We met AMZ Productions owner Jesse Locke in the tasting room over the summer and have been working with him on a series of videos, featuring harvest 2011, the winery and the tasting room. Check 'em out!
Promo: http://youtu.be/7vsxttuYPPw
Harvest 2011: http://youtu.be/s47tbF9pxQU
The Winery: http://youtu.be/zSVEYe37fbk
Enjoy!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Friday, September 3, 2010
Our Bend Winery Opening October 2010!
But, we will be closing the Downtown Bend Tasting Lounge at the end of September. Sooooo sad to leave Downtown, but in order to move the company forward, we decided to get back to basics and focus on production of our Volcano wines and our Magmita Sangrias. Our Bend winery will be located in the new Century Center off of 14th Street (aka Century Drive) on Bend's westside. We should be open in October!
Monday, March 29, 2010
'06 Merlot Review from Wine Press Northwest
This just in: a review of "Excellent!" from Wine Press Northwest (spring 2010 issue)for our 2006 Merlot, Fortmiller Vineyard. Full review follows:
Liz and Scott Ratcliff run their winery and tasting lounge in Bend, Ore., and bring in grapes from the warm Rogue Valley to the southwest. This Merlot comes from Fortmiller, a vineyard farmed by Don and Traute Moore, considered by many to be the finest growers in the Rogue. The wine opens with aromas of cranberries, Chelan cherries, red currants and sweet herbs, followed by pleasing flavors of ripe red plums, cherries and chocolate on the finish. It's a lush wine with delicious length.
Check out the full spring issues of Wine Press Northwest at http://www.winepressnw.com/spring10/
Liz and Scott Ratcliff run their winery and tasting lounge in Bend, Ore., and bring in grapes from the warm Rogue Valley to the southwest. This Merlot comes from Fortmiller, a vineyard farmed by Don and Traute Moore, considered by many to be the finest growers in the Rogue. The wine opens with aromas of cranberries, Chelan cherries, red currants and sweet herbs, followed by pleasing flavors of ripe red plums, cherries and chocolate on the finish. It's a lush wine with delicious length.
Check out the full spring issues of Wine Press Northwest at http://www.winepressnw.com/spring10/
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
WinesNorthwest review of our '06 Syrah
Chuck Hill just published his review of our 2006 Lakeside/Serenade Vineyards Syrah. He offers up weekly wine reviews of the best of Pacific Northwest wines, properly pairing them with food. Take a peek at what he thinks of our Syrah matched with a Churrasco Flank Steak with Chimichurri auce. Yum!
http://www.winesnw.com/chuckhill_winesofweek.htm
http://www.winesnw.com/chuckhill_winesofweek.htm
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
March Music Madness
Get your groove on during March in the Tasting Lounge!
Friday, March 5 starting at 6 pm: First Friday with Mike Potter, plus a local celebrity behind the bar
Saturday, March 6 starting at 8 pm: Mark Barringer plays, and he usually brings along a bunch of his amazingly talented musician friends. Musical magic, you absoutely have to see this guy play!
Friday, March 12 starting at 7:30: The Prairie Rockets! They are three women, Aspen, Shirley and Patty. Shirley plays guitar, Aspen mandolin and Patty the 5-String Banjo. "We play a bluegrassy and sometimes bluesy mix of contemporary and traditional folk songs embracing two and three part harmonies. We just have fun playing music together."
Friday, March 19 starting at 8 pm: Brian Hinderberger of Kousefly. Always a blast when Brian plays!
Friday, March 5 starting at 6 pm: First Friday with Mike Potter, plus a local celebrity behind the bar
Saturday, March 6 starting at 8 pm: Mark Barringer plays, and he usually brings along a bunch of his amazingly talented musician friends. Musical magic, you absoutely have to see this guy play!
