CMP vertical this weekend & off-season madness!
I’m really looking forward to checking in on some older vintages of our Cuvée Martha Pirrie Pinot this weekend. We’re doing a vertical tasting of the 2000, 2002, 2004 & 2007 bottlings - the first two of which I haven’t tasted in some time. I’ll pop some bottles tomorrow and post my tasting notes here, and you can come by and taste ‘em Saturday & Sunday from 1-5. Tasting fee is $10 this weekend (which will also include a couple of nice Burgs) - 25% of which is being donated to the EcoTrust Farm-to-School program. I look forward to seeing you here! (A couple of cases of each will be available for sale as well at $30 a pop - email kellykarr@scottpaul.com to order if you can’t make it out.)
Just discovered a nice wine blog out of Seattle - Teri Citterman writes An Urban Sip - and we’re mentioned in a posting this week - check it out…
And on to soccer - which I haven’t spoken of since Barcelona’s wonderful victory in the Champions League - Oh My God - the insanity has begun! Real Madrid has spent about 200 Million EUROS to buy Cristiano Ronaldo (arguably the best player in the world, but I’ll take Messi, thank-you), Kakà (certainly one of the world’s top 10) and 21 year-old sensation Karim Benzema from my beloved Lyon - WOW, La Liga is going to be insanely interesting this year, to say the least. Can Barca repeat? Will all these superstars gel at Madrid? Can Arsenal sign the holding midfielder and central defenders they so desperately need? All will be revealed starting in mid-August. I cannot wait. In the meantime, I’ll be up in Seattle to see Chelsea play the Sounders in a couple of weeks - that should hold me for a minute…