Despite the fact that Washington State is the United States' second largest producer of fine wine, the region is still a bit of an unknown source of wines for many people.  Eastern Washington is a desert - windswept plains and wheat fields checkerboard the landscape.  The retreat of glaciers and the great Missoula flood at the end of the last Ice Age deposited many soils throughout the Columbia basin, which now encompasses most of Washington's viticultural regions.

One of our most exciting artisan producers is Rob Newsom's Boudreaux Cellars, which is located near Leavenworth, Washington.  Rob purchases grapes from some of the regions best vineyards and hand crafts exotic, exciting, one of a kind collectable, and most importantly, delicious wines.

What I love about these wines is that they offer the same power, luxuriousness and richness as the best from Napa, yet they speak of a cooler landscape.  The Cabernets hint at herbs and minerals while the Merlot is as exotic as they come, due no doubt, in part to the use of hickory barrels as part of the elevage program.  Wine is liquid art, and Rob Newsom is an artist.  He works "off the grid" (literally, his winery is self-sustained), does everything by hand and lets the fruit quality guide the fermentation.  Art should stir the senses and that's just what these wines do.

This is our second vintage in which we have been able to offer his wines which are short in supply and have made critics and collectors swoon.  You can visit the winery's website here.

These wines will be available in mid-August, all come in cases of six.  Please let us know now if you would like to reserve any.  No payment is necessary at this time.

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My best regards,

Chris.