Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Busy Summer at PB

Wow this summer is action packed for Pepper Bridge. There are wine events and pourings every week for the next few months and Pepper Bridge staff will be all over Washington State and beyond. This weekend is the Seattle Awards' Grand Awards Tasting. The 2006 Merlot received a double gold, the highest rating, so we will be featured at this pouring along with the other award winners. It should be quite an event featuring some of the very best wines in Washington State all in the posh Rainier Club. Our winemaker, Jean-François, is in Hawaii this weekend for the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival on Maui. He will be pouring Pepper Bridge wines and participating in a seminar featuring the geology, and of course the wines of the Walla Walla Valley. Friday, June 19th we will be pairing up with Abeja and Longshadows for a winemaker dinner for the 2009 Wine Country Celebration. Dinner at Longshadows with all that great wine plus Norm McKibben? How could you go wrong? Our tasting room manager Lisa will be on hand for the Taste Washington Spokaneon the 21st of June. More than 100 wineries all under one roof, the Davenport Hotel roof, to be exact. If you are in Spokane it would be an excellent way to spend Father's Day. July kicks off with a winemaker dinner here in Walla Walla at T. Maccarone's Restaurant on July 2nd. Chef Jacob Crenshaw will be pairing a delicious five course meal with both Pepper Bridge and Amavi wines. Next, Jean-François dashes off to Bozeman, Montana for the Museum of the Rockies Wine Classic on the 11th of July. It is an excellent event that benefits the museum and features great wines from around the Pacific Northwest. Maybe there will be a little fly-fishing that weekend as well. Both Pepper Bridge and Amavi will be participating in the International Wine & Heart Health Summit on July 15th-18th here in Walla Walla. In addition to tasting great Washington wines the conference will be exploring the links between wine and health, aka drink more wine be healthier/happier. You can find out more info at winesummit@comcast.net . July wraps up with a winemaker weekend at the Marcus Whitman Hotel. Pepper Bridge and Abeja will be pairing up for a dinner on Saturday the 26th plus a reception on Friday and tastings on Saturday afternoon. Definitely a dynamic duo. So that is it so far for June and July. August updates a little later.

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