Introducing Suzanne Brooker
Suzanne is the artist for our currently hanging show.
Near Water
Oil Paintings by Suzanne Brooker
August 10th to September 11th
Come meet Suzanne and see the show this Sunday from 3 to 5 pm.
Introducing Suzanne Brooker
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Keeps The Doldrums Away
Plan ahead. Here are seven rosés to keep you happy all week long.
2021 Bonny Doon Pink Wine of the Earth $15
79% Grenache, 5% Grenache Gris, 5% Grenache Blanc, 5% Vermentino, 3% Cinsault, 1.5% Picpoul, 1.5% Clairette
From the Doon Ranch, this Rosé has a very pleasing aroma of strawberry and watermelon plus a little cranberry, tangerine, granny smith apple. It is dry, crisp, fresh and a pleasant sunny sipper. Vegan
2021 Cave de Vendome Le Cocagne Rosé $15
100% Pineau D’Aunis
Coteaux du Vendomois
Strawberry notes at first and then grapefruit and spices hints. Round and soft taste with traces of strawberry and currant.
2018 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Jeunes Vignes Rosé $18
Pinot Noir
This selection of grapes from young vines gives a fruity wine bursting with energy. Its freshness and acidity are clean and bright with berries.
Was $23 now $18
2021 Jean-Marie Reverdy La Villaudiere Sancerre Rosé $24
Pinot Noir
Fresh strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant and mineral aromas, with a bracing, complex palate. Loads of intensity with a fine finish!
2021 Brotte Tavel Rosé Les Eglantiers $20
Grenache, Syrah
Classic Tavel with aromas of small red fruits (red cherry, strawberry) with nuances of white-fleshed stone fruits (white peach, nectarine). Fresh fruit flavours of wild strawberry, this rosé has gentle acidity showing a smooth elegance and intensity with a plump finish.
2021 Trinquevedel Tavel Rosé $22
60% Grenache, 18% Cinsault, 12% Clairette, 5% Syrah, 5% Mourvèdre
Aromatic, complex, aromas of orange blossom, blackcurrant, strawberry, raspberry Complex, intense, full-bodied, mineral, structured body, long length.
2021 Le Galantin Bandol Rosé $25
60% Mourvedre,25% Grenache, 15% Cinsault
Classic Provençal rosé with delightful tree-fruit and citrus notes (peach, nectarine, grapefruit) and a crisp finish. Structured and complex, with citrus and red fruit on the palate. Organic
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm
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New Art
Near Water
Oil Paintings by Suzanne Brooker
August 10th to September 11th
Water is an element of change. Unlike air, it has the appeal of visible weight and direction when it is bound to the ground and creates paths through the landscape. A trickster with many disguises, the dynamics of water is a constant challenge to render in paint from the dancing currents of fast water running downhill to the sculptural effects of the water course over rocky shores.
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Everybody Loves A Mystery!
Who doesn’t love a mystery? Here’s what we can tell you:
99% of these wines are Red (there is 1 bottle of tawny port floating around in there somewhere).
They all have stained labels (some just a little, some quite a lot).
They all normally sell for between $13 to $20 a bottle (a couple even more).
None of them were made in Woodinville.
First come first served.
2 bottles for $16 (11–Two packs available)
6 bottles for $48 (13 – Six packs available)
You’ll have to sleuth the rest out for yourself.
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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One more for the weekend.
A classic white to sip while you sit in the shade and try and calm the nerves from the loud planes overhead.
Champalou
The Champalous (Didier and Catherine) are masters of Loire Chenin Blanc, producing Vouvray in all styles. If you know Vouvray you love them them. If you don’t know Vouvray this is a great introduction.
2019 Champalou, Vouvray $24
Chenin Blanc
This still, dry rendition of Vouvray, aged in stainless steel, is gentle and refreshing on the palate, it boasts a delightful balance of stony minerality with luscious, almost honeyed fruit and flowery notes,
12.5% alcohol by volume
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Distinct Whites
Ever feel like you are choosing the same wines over and over to drink. Well break out of the mold. Here are some very delicious and distinct whites that aren’t easily pigeonholed. A perfect exploration for any summer evening.
2020 Arzabro Harria Txakoli $15
Hondarrabi Zuri
Harria (‘stone’ in the Basque language). Not much fizz here but the flavor is intense, with varietal aromas, particularly of citrus fruit (limes, grapefruit) and apples and other white pulp fruit. Fresh and harmonious in the mouth, with that elegant bitter hint typical of the grape variety.
Was $19 Now $15
12.5% alcohol by volume
2020 Hild Elbling Trocken $18
The joy of Elbling is the uncompromising vigor and energy, the raucous and super-chalky acidity. This mineral aspect comes from the limestone soils (not slate!) that you find in the upper Mosel Valley It is here where the Elbling grape thrives & makes a delicious white wine. Organic
11.5% alcohol by volume
2021 Cor Cellars Alba Cor $19
55% Pinot Gris, 45% Gewurztraminer
A blend of two traditionally Alsatian varietals into one Columbia Gorge wine from the Celilo vineyard. Co-fermented in a concrete tank, the Alba shows notes of peach, melon and honeysuckle accentuated by spicy notes of pear and lychee.
