Next Wine Delivery 6/14!
Your next opportunity of getting wine magically at
your front door (assuming you live between Seattle and Zillah or
up and down the I-5 corridor) is next Tuesday, 6/14. Order anytime before 6pm on Monday, 6/13, and you
will be able to restock with your favorite wine. Click here to scroll down a bit to
find out how to order wine if you don't know already. Or read on
and you will get there! PDF Order Form or XLS Order Form
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Vineyard to Vintner
6/18 - 6/19
Come to the Rattlesnake Hills
Wine Trail for the Vineyard to Vintner Weekend
this June 18 and 19. The participating wineries will be providing
special vineyard tours and winemaking demonstrations that will
give you an inside look at what goes into growing wine grapes and
the winemaking process. There are lots of different offerings,
here is what we are doing:
Paul Vandenberg, winegrower of
Paradisos del Sol Winery and Organic Vineyard, will take you on a
vineyard tour of our on-site organic no-pesticide vineyard
comparing ours to conventional vineyards. He will share insights
of 39 vintages as a vineyard manager, executive winemaker, cellar
rat, and consultant here in Washington. Then he will personally
guide you through a tasting of our wines accompanied by very
light appetizers. 9am - 11am, Saturday and Sunday.
Normally we charge $20 per person for a vineyard tour. Here is your
opportunity to go for free!
In the Vineyard
Another Wild Spring!
Last year it was record heat. This year April gave us two record cold
nights. The month was 10 degrees below for average high daily
temperatures. May and June have had mostly below average
temperatures.
The two record April cold nights caused some major damage in the
varieties that start growth early. Some varieties buds were
susceptible to temperatures below 25 F like Sangiovese, Xarel•lo, and Teroldego.
Grape buds are actually three buds, primary, secondary, and
tertiary. The primary is much more fruitful than the secondary,
it starts growth first, sometimes it’s the only bud that opens,
one to three clusters versus one or two smaller clusters in the
secondary bud. The tertiary is often non fruitful. Losing the
primaries results in a half crop. When the early developing first
buds get frozen the secondary and tertiary buds come into play.
Part of the equation of wine growing in a cold climate!
The later varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec are
largely unaffected, part of the reason late “pushing” varieties
are preferred in Washington. I’ll likely have to remove some
fruit from those varieties to get the right balance.
Unfortunately, I can’t glue those onto the Sangiovese, Xarel•lo, and Teroldego!
We are busy, busy, busy shoot thinning. I have Bertha, and her
husband some days, helping me get the canopy thinned out so we
don’t need to spray for powdery mildew. With the cool sprinkly weather we have been having, it may
not be enough. We may have to resort to a fungicide treatment for
the first time since 2012. I’m still hoping for another Zero
Biocide season.
Overall, I’m fairly content with progress in the vineyard. It’s
beautiful right now with the abundance of life. Come for a tour!
Father's Day weekend they are free.
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VIDEO: Shoot thinning to avoid the use of biocides.
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Bung it in the Boot
(of our Car)!
The next delivery will be beginning 6/14. Get your orders in by
6pm 6/13 and we will put you in our wine wagon and deliver over
the next few days.
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Your honored status as our
returning customer gets you 10% off of 2 bottles through 11
bottles and 20% - 50% off of 12 bottles or more. These discounts
are already reflected below and in the order forms: PDF Order Form or XLS Order Form.
Here is the list of wines available and their prices:
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Bottle Price
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Case
Price
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2018
Rosé Paradiso 750ml
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sold
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out
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2015
Oyster White 750ml
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$19.80
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$17.60
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2015
Sève 750ml (NEW)
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$19.80
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$17.60
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2016
B's Blend 750ml
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$12.60
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$11.20
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2016
Sangiovese 750ml
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$12.60
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$11.20
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2014
Rojo Paradisos 750ml
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$19.80
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$17.60
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2013
Zort 375ml (50%)
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$22.50
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$12.50
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2015
Angelica MRS 375ml (30%)
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$22.50
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$17.50
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Intrigue
Chocolate Bars
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$12.00
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$12.00
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Want to send wine? We can do
that for you. Or you can go to VinoShipper
and do it yourself. Shipping is dependent on weather, can't do it
if it is too cold or too hot. Give us a call and we can help with
your arrangements.
Pick up the phone and call in an order, or reply to this email,
or send a text to 509-829-9000 or message us via FaceBook.
Barbara loves to hear from you, so a call is always welcome.
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Our approach to reduce
our Carbon Footprint (and yours)
As always free delivery to your
doorstep. Order two cases and we will give you a $20 discount,
order three and get a $40 discount (and another $20 back for each
case after that). It costs us about $20 to deliver a case and if
we can do two or more at a stop, we can travel fewer miles in a
year. We would rather give you the $20 and produce less CO2. Not
in our delivery area? We will give you the same deal for UPS and
FedEx delivery. We tried this the last few deliveries and were
pleased that several of you took us up on this offer. Who doesn't
want to save money and CO2?! (Not available with the 50% off
health-care worker discount. Not sure what this is, just ask!)
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- We can deliver
wine directly to your home or to the home of your relative or
friend. Estimated delivery begins 6/14. PDF
Order Form or XLS
Order Form.
- If you are local
or want to come for a visit, we are open for tasting and
sales 11-6 every day. You must be vaccinated to do our
tastings indoors. Everyone is welcome outdoors.
- You can get a
gift card from us either electronically or we can send
out a physical gift card for you. Give us a call for the
physical card 509.829.9000.
- If your wine gift
is going out of the state of Washington, you can order via VinoShipper.
Whether we can ship to that location during the winter is
dependent on the weather. If it is too hot, we have to hold
off on shipping until the weather cools off a bit. If it is
too cold, then we need to wait for things to warm up a
bit.
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Some sad news, Sable was
killed by a truck at the end of May and Digley
died in his sleep the same day. Quite an emotional hit for both
of us. The remaining three dogs (Monkey, Bear, and Goldilocks)
are slowly getting back to themselves as are we. When we first
got Bear two months ago he was smaller
then Goldilocks at 30lb. Now he is
the largest dog at about 60 and still growing!
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If you want to keep up with us
on a daily basis, you can follow us on FaceBook or Instagram.
You are welcome to spend time outdoors, take a walk around the
vineyard, or a longer walk around our neighborhood. We can direct
you to walks of 1 -10 miles, bring your dog!
We are still doing vineyard tours Sunday through
Friday if you happen to be in the area.
We are so very thankful that you include us in your wine
consumption and we hope that you will keep us in your rotation. Thanks
so much for continuing to support our tiny winery. And for
supporting zero-pesticide organically grown wines.
Asking for a bit of help
Like many small wineries depending on direct-to-consumer sales,
the past two years have been difficult.
Google reviews have become very important to small businesses. So
too, Trip Advisor, Yelp, etc. But when it comes to searches,
Google rules.
If you want to give us some support (other than the obvious of
buying more wine), the best thing you can do is to take a few
minutes and share your perspective on our tiny winery.
Go here on Google and look under reviews
and add your own. Also feel free to post a photo or two or three.
All the best from our home
to yours,
Paul and
Barbara
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