Friday, March 12 starting at 7:30: The Prairie Rockets! They are three women, Aspen, Shirley and Patty. Shirley plays guitar, Aspen mandolin and Patty the 5-String Banjo. "We play a bluegrassy and sometimes bluesy mix of contemporary and traditional folk songs embracing two and three part harmonies. We just have fun playing music together."
Friday, March 19 starting at 8 pm: Brian Hinderberger of Kousefly. Always a blast when Brian plays!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Cake Good!
Yes, Valentine's Day is almost upon us, my least favortie holiday. And I fully admit that my negative feelings towards it no doubt stem from some disappointment during adolescence. I fancy myself having matured beyond the pains of the teen years, yet here in my 40s, married to a romantic hunk, I still think Valetine's Day is stupid.
Cake and Wine! Yummy!But I do appreciate both cake and wine, so we have gotten together with The Curvy Baker and offer these delicious pairings for your weekend celebrations:
Your choice of Classic Rum Cake OR Chocolate Vodka Cake, plus a bottle of wine!
Cake and French Bubbles: $20
Cake and Lava Red: $25
Cake and our '06 Merlot: $30
Cake and our '06 Syrah (Lakeside/Serenade): $35
We are open today 'til 8, Saturday noon to 8 and Sunday noon to 5.
Cake and Wine! Yummy!But I do appreciate both cake and wine, so we have gotten together with The Curvy Baker and offer these delicious pairings for your weekend celebrations:
Your choice of Classic Rum Cake OR Chocolate Vodka Cake, plus a bottle of wine!
Cake and French Bubbles: $20
Cake and Lava Red: $25
Cake and our '06 Merlot: $30
Cake and our '06 Syrah (Lakeside/Serenade): $35
We are open today 'til 8, Saturday noon to 8 and Sunday noon to 5.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Viogn-yea!
Two weeks ago, Scott pulled the 2008 Viognier out of barrel and into kegs. While it is not yet available in bottles, we are offering it by the taste or glass in the Tasting Lounge. Viognier on tap - delish and environmentally friendly!
This is the first vintage from the Crater View Ranch that we contract planted in Jacksonville back in 2006. The grapes were harvested at two different times, nearly two weeks apart. Scott wanted to style the wine with a good nose while still being crisp. In order to achieve this the earlier grapes we brought in had higher acidity, providing the crispness. The later picking was riper, providing the seductive floral aromas for which good Viogniers are known.
The Viognier has been aged on lees (or "sur lie" in French), "lees" being the yeasty residue remaining in the cask after fermentation. 'Sur lie' wines are bottled without racking - a process for filtering the wine - giving an added freshness and creaminess to the wine. It was aged in neutral French Oak barrels for 15 months. While no oak flavors are imparted in the wine with neutral oak, the body of the wine is enhanced.
Scott feels that Viognier is one of the few whites that can stand some aging, especially when the wine isn't filtered or fined, which helps protect the wine naturally, like a nice French White Burgandy. It is the perfect pairing with bleu cheese, pumpkin soup or seafood. But NOT brie.
This is the first vintage from the Crater View Ranch that we contract planted in Jacksonville back in 2006. The grapes were harvested at two different times, nearly two weeks apart. Scott wanted to style the wine with a good nose while still being crisp. In order to achieve this the earlier grapes we brought in had higher acidity, providing the crispness. The later picking was riper, providing the seductive floral aromas for which good Viogniers are known.
The Viognier has been aged on lees (or "sur lie" in French), "lees" being the yeasty residue remaining in the cask after fermentation. 'Sur lie' wines are bottled without racking - a process for filtering the wine - giving an added freshness and creaminess to the wine. It was aged in neutral French Oak barrels for 15 months. While no oak flavors are imparted in the wine with neutral oak, the body of the wine is enhanced.
Scott feels that Viognier is one of the few whites that can stand some aging, especially when the wine isn't filtered or fined, which helps protect the wine naturally, like a nice French White Burgandy. It is the perfect pairing with bleu cheese, pumpkin soup or seafood. But NOT brie.
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