Ah So?
Before I forget again . . does anybody have any extra Ah-so bottle openers? We have some old bottles that need the subtle coaxing of such a simple device. I left one in the tasting room 9 years ago but can’t seem to find it now. In hindsight from our last party, If you have any odd or unwanted wineglasses, feel free to bring them to wine storage! They, along with our new stems, won’t be worth squat without an Ah-so opener though.
It’s that time of year where a lot of different things all come to a head and you may see us doing more work than normal; we may even seem busy. Having our anniversay party was good because it somehow motivated us to get other projects back in swing and even take on the odd pipe dream.
Our steel wine rack business is back in production! This means we can outfit your wine room from floor to ceiling (7ft) and wall to wall with racking! It is by far the most efficient and possibly the cheapest alternative to stacking boxes. Ask us. See it.
We are sprucing up our office. Now that we realize it’s not temporary we’ve decided to make our office more hospitable. Keep in mind, however, that we are working in stages; you will see progress in baby steps. Right now our recycled cork floor is feeling pretty good and we’re looking forward to switching out our office doors with 90 year old VGF doors rescued and restored by yours truly. I have a fetish-like thing for stripping paint.
The Party on April 16th
We told you we were gonna do it and then it happened. So thank you for braving the unpredicted sunshine, streetcar construction diversions, and general Friday chaos to come down and help us celebrate our 10th anniversary.
I could spend some time here letting you know about all the things that we had in mind for this party but didn’t materialize, or I could focus on all the unplanned wonders of the evening that we had. First of all, we had several rounds of big bottle champagnes and sparklers from grower bottling down to Prosecco. There was no shortage of 2000 vintage but we also had some quality bottles from almost every walk of life. True standouts from my mouth include an 82’ Chinon, a 2000’ Bonneau Cistene, a 78’ Mouton - alive and kicking, Cameron’s 1’st pinot vintage (die dammit!), a bucket of early oregon stickies, all elements of a full frontal American Pinot retardation, and a whole lot of stuff I personally missed out on because I was probably talking to …you?
We really had a good time. There were some touching moments, some other moments we wont touch on, and moments where we would happily replay again.
The party was a big thank you to YOU and it ended up with us getting the imbalance of gratitude. The fact that you folks are so nice, have so many good things to say about us, really makes it uncomfortable for us to now raise your rent.