Put a Cork in It! – Part Two: Get Framed

Wine Harlots drink a lot of wine, and have a dilemma.  Not about the wine consumption, but what to do with all the cork closures.  Join us while we find uses for the leftover corks.

Making a photo-frame with your used corks fulfills two issues.  It uses up all those special [...]

Cornerstone Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2009

“Nothing is so beautiful as spring – when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing.”  — Gerard Manley Hopkins

Nothing [...]

Walker Family Vineyards Chardonnay 2008

“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”  – Tennessee Williams

Mama said not to talk to strangers.  Love ya mama, but sometimes advice needs modification.  It was early morning, jet-lagged and sleep deprived, clutching my latté like the last chance for salvation, I was blearily attempting to write a wine post at a [...]

Chateau Ste. Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

“When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.”  — W. Somerset Maugham

Wine Harlots have had a long love affair with Ste. Michelle.  As a Northwest natives, it’s the first wine we ever drank, and you never forget your first.  The love endures.  Wine Harlots are smitten with Chateau Ste. [...]

Westwood Haynes Vineyard Pinot Noir 2005

“Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.“  — John B. L. Soule

“When women go wrong, men go right after them.”  — Mae West

Wine Harlots say “Go Westwood!”  You won’t go wrong drinking Westwood Pinot Noir.  This is a delicious bottle of wine.  The color is a clear deep ruby, with [...]

Chateau Ste Michelle Cold Creek Vineyard Chardonnay 2007

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”  –  Helen Keller

Wine Harlots believe beautiful things should be felt with all the senses.  And the beautiful thing today is the Chateau Ste Michelle Cold [...]

Mendocino Farms Fairbairn Ranch Syrah 2005

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”  — Anne Bradstreet

When life hands you hardship, grab a bottle of [...]

Yorkville Cellars Carménère 2006

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate.”  — Albert Schweitzer

“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”  — Okakura Kakuzo

Ventisquero Grey Carménère 2007

“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”  –  Edmund Hillary

The color is deep, rich, dark purple.  The Ventisquero Grey Carménère has aromas that are complex and intense: high alcohol, honeysuckle and meaty sweetness.  Flavors of blackberry and tart cherry.  There are firm tannins and a peppery long finish.  The perfect pairing for [...]

X Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007

“An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.”  — John Lone

This is a wine fit for extraordinary divas and thirsty Wine Harlots.  A seriously sophisticated quaff.  The aroma of black fruit segues to the flavors of blackberry, black cherries, raspberry and spice on the palate with a lingering earthy toastiness on the finish.  This [...]