Our 2006 Cabernet-Merlot was selected by Wine Press Northwest as Best Buy of the week in their newsletter. That's great news for a great wine, but
the bad news is that it was so great it's sold out. The good news is that the 2007 Cabernet-Merlot is released and is still that great price and a fantastic wine. We know that you'll enjoy it.
Only a little over a week left before the Grape Stomp on October 3rd! Any team that registers in advance will get a free pink Stomp Out Breast Cancer bracelet. Send the name for the two team members to zillah(at)claarcellars.com to register. Hope to see you there!
In the vineyards we are currently hand picking Riesling and have finished up harvesting the Syrah for our famous Nouveau! We will have that ready soon and it will be a great wine to pair up with turkey, ham or any white meat for your Thanksgiving meals.
Claar Cellars’ 13th Annual “Help Stomp Out Breast Cancer” event will be held at their tasting room in Zillah, WA south of Yakima at Exit 52 off I-82 Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct 2-4, 2009, 10am until 6pm. Barrels of grapes will be available all three days for practice and pictures. During the Grape Stomper Competition on Saturday beginning at 3pm until the finish, teams of two will stomp grapes in cut off wine barrels, one in the barrel stomping and one to catch the juice in a wine bottle. The fastest team will be named Champion Grape Stompers. A $5 entry fee for each team of Stompers will be donated to the American Cancer Society. There will be no fee for practice rounds, but donations will be accepted. Handouts and information about Breast Cancer will be available.
CLAAR CELLARS’ Busty Blush, Rose’ Table Wine will be available for purchase. Claar Cellars continues to donate $1 for each bottle sold to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle WA in support of breast cancer research. Contact John Claar Whitelatch for information 509-829-6810.
Artist, Dixie Rogerson-Bill, created the art for the Busty Blush label. She has been painting and creating original art for over fifty years. Her work has a mixture of realism, fantasy and nature. By working in many media a freshness is developed in the expressing color, pattern and design. Dixie is one of America’s Naiveté’ Artists. The Busty Blush label recently won a Tasters Guild International Wine Label Design Competition 2007 Label of Creative Achievement Award.
Busty Blush label and grape stomp picture jpgs are available from claar@claarcellars.com
We hope to see you there!
Just got my hands on the Fall 2009 Wine Press Northwest and it contains a great review of our 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon!
Mentioning aromas of black and red currants, sweet plums and pie cherries they gave this cab an "Excellent" rating. Swing by the tasting room and enjoy this excellent wine!
