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March 2009 
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spring forwardYup. You are gonna lose an hour of wine time Saturday night (Sunday morning). So get a good bottle to hunker down with. The change in time means Spring is on the way so get out and enjoy it. You may not recognize them, but soon your neighbors will be outside and you need to be prepared. You need to be prepared to offer them a glass of wine on the porch/patio. Come in and stock up - be prepared. rave picksThis months Rave Picks are all new. 3 whites (yes Spring is coming) and 6 reds sure to please every palate. The catch-phrase for March is "extreme value". Each and every one of these wines represents value in every sense of the word. Several of them are so value driven (low price, big flavor) it is almost criminal! You will ask yourself, "how does Rave Wines do it? How do they find such great wines month in and month out?" new arrivalsIn addition to the Rave Picks, the following wines have come in: Manifesto Sauvignon Blanc (California, organic) Soter Mineral Springs Pinot Noir 2006 (Oregon) Solitude Rose 2007 (France) plan on thisAlternative French Wine Regions Seminar March 12th 7pmWAIT-LISTED (we are full, but accepting wait-list reservations if cancellations occur) It's not Bordeaux, it's not Burgundy, it's not Beaujolais. But....it is French. Todd will be here to walk you through a tasting of wines not from the 3 "B's". Seminar setting, sitting is limited. Reservations required. No charge. 7pm-???. Call or e-mail your reservation today. in-store wine tasting Saturday March 21st 2pm-5pmJoin us as we highlight the wines of one of our suppliers. Come on in and have a taste or two between 2pm and 5pm. No charge as always. fair warning!!!Rave Wines will be CLOSED Tuesday March 31st through Friday April 3rd for Spring Break. Open Saturday as usual 10-6.
in the news"Rex Pickett, author of the novel "Sideways" (which, of course, was turned into the Oscar-winning, Pinot Noir-themed movie in 2004), recently spent time in Oregon, playing golf, sipping wine and talking about writing a sequel to his book, with Miles and Jack visiting Oregon's Willamette Valley. Oregon wine producers got very excited, knowing the tremendous impact the movie had on tourism in Santa Barbara County, the setting for the book and movie, and on Pinot Noir sales throughout the country. Yet last week, vintners were presented with grim figures on restaurant wine sales at the Oregon Wine Industry Symposium in Eugene -- numbers that show the wine biz has gone sideways. A report compiled by consumer pollster ACNielsen said wine sales dropped at 22 of America's top 25 restaurants during the past year. At the end of 2007, 18 of those 25 restaurants had sales increases. Quite a reversal. The plummet is important to all wine producers, but especially to Oregon winemakers, most of whom make relatively small amounts (under 5,000 cases) of mostly expensive wines, which are targeted for sale to restaurants, selected fine-wine shops and mailing list members. Unlike California and Washington state, which each have a healthy mix of large, multi-brand wine companies, medium-sized producers and small boutique brands, Oregon's winemaking muscle is flexed mostly at the super-premium end and largely with Pinot Noir, the best bottles costing upwards of $45 a bottle. The ACNielsen survey was a kick to the gut for Oregonians who target their wine sales to fine-dining establishments, and to all United States wine producers who believe that restaurant-only is the path to profits and a highly buffed image. Not today, it isn't." winereviewonline.com
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