CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLISON AND THERESA. All the entries were terrific, and I would love to try and find a way to use them on a website…or maybe talk to some pinot folks about using them. They’re great. The sponsor chose the winners — so please don’t get upset at me.
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How much do you love pinot noir? Start counting the ways.
Pinot on the River (Oct. 22-24) is a grape-stained weekend for serious pinotphiles culminating in the Artisinal Grand Tasting from more than 100 top-notch West Coast producers. These aren’t Styrofoam cup sippers, but seriously collectible and eminently quaffable wines like DuNah, Papapietro Perry, De Loach, Kosta Browne, Moshin, MacPhail, Merry Edwards, Patz & Hall, Davis Bynum, Roadhouse and on and on…
And you could be part of the VIP sipping crew. How? It’s easy: Just create your own “Ode to Pinot Noir” in the comments below.
One winner will receive 2 VIP tickets to Sunday’s grand tasting (11am to 4pm) along with 2 seats at the Friday Night Out in the Valley Dinner at Roadhouse Winery in Healdsburg (8pm). One runner up will receive tickets to the Sunday tasting. More than 100 wineries are participating, along with nibbles from Rosso, BBQ Smokehouse Catering and Rodney Strong. (See full rules)
So start composing those odes! Find out more about Pinot on the River 2010 or buy tickets here.
Congratulations to Allison & Theresa! Great job! Tip a pinot for the rest of us!
I echo Michel’s comments on all counts!
Bite Club . . . you had a great idea here, too bad you dampened the excitement by not notifying the participants of the results in a timely fashion.
The winners have been notified. Guys, please give me a freaking break. I extended the contest a day so we could get more entries. The sponsor picked the winners last night and I emailed the grand prize winner to make sure she could attend. If not, then I needed to pick another winner. There’s a lot that goes into trying to make this as equitable and fair as possible, but it gets really frustrating when folks get all hairball about things. Trust me, I’m doing the best I can.
Congratulations to the winners !
Theresa I hope that your Zinfandel boyfriend does not find out about this affair 🙂 but if he does and you want to get rid of your tickets, let me know 🙂
Bitclub – in the future you might want to communicate better about the process and outcome.
Thank you
is there any site that will show the winning entries..love to know lots of great ones!
who won? anyone know?
I want to know as well !!!
PINOT ON THE RIVER
‘Ode to Road House Winery’
Road House Winery…
I can smell the earth and the spice…
Deep red cherries and toasty oak…
What structure and balance…
Cinnamon and ruby in color…
Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2008…
In my glass…
To be kept full…
Deep and spicy…
Road House Winery.
Like a beautiful brunette
With long sexy legs
The sexiest wine of all
Is the one that creates the most awe
A Sauvignon Blanc maybe fickle
Like a young girly blonde’s tickle
A Cabernet, dark and broody
With ages, some times moody
And Champagne all bubble and air
With perhaps some additional flair
Then you come to lovely Pinot
Deep, dark and sensual
Yet light and flirty with lots of potential
Complex and brilliant
Smooth and elegant
Not for the young and immature
For the lover of that which is pure
Uh, problem with the rules – Entries must be received by 5:00pm Thursday October 21th, 2010
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Winners will be chosen by sponsor by 3 p.m. Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Pinot Noir, How do I love thee, my sultry, well-bodied friend?
I love you to the depths of my palate that tingles with your ruby juices.
I love your velvety pepperiness, nursed to perfection by the vintners, Edwards, De Loach, Kosta, Bynum… and so many more..
I love the marriage of Sonoma wine and cheese at Valley Ford and reveling in the autumn bounty,
I love living in the home of the world’s finest grapes
And I love to feel my spirits rise as I sip Cloud Rest pinot noir
Warming my bones for winter’s cold bite.
Pinot,
you are perfect
cheers,
Adam
Ode to Pinot
I wrap my fingers
around your stem
while I inhale your cherry-scented aroma
Ecstatically, I swirl you,
until your silky plum-red legs open wide
I tilt you to my lips and your supple body flows into mine
I swallow you again and again as we
rock the salacious night into the blissful dawn.
Oh, Pinot…oh, oh, ooooh!
All that has gone before
Remembrance of love and music
And poetry I pour
Of chemistry meets magic
I’ve no need of pretense
Money does not matter
Liquid love I know
Fruit fresh air and incense
All my cares now scatter
We praise the great Pinot
Forgot to post my last name on the Ode. 🙂 Thanks!
Ode to Pinot – I love Kosta Browne Pinot Noir!
