November News
In this issue:
· Free Holiday Shipping
· Thanksgiving Weekend Open House
· Lyle Wineries Food Drive
· Syncline Events
· Wine Advocate Scores
· Club Members
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Free Holiday Shipping
Mondavi’s quote has always been one of my favorites. Not only does it illustrate my feelings for wine, but reminds me of what this season is all about. Family and friends, warmth of heart and generosity of spirit. This season we have a very special gift for all of our friends.
We are offering free UPS ground shipping anywhere in the Continental US, November 28th though December 15th, so you can share your passion of Syncline wines with your friends and family. Just click on our website log in with your username and password if you’re a member of our wine club (if you do not have that information, send me an e-mail and I’d be happy to send it to you) choose you wines, let us know where they are going and enter the coupon code freeship at checkout. We’ll wrap your wines, include a card with your gift message and ship your gift, weather permitting of course, in time for the holidays. Just our way of saying thank you to all of our friends who have supported us throughout the year.
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Open House Thanksgiving Weekend
*Due to the time change the tasting room will close at 5:00pm until Thanksgiving weekend
This is the open house we look forward to every year, Thanksgiving weekend at the winery. It seems like everyone stops by for a visit bringing with them parents, in-laws, children home from college and friends from out of town to meet and visit with James and Poppie. We’ll have holiday music, tastings from the barrel, and share with you some exquisite European cheeses and chocolates from around the world. Pick up your holiday wines or make arrangements to have them shipped at no cost to you to your family and friends. We’ll be open Friday through Sunday from 11am until 6pm. After the holiday weekend we will switch to our winter hours, 11am-5pm Saturday and Sunday. The tasting room will close for the season 5pm on December 20th and re-open Thursday, February 4th at 11am.
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Wineries of Lyle Food Drive
Last Thanksgiving weekend we invited you to bring canned or non-perishable food to the winery and we would wave your tasting fee. Thanks to you generous donations we were able to deliver nearly 200lbs of food for the Columbia Gorge food bank. This year our neighboring wineries are extending this offer as well. Syncline, Cor Cellars, McCormick Family Vineyards and Domaine Poullion will all waive your tasting fee in exchange for a donation of canned or non-perishable food for the food bank. Our goal? Four harvest baskets filled with food! Peanut Butter, canned tuna or chicken, beans, fruits, vegetables. Whatever you can give, we’ll donate all your generosity to this wonderful organization. Let’s fill some harvest baskets!
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Syncline Events
Please join Nora in Seattle this November 21st for one of the hottest wine events of the year! The Washington Wine Commission presents: 20 Something-The new Vintage at Fremont Studios in Seattle WA. “Featuring more than 75 of the hottest Washington winemakers pouring their $30 and under favorites, and the trendiest up-and-coming chefs serving delicious culinary treats. Of course, the 35 and under “at heart” are welcome as well. The event is for ALL present and future fans of Washington wine. Come mix & mingle with the winemakers and other 20somethings!”
Sara will be pouring Syncline Wines November 10th at Vino Vixens from 6-8pm. “Vino Vixens is a hip, unpretentious, unassuming yet unmistakable wine shop and lounge in the heart of the up-and-coming Inner SE Powell neighborhood.” Live music, free pool and foosball, darts and Syncline Wines. Sounds like a great Tuesday evening to me.
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Jay Miller of The Wine Advocate names Syncline one of Washington’s “New Stars”
“Poppie was so sweet, she could have been pouring gasoline into my glass and I still would have bought it” -overheard intasting room.
Lucky for you it’s not gasoline, but highly rated wine. Jay MillerRobert Parker’s ‘The Wine Advocate’ recently had some very nice things to say about Syncline wines and the passionate people who create them. of
Of the 2007 Cuvée Elena Jay writes: ‘The wine has terrific aromatics that would make most producers of Chateauneuf-du-Pape very proud.’ 93 Points.
The 2007 Mourvedre? ‘It has an untamed bouquet of underbrush, truffle, wild blueberry, and blackberry liqueur leading to an intense, concentrated, dense, rich wine with exceptional length.’ 93 Points.
Here’s how he describes Syncline’s Pinot Noir: ‘It displays a lovely perfume of black raspberry and black cherry. Silky-textured, sweetly fruited, and elegant’ 91 points.
For a full list of the six wines that scored over 90 points and their descriptions, follow our blog. Bad news, All wines mentioned with the exception of the 2007 Cuvee Elena are sold out at the winery. Good news, there is still time to join our wine club! As Syncline wines become harder and harder to find, you can rest easy knowing your allocation will be automatically shipped to you four times a year. E-mail Sara for all the details.
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Special Note to Club Members
The last club shipment of 2009, the 2008 Subduction Red has been shipped. If you have not received your wine, please call the winery or e-mail us so we can follow up on it. If you normally pick up your wine at the winery, please do so by December 5th, or we will make arrangements to have it shipped to you.
You are more than welcome to pick up your wine Thursday through Sunday, 11-5 through the month of November, or drop by our open house Thanksgiving Weekend Friday through Sunday from 11-6.
Your next wine club shipment will be in February of 2010. We will be announcing the details of an exclusive new wine club membership in our next newsletter, available only to current members of the Syncline Wine Club. Amazing wines, exclusive specials and rewards! Thank you for being such wonderful friends and customers.
Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving, from all of us at Syncline. We hope to see you soon!
Cheers,
James, Poppie and Ava
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(Photography by David Lloyd Imageworks)
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