This week we welcome back ERIN GLENN WINES. The line up is as follows: CHARDONNAY - $15.99 - Winemaker’s Notes: Hand-selected by the grower and winemaker from the "sweet spot" at Relm Ridge Vineyards, this Chard expresses the beautiful balance of soils and climate served up in the Columbia Valley. Slowly fermented "in barrel" on the lees, this wine shows a harmony of fruit and subtle oak flavors, creating a soft, appealing mouthfeel.

VELVET ASS ROSE - $17.99 - Named for an illustrious business women of the Gold Rush days ~ Velvet Ass Rose ~ this wine is colorful and brazen. The vibrant acidity and fresh, balanced fruit make Velvet Ass Rose' the perfect wine to enjoy with light fare and good friends. This is a rose of Barbera.

TANTRUM - $19.99 - Winemaker’s Notes: The fourth generation of this cleverly crafted wine, named for our four daughters, Tantrum Red is a unique blend of Pinot Noir, Merlot and Barbera. A full bodied red wine, Tantrum has won the palates of many a wine lover and is one of our best sellers in the tasting room and around the Columbia River Gorge.

3 MILE - $19.99 - Winemaker's Notes: Using fruit from Threemile Canyon’s oldest and youngest vineyards, we fashioned this wine in the traditional Bordeaux style. Threemile combines Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petite Verdot, and Malbec to make a hearty, robust red ~ layers of fruit, tannins and terroire will compliment hearty fare.

BARBARA - $21.99 - Named for one of the daughters in the Erin Glenn clan (Hannah), is bold and smooth with balanced acidity and structured tannins.

Domaine des Cassagnoles Gros Manseng Vin de Pays des Cotes de Gascogne Reserve Selection. This crisp white shows flavors of mineral, mead and peach. The bright finish features plenty of spice and melon. "Gros Manseng" produces fleshier, more ample wines with fruity apricot and pear aromas. Is is a lively wine, but not to excess, with a persistent final. It is a dry wine, and the perfect accompaniment to cooked fish and vegetables. It is a Basque variety grown in South West France.

Chateau Bellevue La Foret Negrette. This is what Cellar Tracker has to say about the Negrette variety: Negrette is a varietal originally planted just to the side of Toulouse by settlers from Cyprus during the Crusades. It is one of the oldest varietals in the world and it has light to medium bodied style and soaring perfume of spice and violets. In the Guide to Wine Grapes it says: Wine made from Negrette is more supple, perfumed, and flirtatious than the more famous south western black grape variety Tannat, and is probably best drunk young, with its fruit, sometimes described as having a slightly animal flavour, unsuppressed by heavy oak.

Hope you can join us and enjoy a couple more of our unusual varietals. And, if you are marking your Century Club Sheet these are two more to help you on your way!

Enjoy the water and watch the Three Tree Point Yacht Club's Thursday evening races. Take a walk out the pier or along the beach and see the boats race from 7 - 8:30 pm.

Normandy Park Arts Commission presents Music in the Park at Marvista Park (200th & 4th) on Sundays from 5 - 6:30. Coming up: Aug 9 - Kids Concert, Aug 16 - Raucus, Aug 23 - Erin McNamee Band, and Aug 30 Grooveline.

Also enjoy the Des Moines Wednesday Farmers Market from 3 until 7 pm. The Wednesday market will run until August 19th.

And while you are at the Market walk on over to Beach Park to finish your day with the Beach Park Jazz & Blues Summer Concert Series. Take a blanket or your chairs and a picnic dinner and enjoy these free concerts from 7 until 9. The performers that will be entertaining are: Handful of Luvin' on Aug. 12 and the Kim Archer Band on Aug. 19.

It is time to move a few things around and get ready for our next trip to the Gift Center. Here is your chance to save up to 30% on select items. These would make great wedding gifts or to have for yourself when you want to have a little get away and pack some snacks & wine.

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