I was an odd kid (if you've just started following the shop, you can read this post from our first year for confirmation). And so I'm not entirely surprised my first child is peculiar in her way too. She's five and a half now, but just this week she started a curious role play routine which involves her reenacting milestones from her infancy. Pretend I'm a still a baby who can't walk yet, she'll propose, and thenslump down on her knees to the size of a backpack. She'll slowly rise up on wobbly legs, fake-toddling toward me, her facial expressions shifting from bewilderment to determination.

The charade has occasional variations. She'll sometimes say: Owl.. as she takes her "first steps" toward me with trusting arms reaching and balancing. She knows from a few years of storytelling that OWL was her first word, a reference to her white noise machine in her room. The really absurd thing in all of this is that the first time she did it I accepted my role in the act completely. I took my place immediately, ridiculously holding my breath, our eyes locked and lit up, anticipating her crashing finale and somehow truly and actually overwhelmed by what was happening. My arms outstretched to receive her. Proud of her. Proud of us.

I'm thinking of our not so little shop this morning and how far we've come from our first steps. And I'm thinking of all who will take their first steps in this weekend - or in the next few months. I wonder how many of you reading this have known us for years or since the beginning and can recall the earliest routines from our infancy, I wonder how many of you can remember our first interactions, our first words. 

Come join us tonight and this weekend for one of our favorite routines. We've got Thursday night Flights tonight from 5-9 and guest winemakers this weekend...

SATURDAY 6/17: French Flights with special guest Paul Duroussay, pouring wines made by his friends and family in France - and other selections from his excellent Pierreclos Imports portfolio.
2021 Domaine Dujardin Bouzeron Aligoté
2021 Cave Cluzel Roussanne
2020 Leo & Paul Arbois Ploussard 
2021 Domaine des Margots Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir
Flights from 2-6 and wines by the glass until 9pm.

SUNDAY 6/18: TERAH WINE CO. Special Tasting w/ Winemaker Terah Bajjalieh, pouring a flight of her wines from 2-5pm! A sommelier and winemaker, Terah studied enology and viticulture in both Spain and France. She completed 13 harvests in five countries, including France, Australia, Argentina, Willamette Valley, Sierra Foothills, Sonoma and Napa. Come taste some delicious and dynamic wines from her current lineup - sustainable and organic offerings made with great care and minimal intervention … bright and balanced and, above all, very delicious. Flights of TERAH Wines: Vermentino, Rose, Sangiovese and Barbera from 2-5 and wines by the glass all day until close!


With arms outstretched,

Daniel