you didn’t go to Magic in the Mountains last weekend, here’s a nice recap!
Joel Sokoloff is the new farm and vineyard manager at Soter. He was previously at Horsepower for 7+ years.
A massive shoutout to the new graduates at AHIVOY!
The Robb Report deeply delved into age-worthy Pinot Noir, focusing on R.R. Wines!
Decanter published their 2022 Decanted World Wide Awards scores. I disagree with their findings big time! For example, the highest Oregon Wine scored a 93, and only nine wines scored above 90. Compare these results to James Suckling’s Oregon Report I linked to last week, which makes no sense.
Let’s wrap things up with some vineyard dinners to attend at Arlyn
- June 25 - Fire roasted Salmon
- July 16 - Mediterranean Feast
- August 6 - Menu to be announced!
- August 20 - Seafood Paella
With Gratitude,
A.J.
P.S. - I came across this quote from Winston Churchill this week. Enjoy!
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