HAPPY NEW YEAR – RESOLVE TO DRINK WINE WITH US IN 2012!
It’s the New Year and we are looking forward to all we can dream up for the Tasting Room. We love having company, which is what it feels like to us when people come into the Tasting Room! The 2011 wines are happily becoming their lovely selves. Holly tastes all of them on a regular enough basis to keep her smiling! The Pinot Blush is going to be our new star. It is such a gorgeous color and has the most delicate of tastes even now.
One something we have dreamed up is our FIRST WINTER MINGLE BRUNCH on January 15th. We’re serving Mingle Mimosas to start you off, soup and a still-to-be-decided upon main dish. Round out the meal with coffee cakes and look forward to a Pinot Noir and a white with the meal. Plus, we’ll have music to create a festive atmosphere – a wonderful 7-piece group of musicians. This is practically a personal musician for each guest and you are encouraged to join in and jam. Space is limited so please reserve - $25/person.Just call or email – 503-992-1196 or bloominghillvineyards@yahoo.com.
Two big dates to look forward to in February are the release of our 2010 Pinot Noir. We plan to release this one at the Chocolate Fantasy at Jenkins Estate on February 10th. And, on February 12th, we’ll do a Winter Mingle Brunch at the Vineyard.
Jim is already pruning in the vineyard. If you can stand the cold and damp, I’m sure he will be happy to show you what he is doing!
Should have Gemini and Trouble’s page proofs for the Wine Dogs book sometime in January and you can bet we will be showing off those!
Most important right this minute for all month and all year, a great big Happy New Year wish to all.
Holly and Jim Witte
THIS JUST IN! Our 2009 Pinot Gris took a Bronze Medal and the 2009 Riesling a Silver in the Northwest Wine Summit.
We are so excited since this is a highly respected wine competition. You can bet we will be featuring those two stars in the Tasting Room. Here's what's happening for the rest of the month:
INTRODUCING OUR 2010 MINGLE!
A Blooming Hill Vineyard … Our Inspiration
Some days, standing at a particular spot in the vineyard where the light spills across the slope of Blooming Hill, it is possible to believe the world has just begun and life is full of promise. The soft sound of a breeze rustling the vines, the warm touch of sun on emerging fruit, sky as far off as anyone can see beyond the hills reminds us that there may be nothing quite so wonderful as the simple pleasures given us by nature. At A Blooming Hill Vineyard, we revel in the gift of working the land every day and that we are rewarded with its simple and elegant bounty.
This is our gift to you in every bottle of A Blooming Hill Vineyard wines.
Holly and Jim
We got married in 2006 under a beautiful teahouse that Jim built for us. We've known each other for over 40 years … Holly was a not very good secretary to Jim way back in New York in the television production business. Jim was known as "The Myth" for all he was able to accomplish. He ran a scrappy new company that was involved in such notables as Sesame Street and The Electric Company, many of the Central Park Concerts – from Barbra Streisand to George Shearing. Jim was even business manager for KISS! Holly spent her life raising money for good works and writing.
In 2006, after a lot of life had intervened (ask us, we'll tell you), a mutual friend threw his Cupid's darts and urged us to have lunch. We were both living in the Pacific Northwest by then, although 200 miles apart; Holly - a city girl, Jim - a farm boy. Holly drove down to Oregon, had a lovely lunch, drove home and told Jim he was terrific but geographically undesirable.
Jim was persistent….and, suddenly, there we were standing in a beautiful spot in the Willamette Valley getting married! It really is romantic owning a vineyard! Now we are a wedding destination.
