{"id":58,"date":"2005-10-03T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T16:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2006-09-19T10:06:45","modified_gmt":"2006-09-19T17:06:45","slug":"barrister-reds-continue-to-impress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=58","title":{"rendered":"Barrister Reds Continue to Impress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Added Note:  Barrister Winery 2003 Red Mountain Merlot received a silver medal at the Tri-Cities Wine Festival on November 12, 2005 and was also was voted as the People&#8217;s Choice.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those attorneys from Spokane are back again and they\u2019re making my life difficult.<\/p>\n<p>No, there\u2019s nothing litigious involved, it\u2019s just attorney\/winemakers Greg Lipsker and Michael White from Barrister Winery, producing another round of red wines that are all so good, I don\u2019t know which one to choose as a favorite.<\/p>\n<p>But let me try anyway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barristerwinery.com\/Images\/scales.gif\" alt=\"null\" \/>For starters, their 2003 Cabernet Franc (about $25) took best of show honors at this years Northwest Wine Summit.  With over 900 wines entered in the competition, it goes without saying that this is an outstanding wine.<\/p>\n<p>Also currently available is the 2003 Red Mountain Merlot (about $29), a huge wine packed with dark fruit flavors and traces of chocolate.  Drink now or cellar for another two to three years.<\/p>\n<p>But I really think my current favorite is the 2003 Walla Walla Valley Merlot (about $29).  This is another big, complex wine with perhaps a bit of a silkier finish than the Red Mountain Merlot.  Quantities are limited, so don\u2019t waste time in purchasing this wine.<\/p>\n<p>Barrister wines are available at select Seattle restaurants and also at Compass Wines in Anacortes.  More information:  (509) 465-3591 or www.barristerwinery.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Added Note: Barrister Winery 2003 Red Mountain Merlot received a silver medal at the Tri-Cities Wine Festival on November 12, 2005 and was also was voted as the People&#8217;s Choice. Those attorneys from Spokane are back again and they\u2019re making my life difficult. No, there\u2019s nothing litigious involved, it\u2019s just attorney\/winemakers Greg Lipsker and Michael [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}