Selling Page Cellars
Somewhere there’s a used bookstore in a basement that wants its name back.
Perhaps the bookstore’s proprietor’s name is even Page. Could you imagine? Page selling pages? Page, the page seller working out of a cellar? Could she ever consider doing anything else with her life? What other dream could a woman named Page with an interest in books and a subterranean storefront possibly chase???
Well, that’s something for Page to figure out. Because “Page Cellars” is taken.
But don’t worry. It’s not as much a travesty as it seems. After all, the winery’s owner is named Jim Page, so it’s not like he stole the word “Page” just to be spiteful. And, more importantly, Page Cellars makes some absolutely amazing wine. Like the 2006 Page Cellars Syrah, a deep and penetrating wine whose dark, true to variety fruit flavors – underlain with licorice, Swiss chocolate, Red Mountain earth, and minerals – took home the gold at both the 2010 Finger Lakes Wine Competition and 2010 Seattle Wine Awards. Or the smokey, chewy 2006 Page Cellars Preface Cabernet Sauvignon, another winner at the Seattle Wine Awards (Double Gold) that boasts a grand core of blackberry, black cherry, currant, figs, roasted coffee, bittersweet chocolate, mild pepper, and an oaky finish.
What we’re getting at is who wants to buy a book from Page the page seller when you can buy a few bottles from Page Cellars?
2006 Page Cellars Syrah, Red Mountain, Klipsun Vineyard
- Blend: 100% Syrah
- Vineyard: Klipsun
- AVA: Red Mountain
- Alcohol: 14.4%
- pH: 3.95
- TA: 0.67
- Cooperage: Saury, 60% American, 40% French
- Production: 433 Cases
This Syrah is a powerhouse, deep and penetrating. Purple ruby colored, it offers a rich, smoky nose of blackberry, blueberry and black cherry, with aromas of lavender, tobacco, and incense. The dark, true to variety fruit flavors are underlain with licorice, Swiss chocolate and Red Mountain earth and minerals. The back reveals notes of macerated berries, roasted nuts, French roast, dried cherries and orange peel, followed by squeezes of blueberry and pomegranate juices on a chewy, sweetish moderate tannin finish. A wonderful example of terroir-driven pure Syrah.
Gold Medal Winner at the 2010 Finger Lakes Wine Competition
Gold Medal Winner 2010 Seattle Wine Awards
2006 Page Cellars Preface Cabernet Sauvignon
- Blend: 100% Cabernet
- Vineyard: E&E Shaw
- AVA: Red Mountain
- Alcohol: 14.2%
- pH: 3.85
- TA: 0.66
- Cooperage: Saury, 60% French, 40% American
- Production: 457 Cases
A smoky, chewy Cab hid in the background behind the grand core of blackberry, black cherry, currant, figs, roast coffee, bittersweet chocolate, mild pepper and that oaky finish. This wine is smooth, major smooth, Sam Perkins smooth, Bing Crosby smooth, viscous and warm spreading like an oil slick across your tongue, even silkier as it aerates, with near perfect tannins providing great structure and acids enough to caress a grilled steak. Did someone say barby? (Not the doll, the propane kind.)
Double Gold at The Seattle Wine Awards
Rules and restrictions:
- Wine sold by winery
- You must be 21 or older to order
- Whoever receives the package must be 21 or older
- If you're drunk when the package shows up, you will not be allowed to receive it
- Wine cannot be delivered to a P.O. Box
- We highly recommend you use a business address as your shipping address
Thanks to stick-in-the-mud buzzkilling state legislators, wine may only be delivered to the following states:
- Arizona
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If your state's not on the list, you're out of luck... for now. Keep up with the ever-changing laws over at ShipCompliantBlog.com, and/or sound the alarms with your state assembly person through FreeTheGrapes.org. Meanwhile, all Federal, state and local laws are complied with in providing this wine.
