Today is 2 May 2024

2020
Wahluke Slope, Washington State
100% Barbera

Too many winemakers are business people,
Charles Smith is a wine drinker
and a lover of all wine and it shows!

So sometimes you just have to think outside the box.
A delicious single vineyard Barbera from the heart of Washington States Wahluke Slope! Over the years we have featured many of Charles Smith’s wines.
This is our second time featuring this West Coast Barbera that we fell in love with!

92 Points James Suckling
"Aromas of dried herbs and flowers, sour cherries and red licorice.
Medium-to full-bodied with silky tannins.
Excellent acidity here.
I like the spacious feel on the palate, with pure fruit character.
Charming sage at the finish."

Elsewhere at $24.00

Our Regular price $19.99

Special Sale Price

$18.00 a bottle
$99.00 for six ( $16.50 )

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703-668-WINE (9463)

Our Thoughts on this wine.....

Fresh, round and subtle. Raspberry, stone, tobacco and a true sense of place are my first thoughts. Expansive palate with ever-expanding complexities.

Planted in 2003, this vineyard is a very unique 92 acre site in the Wahluke Slope. An alluvial fan gravel bed, the site rests above the flood plain of the Columbia River. Under the topsoil is a layer of caliche and basalt, 6-12 inches deep, creating a calcium and iron rich media that forces roots to struggle. The vineyard is farmed using the most up to date sustainable practices.

CHARLES SMITH"S STORY........

Growing up just outside of Sacramento, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Charles Smith began craving worldly travel at a young age due to his Welsh mother and French father. His wine journey began as a nomadic restaurant, spending winters in Palm Springs and summers in Lake Tahoe or Napa Valley from the ages of nineteen to twenty-nine. This period of his life became a catalyst for his passion for wine. In 1989 Charles decided to move to Denmark (for a lady friend he met in the states). While in Scandinavia, Charles spent the next nine years managing rock bands and concert tours throughout Europe, including the famed Danish duo, The Raveonettes. Wining, dining and hard partying while on the road ultimately triggered the career he has today.

In 1999, he moved back to the United States, specifically to the Pacific Northwest, opening a wine shop on Bainbridge Island, just across the Puget Sound from downtown Seattle. On a road trip in late 1999, he passed through the small town of Walla Walla and met a young Frenchman and winemaker. The two men discovered their common passion for great Syrah and Charles was eventually convinced to move to Walla Walla and make his own juice. On December 2nd, 2001, Charles released his first wine, 330 cases of the 1999 K Syrah. The Walla Walla Valley was now his home.

After a devastating freeze in 2004, Charles brought to life a label he had once in a dream: HOUSE WINES. Low and behold, the label concept had

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