After a week of rest and relaxation, followed by a week of work and isolation, I’ve begun to make plans to reemerge. My partner and social director is traveling, and our home is as oddly still as those of our friends whose teenagers have just flown the coop. I forget how disorienting September can be, as we revisit our obligations and intentions after the lull of late summer. And I feel disconnected from my people. They’ve been in far-off places, then to a wedding somewhere, then bed-ridden, stricken by the newest edition of our perennial affliction, and now they’re out of sight, drafting austerity measures, knuckling down, and preparing to launch this year’s marble.

So I’m calling them up and calling them out, to a dinner here and a coffee there, to reconnect and examine life’s complexities together, with many eyes, the only way to rightly see. I’m thirsty for their observations and reservations, their stories, worries, and laughter, and tired of my own, as one grows tired of their go-to salad dressing. “What do you see when you turn out the light? I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.” I find some things in life too difficult to digest on one’s own, too tough to get my head around, or impossible to hold or even handle, without some trusted help. Lean on your friends; get out and see your people; invite them for a walk or a lunch or a tasting flight at Oakland Yard, the optimal place to collectively ruminate, address the problems of the world and appreciate its wonderment. In addition to our daily wines by the glass, we’ve got several events planned this week that are bound to be joyous and lively, including rosé tasting flights Saturday and Urelio’s Pizza this Sunday. Come on by and bring a friend!

But first...TONIGHT - THURSDAY NIGHT FLIGHTS: Spanish Reds and French Whites
2021 Linaje del Pago Rojo Carmin Listán Negro
2022 Casa Balaguer Tragolargo Monastrell 2022 Bodegas D Mateo La Mateo Rioja
2022 Domaine Labbé Abymes
2023 Hugues Beaulieu Picpoul de Pinet
2022 Domaine Fouet Saumur Blanc
Tasting flights $15 from 5-9 and wines by the glass until 9pm

SATURDAY 9/28: 2023 ROSÉ from all over the world - Dry, still, pink wine from Austria, France, California, and Sicily!
2023 Felix Rosy Rosé
2023 Marc Plouzeau Château de la Bonnelière Rive Gauche Chinon Rosé
2023 Las Jaras Superbloom
2023 Scalunera Etna Rosato
Tasting flights $20 from 2-6pm and wines by the glass until 9pm

AND ***THIS SUNDAY*** September 29th: The long-awaited return of URELIO'S PIZZA! We are thrilled to host Former Chez Panisse cook, Sam Cicarreli, brings his roving pizza oven to our lot for an afternoon of pizza and wine and other delights! Pizzas sold individually from Urelio's truck from 1-4 pm (or until sold out!). Wine and beer by the glass from us at our outdoor bar. Event will be in the back lot. All are welcome!

Cheers,
Max