Imbibe digs Grenache 74
Marché Dinner
The Willows Dinner
Matt Kramer raves
2008 Grenache 74 rates
2009 Rosé released
Free corkage at Gogi's
Cowhorn expands
Co-op cork drop
Green Glass Co.
For the unfamiliar, the philosophies behind biodynamic winemaking can seem a little too left of center. Biodynamic farmers take a holistic approach, work their land based on the lunar calendar and use miniscule amounts of fermented herbs and manure in place of chemical fertilizers. The principles behind biodynamic farming were born out of the 1924 lectures of philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner who believed that healthier crops come from nourishing the entire ecosystem around a plant, not just the plant itself. Today, winemakers are among the many farmers around the world that are taking Steiner’s methods more seriously.
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Join us for our first Eugene dinner on Wednesday, September 15th at Chef Stephanie Pearl Kimmel's Marché Restaurant. The evening will begin with a public tasting Marché Provisions followed by five courses in the restaurant paired with our newest wines and current releases. Marché takes it's name from the French word for market and is about celebrating life and the bountiful Pacific Northwest with locally grown and gathered food, prepared with care and served in a lively and elegant atmosphere. Bill Steele will be on hand to share a bit between courses about going from bud to bottle the Biodynamic way.
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Join us at The Willows in Central Point on Sunday, September 12th for a five-course harvest dinner and wine pairing featuring current releases such as the 2009 Spiral 36 and 2008 Grenache 74, and the 2008 Syrah 74 and 2009 Viognier, both due out this Fall. Bill and Barbara will be on hand to share a bit between courses about going from bud to bottle the Biodynamic way. The Willows is an upscale B&B resort and cooking school offering gracious 21st century accommodations in an authentic Rogue Valley orchard mansion. It's renowned cooking school is a local culinary attraction!
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We're speechless at Matt Kramer's review of our 2009 Spiral 36 Rhône-style white blend.
You can make a pretty strong case that the hardest wines to find -- at a palatable price, anyway -- are distinctive dry white wines. We're awash in too many dry white wines that are, well, stupid.
This is why when you taste a dry white that might be described as "intelligent," you're delighted. Cowhorn Spiral 36 White Table Wine 2009 from southern Oregon's Applegate Valley is more than intelligent -- it's in the near-genius category.
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The editors at Wine Enthusiast recently rated and reviewed our 2008 Grenache 74 (90 points) and 2009 Grenache Rosé (89 points) for their upcoming October Buying Guide. We won't know if we made the cut for the print buying guide until the issue comes out, but on October 1, you can read the complete reviews on WineMag.com. In the mean time, we invite you to experience the pure pleasure of this rich, unfiltered red, and its cousin, a classic Provencal rosé with an engaging Applegate Valley personality.
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Cowhorn’s 2009 Rosé offers classic Provençal qualities (Grenache grapes, salmon color, strawberry flavors and low alcohol) with an engaging local personality. The strawberries marry with red delicious apples and pink grapefruit, and there are hints of papaya and guava from a splash of Cowhorn’s luscious Viognier. In the mouth you get the full Rosé ride: first it’s fruity, then it’s fleshy, and finally it’s refreshingly tangy. Your taste buds will welcome this Rosé with almost any spring or summer meal.
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As part of a master plan developed nearly a decade ago with holistic estate advisor Alan York, over half of COWHORN's 117-acre estate is reserved for gardens, habitat, forest and riparian areas with just 50 acres set aside for vineyards. To keep up with popular demand for our perinnially sold-out whites, we have added an acre each of, Marsanne and Roussanne, and three more acres of Viognier. In total, 13,700 new grapevines are now in the ground. Following the expansion only 21 acres are in cultivation, including 17 in vineyard and 4 in gardens, primarily asparagus.
In a complementary program, the Ashland Food Co-op, Southern Oregon’s first and only Certified Organic retailer, has partnered with COWHORN, the Rogue wine region’s first and only Certified Biodynamic® estate winery, to convert used corks into reusable, compostable wine packs guaranteed to contain a minimum of 99% recycled content.
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We recently sent our first shipment of 1000 used wine bottles to The Green Glass Company where they will be upcycled into heirloom goblets, pitchers, tumblers, vases, and votives. From the Mayor of New York to the King of Spain, Green Glass Company goblets can be found on the dining tables of wine lovers the world over who want to enjoy new wine in old glass.
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