Wine Cellar Tip: Use 'traffic lights' to guide which bottles to openLet's face it; all wine drinkers are not created equal. They range from those that enjoy it, to those that love it, to those that are downright fanatical about wine. If that fanatical someone in your house has some special bottles stashed away, here's a simple idea to keep everyone in the house happy. Get colored stickers and mark...

Pinot Noir as a sex pheromone?Wine aromas, especially those in Pinot Noir, are very similar to human sex pheromones. An article published by Wine X Magazine details the connection.They state: "All those smells you get in the pinot noir grape - spices, earth, musk and the slightly feral, barnyard notes - are very similar smells to those associated with the principal male smell, androstenone. Truffle...

2008 Portland Indie Wine FestivalThe 2008 Portland Indie Wine Fest is just around the corner. This year, 3 of our single vineyard Pinot Noir's were selected by a national panel of 12 judges. Our selected wines include:- 2006 Pinot Noir – Hawks View Vineyard- 2006 Pinot Noir – Bishop Creek Vineyard- 2006 Pinot Noir – Coleman Vineyard64 wineries submitted 173 wines for this year's festival. The...

Wine Barrels Breathe…It may seem obvious, but wood is porous. New barrels absorb wine, and all barrels loose wine to evaporation through pores in the barrel's wooden staves.This explains why we're spending time topping barrels this time of year. Depending on the relative humidity, the wine level can drop and inch or two a week. This in turn creates head space in the top of the barrel and exposes...

Seufert Momtazi Pinot Noir wins Gold Medal…At the 2008 Oregon Seafood and Wine Festival.We were honored to be the only Pinot Noir to win a gold medal at this recent Portland festival. As a result, it seemed like everyone at the festival wanted to sample (and purchase) this wine. It was busy, but fun.If we had known the results before showing up, we would have brought enough wine to last through t...