I look forward to your beauty almost every night
A sniff, a swirl, a sip
You seem to be created just right
Although you may be feisty, difficult, and demanding
Underneath you are delicate, precious and outstanding
In my personal cellar, you take up every spot
You make me happy and sappy…… and sometimes make me talk a lot
Aromatic and desirable, my mouth and nose know exactly what to do
You exude a wonderful mix of cherries, herbs, and earthiness…along with berries, and spice too
You seem to know exactly what I love to eat; you pair so well with salmon, mushrooms, and cheese
And I am not one that is easy to please!
You long for the misty fog…cool mornings and cool nights
While I long for your light and silky presence upon my lips and mouth…pure delight!
Sideways made you popular, but I have always held you true
In my heart forever will be a spot for you
You are so dear to me…so much so, that you make my life complete!
I look forward to your beauty almost every night
A sniff, a swirl, a sip
You seem to be created just right
Now I’m just hoping to taste you in all of your splendor, at the Annual Pinot on the River!
Once upon a time, my man tended the vines, and made the wines.
And he still loves to tell stories about taming the Pinot Noir (a temper-mental grape), as he relaxes and enjoys a wonderful glass of pinot on a cold winters night..
A big fan, you might say, and one to appreciate the gift of a Pinot wine tasting!
I’ve been pining for pinot for so, so, long,
That every time I find one I can afford I break out into song
I drink pinot with my friend Edward and together we are Merry
I look long at the Kosta and think about berries
Before a night out to a Claypool show I must have his pinot, which I sip, oh, so, slow
Oh Pinot Noir is so divine, I Roar so the people will hear my mind
For those that disagree beware of my Wrath if you want to subdue me please pour another glass
At the end of the day as my Sojurn begins, I fall sleepily into dreams wearing a big pinot grin.
Ah, pinot my palate you please
Like a siren you love to tease
Body so supple, flavor so fine
No wonder you’re my favorite wine
The best can be found
Here at Kosta Browne
Like the seductress’ call
You satisfy my all
Ode to Pinot Noir
Oh, to declare my secret love outloud
I softly speak your name
For if my Zinfandel grape growing,
wine making boyfriend
should discover our affair
I dare to think where I would
lay my head.
Secretly I swallow thee and
hope we remain a pair
the thought of pinot on the river
my wife at the notion might quiver
after 24 years
it’ll bring her to tears
but in my warm arms, she’ll not shiver
ODE TO PINOT
Pinot Noir – Vitis Vinifera
no other amazing grape to hold dear ahh.
Your French name may mean Pine and Black
but sweet liquid there is nothing whatsoever you lack!
This most romantic red mistress of wines
seems to flirt and seduce as you linger to dine.
Currant, raspberry or black cherry flavor
the taste buds long to embrace and endlessly savor!
The French vineyards version never will compel
like the Russian River finds: De Loach, RoadHouse or Topel!
Full- bodied and rich – like sex in a glass
nothing your local priest would ever use for Mass!
Oh Pinot,
I love you so
Open and drink
No need to pair
But put it with pork
And heck yeah, I’m there!
A Pinot Noir makes me happy
Not silly or sappy
The grape is enhancing
To life and romancing
And not too proud, like a horse that is prancing
You learn to love it, like nachos and rain
Two sips in, you’re not likely to complain
A Pinot will grab you and rock you then leave
It’s no use asking for a just reprieve
But when the glass is empty and you’re not feeling sure
Have another fill, good times will endure!
I live in Pinot heaven,
Sebastopol, Sonoma
I will start the meal with it
I will end the meal with it
Love the bacon love the fruit
Love the delicate ones, the feminine ones
Love the big ones, the masculine ones
I love them all
Would love to sip them all.
Ode is typically a lyrical verse written in praise of, or dedicated to someone or something which captures the poet’s interest or serves as an inspiration for the ode.
Ode to Pinot
How I love your bouquet
How I love your color
Ode to Pinot
The wonderful flavor
There is no true other
Ode to Pinot
My palate melts for you
My knees are weak
Ode to Pinot
How the grapes produce
A wine so unique
Ode to Pinot
Cheese, fruit and meat
Are foods you enhance
Ode to Pinot
To drink you in love
You set me in a trance
Ode to Pinot
To spend my time with Pinot is so truly divine
My dream is to win tickets to Pinot on the River
Ode to Pinot
Pick my ode to you for the grand prize
While tasting your pinot you can watch me quiver
Hooray! Tasting to taste the joy of the grapes of Sonoma.
Pinot–they come from far & near
to sample our nectar juice
and leave wanting to come back
again & again