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ON A DAY DEDICATED TO TOGETHERNESS, LOVE AND HARMONY COME AND CELEBRATE THE POWER AND BEAUTY OF SEPARATION. VALENTINE’S DAY, 2010 MARKS THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE BREAK-UP THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF PATRICIA GREEN CELLARS.
This day is significant enough to us that we even made a wine especially for this occasion. On this Valentine’s Day we will release a Pinot Noir so treacherous, so sinful and so wicked we had to call it:
From the 2008 vintage taste a unique and singularly special Pinot Noir that appeals to our inner-core as both winemakers and wine lovers. We bottled just over 150 cases of this wine and it is exactly what we want in our Pinot Noir and were blessed with the vintage and vineyards to makes it happen. This wine will be poured alongside the 2008 version our traditional top-of-the-line Pinot Noir called:
We will be open from Noon until 3:30 PM on February 14th. An excellent spread of noshables will be provided. A partially refundable entrance fee is being charged.
For more information contact us at (503) 554-0821, winery@patriciagreencellars.com.
This essay is being written on October 9, 2009. We are experiencing a lull in the harvest season today. We have picked about 40% of our total volume so far, but
nothing is coming out of the vineyards and into our winery today. It is a bright, warm, sunny day that would seem ideal for picking. That it is. However, we have picked the fruit that is truly ripe and, unfortunately, nothing seemed ready to pick today.
It is impossible, I think, to write about wine, Oregon Pinot Noir, the world of wine, and the state of the wine industry without acknowledging all the changes that have happened over the past several years and,
particularly, over the past year. In this newsletter, as well as at and in the winery, we have always attempted to be forthright while still being at least mildly entertaining. There are certainly topics we have
covered (death, the nature of quality, appellations,
vineyard sales, etc.) in serious and satirical ways that we think a lot of other places would not generally broach. While this is a topical newsletter, it is still, certainly, something that we use to sell wine and
stay in business. For the rest of the 2009 Newsletter click here.
Holiday Gift Ideas
Check out our store for the release of the amazing 2008 Vintage and our fun, affordable 2nd label.
Need help as to when to drink our wines take a look at the updated vintage chart under find our wines. It is completely current through 2007. Some categories on some of the wines have changed since the last time we posted (ex. many of the 2000 Pinot's have moved into the Drink category). Take a look and see where your stash of PGC wines is at in its evolutionary stage. We always appreciate input on older wines you have had recently so let us know.
2008 Vintage
The 2008 growing season was a tricky one that was ultimately bailed out by a terrific month of weather in October. One of the most frequent questions we are asked at winemaker dinners, tasting, cocktail parties, etc. is, “So, how is this vintage going to be?” While there are a million factors that go into what determines the overall nature and quality of a vintage the biggest one is, no doubt, what the weather is like leading up to and during the time that we are harvesting our fruit. In June of 2008 things did not look so wonderful. For those of you reading this who live in the Northwest you might remember how cold a winter we had (by our Northwest standards) which led into a cool and damp springtime. By June we were probably 2-3 weeks or more behind what we would normally expect to be seeing in our vineyards. By June we knew we were going to have a later harvest. As with every late or potentially late harvest the question that looms largest is, “When is the rain going to come and not go away?”
To continue reading on the complete 2008 vintage Click Here.
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