Sokol Blosser Wine Blog

Happy Thanksgiving! We're looking forward to celebrating the holiday here at the Winery at our Thanksgiving Weekend Celebration, this Friday and Saturday from 10am-4pm each day. We'll be serving complimentary goumet soup made by Chef Paul Bachand, tasting all of our current releases, and of course, enjoying the festive atmosphere with family and friends. We'll hope to see you here!

To learn more, please visit our Events Page by clicking here. Happy Thanksgiving... and cheers!

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In Calgary, the "White Cowboy hat" is there symbol of Calgarian Hospitality. These hats are presented to special visitors and dignitaries who visit this wonderful city in Alberta. It was a true honor to receive on the behalf of Sokol Blosser Winery. Calgary, and Alberta as a whole, has been very welcoming to Sokol Blosser and our wines. Alberta is a beautiful market that is always a pleasure to visit! I will wear my White Hat with Calgarian pride. Thank you for this wonderful honor!

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It's official - today our cellar crew (Doug, Mario and Forrest) finished pressing, racking and barreling the last of our 2008 Pinot Noir. What a relief - now, it will rest in barrel until blending and bottling in the Spring of 2010. Sleep, my pretties!

Our LEED Certified barrel cellar holds all of our Pinot Noir until it's ready for bottling.

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Another rough day at the office! Direct Sales Manager Michael Kelly Brown steps slightly outside of his job description to secure for Sokol Blosser only the most Yule-y tree. We're really getting festive for our upcoming Thanksgiving Weekend celebration on November 28-29!

To learn more about our Thanksgiving Weekend in Wine Country and our other upcoming events, click here!

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Summit the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog in our Big Tree Block Pinot Noir. Say cheese!

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Join the Sokol Blosser family in celebrating Thanksgiving Weekend in Wine Country!

Friday & Saturday, November 28-29
10:00am-4:00pm each day

Warm up with a bowl of complimentary homemade soup and enjoy a personalized, unique wine tasting experience in our holiday transformed winery facility.

- Meet the Sokol Blosser family and get your own holiday photo taken in our wine barrel photo booth.

- Chat with Founder Susan Sokol Blosser and get signed copies of her tow books: At Home in the Vineyard and Gracious & Ruthless.

- Taste new releases, including our 2006 Dundee Hills Pinot Noir.

- Check out our holiday gift ideas under our huge lighted tree.

- Take advantage of a 20% case discount (if you can't join us in person, get a 20% case discount online at sokolblosser.com November 22-30 by using coupon code TDAY08 at checkout).

- Beat the crowds: join us November 22-23 for the same great discounts and sample all of our newly released 2006 Pinot Noirs, including our Goosepen and Big Tree Single Block Pinot Noirs!

Admission on Thanksgiving Weekend is $15. Cellar Club members are admitted free and can bring three guests. Don't forget to bundle up - it can get cold!

For more information, call us at 1-800-582-6668 or visit our website at www.sokolblosser.com. Happy Holidays!

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Sokol Blosser Family, the early days of Oregon wineries from Laura Levy Shatkin on Vimeo.

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We started Harvest the first week of October, which is common for Oregon - flirting with the rain, checking the brix level every day... patience is required, especially with as much love as has been given to this fruit already. The Vineyard Manager, Luis, has been looking at its crop closely throughout the summer anticipating any needs from the grapes. The production crew was gearing up, waiting, consulting with Alex Sokol Blosser and Luis, still waiting and thinking, "Is it the time? How is the weather? Rain is coming our way…"

The north part of the Concert Block Pinot Noir looked good, so did the Pinot Gris from the Bluebird Block, but we waited until October 1st to begin. When Harvest officially started, people were buzzing and talking, and there was a warm feeling in the air. It was excitement blended with nervousness, since we get one shot at it every year. But the fruit looked great and the 2008 vintage was definitely looking promising.

Harvest went on for few weeks non-stop, Block after Block, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Muscat, Muller-Thurgau. It was crazy - we are talking about tons of fruit every day! Everyone participated on the sorting table, or supported the Harvest and the hungry production crew by bringing lunch and treats for the occasion. You thought Christmas was exciting? When I looked around, there was an entire team of employees, from the accounting department to direct sales, coming together to celebrate the 2008 Harvest.

The energy was high during the last stretch, and on October 22nd finally all the fruit was “in”. The vineyard can rest now, and with fall here the vineyard leaves look like they are on fire after delivering another one of our famous vintages. I can’t wait for 2010 when this Pinot Noir will be bottled and released.

The Pinot Noir was great, and my first year harvesting at Sokol Blosser was amazing. Our winemaker, Russ Rosner, is taking care of our fruit now that it has made it safely to the Winery. Russ is working his magic…

See you soon at Sokol Blosser Winery for more updates on our 2008 vintage.

Rodolphe Louchart, Tasting Room Manager

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