13% alcohol by volume
2020 Leth Roter Veltliner Klassik $20
It is not Gruner. Subtle nose of red apple and sweet melon. A juicy, tropical fruit mix on the palate with a perfect balance of acid and a wisp of sweetness. Warm, creamy spice that lingers. Organic
12.5% alcohol by volume
Vincent Couche Vooulez Vous Couche Avec Moi? $42
65% Pinot Noir, 35 % Chardonnay
This wine is an unusual curiosity. From vineyards in Champagne with clay and limestone soils, this wine is aged for 2 years in clay amphora and oak barrels. It transports all the yeasty complexity of a champagne to a still white wine.
No sulphites, Organic
12.5% alcohol by volume
2021 Swick Wines The Hux $31
100% Huxelrebe
Willemette Valley
Huxelrebe [hooksal-reeba] is a crossing of Chasselas and Courtillier Musqué. This wine was destemmed and macerated on the skins for 30 days, plunged or foot-stomped twice daily. Umami is the predominant flavor here – like a lick of salt and damp earth. Organic
2020 Marginalia Amber Wine $30
Semillon
Semillon from Les Collines Vineyard on skins for two weeks before pressing to barrel; this is on the more structured end of the amber wine spectrum with a whole lot happening on the palate.
12.4% alcohol by volume
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Two Rosé For A Hot Day
Get ’em while it’s hot. These two sizzling deals just arrived at the shop. Pick them up and chill out.
2018 Leone de Castris, Il Medaglione Negroamaro Rosé $10
Salento
This rosé, made with Negroamaro, has a rich cherry red color. The nose is very fresh, fruity and floral with aromas of rose, strawberry and cherry. On the palate it is well-structured and dry, with red fruit flavors, lively acidity and a persistent finish.
Was $15 now $10
2018 Henri Bourgeois, Sancerre Jeunes Vignes Rosé $18
Pinot Noir
This selection of grapes from young vines gives a fruity wine bursting with energy. Its freshness and acidity are clean and bright with berries.
Was $23 now $18
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Barolo, single-vineyard, Reserva,19-years-old, there has to be an occasion coming up that requires this wine!
2003 Sordo, Ceretta di Perno Reserva Barolo $85
Nebbiolo
The bouquet is self-assured, intense, pervasive and broad-based. It tells of delicate hints of ripened fruit, cacao, fine woods, mint and sweet spices. The flavors are a blend of resolved tannins, cherry fruit and tobacco notes. Very limited.
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Who needs Rosé? We have Lambrusco!
Lambrusco is the name of a sparkling red wine from northern Italy, as well as the family of red grapes that go into lambrusco wines. The most common varieties are Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco di Sorbara. The wines are low alcohol, best served chilled and are a delight to drink on a hot afternoon and better than beer at a Barbeque. Here is what we stock at the moment.
Paltrinieri Sant Agata, Lambrusco di Sorbara Rosé $16
Sorbara
Sparkling rosé Lambrusco!!!! The nose is intense and elegant, with notes of forest fruits and a characteristic aroma of violet. The palate is fruity and dry, with refreshing acidity.
11% alcohol by volume
Cantina Coviolo, Lambrusco Biologico Secco $12
30% Salamino, 30%, Marani, 30% Maestri, 10%, Ancellotta
Ruby red color with a purplish highlight; fresh and fruity bouquet which reminds to soft fruits and black cherry. Dry, intense, full bodied and harmonic on the palate.
Organic
11% alcohol by volume
Bertolani,Lambrusco Rosso All’Antica $15
Salamino, Marani, Ancellotta
A good quality, traditional, dry Lambrusco offers aromas of ripe black plum, raspberry, sweet mint and river cobble; on the palate, black cherry mingles with a slightly bitter finish.
11.5% alcohol by volume
Cantina di Sorbara, Lambrusco Salamino $13
Made from Salamino grapes. Beautiful freshness here with freshly soaked blueberries, elderberries, spearmint and rosemary. Dry, balanced and medium-bodied, drawing on a fine thread of bubbles and precise, cutting acidity.
11% alcohol by volume
La Battagliola, Lambrusco 30 Dosage $16
Grasparossa
The wine pours an intense violet red with fruity aromas of currant, blackberry and cherry; in the palate it presents a mellow structure, with an acid-crisp making it fresh and lively.
12% alcohol by volume
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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Any Day Wines From Domaine Couron
Wondering what to drink with your dinner on a weeknight? Here are a pair of recent arrivals that are teaming up to fill the after work doldrums.
Domaine Couron is family-run estate that lies in the tiny hamlet of Saint Marcel d’Ardeche. Wine has been grown here since antiquity. Parcels are terraced at Couron, with one higher in elevation than the next. Using sustainable and practicing organic farming techniques, Jean-Luc and Marie-Lise Dorthe craft, with loving hands, wines on land once cultivated by the Romans.
2021 Domaine Couron Ardeche Rosé $10
100% Grenache
A bright, bountiful bouquet of fresh strawberries and watermelon with notes of citrus zest. Fresh, with great freshness and complexity. Full-flavored, but light-bodied mélange from light framboise and strawberry.
2019 Domaine Couron Maraselan $11
Marselan is a cross of Cab Sauv and Grenache and this one from the Ardeche is savory and layered with black plum, dark wild berries and sweet earth. It matches up with a wide range of food for everyday drinking.
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Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6PM
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