Have you ever had the experience of the big game (or event) being on TV only to discover that it was airing on a channel you don't get. The next thing you know you're on the phone calling for expanded services. That has been the story of this website. I've truly enjoyed learning and doing more design and posting but everytime we add something new, it requires an upgrade. For now, shipping will have to be a manual feature, but I will continue with my nightly research and study to bring a simpler process to purchasing wine.

On the other hand, our new partner, vinoshipper, has been a joy to work with. A simple exchange of information and we are set up. I hope that this partnership will allow for more people to experience great Washington wines.

Welcome to our first web blog! I am the winemaker's wife - Lilith

Cherries are wonderful...Alan is working on a new cherry merlot dessert wine. It still amazes me that it takes so much work, chemistry and just fun processing to get any wine in the bottle. (I will not go into the State paperwork!) As you may know, our merlot just received an "excellent" rating from Wine Press Northwest. This is a great honor for what we aimed to have as a high quality great value wine. The new cherry merlot will use the same merlot grapes from 2007 harvest and an all natural cherry juice. I have been working with Cascade Graphics on a label design. Being a dessert wine with a small (half) bottle, it requires an extra small label. With all the legal text that must be on every bottle, we have to be careful that the label remains readable, fun, attractive and functional. Choosing a wine name is very challenging. I guess that is why most wine is named simply for the type of grape. The draft name is "sakura". We welcome any comments or ideas.