Friday, February 29, 2008 Back from wine country Hi Everyone, Well I made it back from the west coast a little jet-lagged but in one piece. It is just incredibly gorgeous out there. I strongly recommend those of you that travel wine country to visit the Willamette Valley in Oregon. (We're going to have a page on our web site soon with information on traveling to wine country.) The mountains and the water views are simply breathtaking. The people, the vineyards and the wines are world class. Plus the Celtics split the games we went to, and Napa/Sonoma were outstanding as always.News from Cork’s upon my return is that we now have the full liquor license in our possession and are just waiting on some new shelving to start the transition of the store to make room for spirits. We’re hoping they arrive by early next week so we can get things up and running before Easter. So please bear with us during this renovation. We are going to have a beer tasting tonight (Thursday from 4:30 to 7:30) with Vinnie from Quality Beverage. He will taste you on the new beers from Hook & Ladder Brewing Co. This is a really cool project as part of the proceeds goes to a foundation to help firefighter burn victims. We will sample the Golden Ale and the Backdraft Brown Ale. And Vinnie doesn’t know it yet but I’m going to have him crack open the Widmer Hefeweizen from Portland Oregon as part of the vacation tour tasting. We will continue that theme for our Friday night tasting as well. We will sample wines from Napa, Sonoma, and the Willamette Valley from 4 to 7 PM. I will start you off with Anne Amie Cuvee A which is a delicious blended white wine from Oregon. Next up will be Montinore Pinot Gris. I strongly encourage all you Pinot Grigio fans to try this wine and see its color, viscosity, and rich flavors. We will head south to Sonoma to sample Alexander Valley Vineyards Merlot and Sebastiani Cabernet and make very good wines. We will finish with Napa Cellars Zinfandel which is an excellentproperty owned by the Trinchero’s in Napa Valley.As I’m making the lineup I noticed that I don’t have any of the Burgundian style Pinot Noirs from the Willamette Valley. Unfortunate the 2 that I wanted to bring in are currently out of stock a them at another time. So to wrap things up, another couple of weeks and we will have liquor. The Sox start their spring training schedule today. The memory of the Super Bowl has almost faded. I have memories and stories of my Oregon adventure. All is good.Robert

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