Back in March I heard a story
on NPR about vineyard owners near the Klondike fire in Oregon last year getting
stiffed by California wineries whose owners said they wouldn’t buy the 2018
harvest as contracted because the grapes had been tainted by smoke. These
growers had survived the fire, but were still going to lose a lot, so it was
not very short of miraculous that a bunch of Oregonian wineries banded together
to buy the grapes, get them harvested and make them into wines under the
Solidarity label.
Something about that story prompted me to go on the Cellar 503
website and order a three-pack of the wines, due out late this summer. They
weren’t particularly cheap, but I thought that if I could help out these guys
and get some wine in return, why not?
Also, I really like Willamette Valley pinots, so I reckoned the
chances were good that I wouldn’t be disappointed.
Then, of course, I forgot all about it—it’s been quite the five
months.
Well, lookee what arrived yesterday:
I can’t say I know anything about the Rogue Valley wines, but I’m
looking forward to learning. And I’m glad I was able to support the effort,
even in a small way.
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