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You might think that the big news happening this week was the last minute compromise on the filibuster and judicial nominees in the Senate or perhaps Jay Leno testifying in the Michael Jackson trial. Then again, you might think that the headline from the Weekly World News - GUY DIALS PHONE # ON TOILET WALL & FINDS HIS MISSING MOM! - is a story that will never be topped. (All of which reminds me of a Mark Twain quote, "Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.")
If you think those are the top stories - you would be wrong!
The REALLY big news is that, once again, Southpark Seafood Grill and Wine Bar was awarded top honors for its wine program. Guy du Vin was the original writer of that list when the restaurant opened in 1998 and continues to manage the program today. Southpark is the winner in the Short List Category in Restaurant Hospitality's 16th Annual Best Wine Lists In America Competition. The judges were the experts at the independent Beverage Testing Institute. We are particularly pleased with this quote from the accompanying article:
"The winners of the short list category and particularly the 1st place winner, Southpark Seafood Grill, explored a diverse and exciting range of wines within a fun and creative presentation. The Southpark list was last year's winner and it remains head and shoulders above the competition this year." (emphasis added)
We know that it may be a little unseemly to crow about it when you get a compliment, and as we read in Steve Edmunds' newsletter recently, quoting the novelist Jim Harrison, "the goose that's trying to lay golden eggs shouldn't use a mirror to look at its butt." But the truth is, we don't mind being mentioned with the likes of Charlie Trotter, The Herbfarm, Restaurant Gary Danko and Canlis! In addition, what makes this award even more meaningful than some of the other awards Southpark has received is the strict and detailed criteria used to pick the winners. No favorites, lots of competition and no sending in your $250 check for a guaranteed award (a la The Wine Spectator).
The other big story this week is the opening of Larks, Home Kitchen Cuisine, the restaurant at the Ashland Springs Hotel in Ashland, Oregon. Doug and Becky Neuman have lovingly restored the building. A few months ago, they asked Guy du Vin to help write their wine program with special attention to wines from southern Oregon as well as selections from Washington and California. We spent last weekend at the hotel, doing wine training for the staff and putting the finishing touches on the list. If you are ever in Ashland, you need to stay at this remarkably beautiful hotel. Larks goes to great lengths to pay special tribute to the farms, orchards, vineyards, chocolatiers, and charm of Oregon. (Don't miss the Chocolate Café.) And whatever you do, be sure to purchase a bottle of their Macbeth's Three Witches Hard Cider. This hard cider is better than most of the great ciders I've tasted from Brittany and Normandy.
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