Summer Grilling & Pinot Noir Wednesday, July 28th 2010 by
Jeff Knapp, Hospitality Manager
The other night my wife Liz and I fired up the old Weber grill with some mesquite hardwood charcoal and cooked up some venison tenderloins that some friends of ours had given us. We cracked open a bottle of 2006 Big Tree Pinot Noir to pair with dinner and what followed was a sublime experience. 2006 was an extremely warm year for growing Pinot Noir in Oregon. Typically the wines from that vintage are much more fruit forward and larger bodied. Big Tree Pinot Noir is a single block pinot noir that our winemaker, Russ Rosner describes as “more structured and focused, tending more towards elegance and finesse than power. There’s more minerality and mocha overlying the forest floor earthiness, and the texture is more tightly knit.” I could not have put it better.
 As we sat savoring our Pinot and venison, a deer walked out of the forest and stood staring at us. It took a few minutes for the irony to set in. We were staring at a deer and eating grilled venison. The best I could do was to raise a glass and toast him. (Insert wry smile here.) For those of you (carnivore or vegetarian) that have a bottle of 2006 Big Tree, it might be a good time to open it up and enjoy. Salud! Jeff Knapp
Cellar Club Manager 
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