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Share your Brookside Inn
Experience with family and friends
You can now order a gift
certificate on-line in any denomination.
Simply go on-line,
enter the
recipients information and print out the personalized gift
certificate.
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Slight Technical Changes
We are updating our website, however, most of it will
be internal. In the next
couple of months, look for new events, dinners and images on our
website.
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Dear
Bruce,
After the almost three weeks of below freezing
temperatures followed by six inches of snow, believe it or not, we
are beginning to see sprouts of what will soon become spring. The vineyard workers are starting
to prune the vines, the irises are sprouting, and buds are
swelling. We are approaching a stunningly beautiful time of year
in the Valley, the resurrection of life, the renewal of energy, the
lengthening of days and a perfect time to get out of the winter
doldrums and visit us at the Inn.
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 Valentine's Weekend at The Inn
Sweep
your Sweetheart off her/his feet by joining us for Valentine's
weekend. We are creating a
multi-course gourmet feast paired with wines from the Willamette
Valley Saturday, February 13th, 2010 at 7
o'clock. The cost is $250
per couple, plus gratuity.
Or for a
romantic weekend, we are offering the opportunity to spend the
weekend tasting and touring in the heart of Oregon Wine
Country. Your weekend includes transportation,
luxury country lodging, beautiful culinary experiences, wine
touring and all the amenities of the Inn. Please contact Bruce or
Christie at
The Inn for more details.
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 Vindication of a Vintage
A hot
topic of debate recently in the Willamette Valley is how the 2007
vintage is developing. In our August 2009 newsletter, we
lent our palate and opinion with a small discussion (albeit
one-sided, as we didn't include anyone's views except our own)
about the 2007 Pinot noirs. Since then, most 2007s have continued to evolve into
graceful, elegant, more earth driven beauties that are truer to the
flavor profiles of Old World Pinot noir, not the fleshy fruit bombs
we have come to accept from this fickle grape. In
the January 2010 edition, the Oregon Wine Press
reprinted the top stories of 2009; one of which was Vindication of a Vintage. This extremely well-written article approached the
issue of the 2007 vintage head on, and we agree with the authors'
opinions 100%. We invite you
to take a moment to read the commentaries, pop open a bottle of
2007 Oregon Pinot noir, and decide for yourself. If you need guidance in finding
high quality 2007s, join The
Brookside's Wine Club, or reserve a suite and
we will arrange a day or two of touring in
wine country for you.
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Cheers!
And of
course Mondo & Annie
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