Erin Thomas

http://www.winomagazine.com/category/a-bottle-a-week/

Back when I was bartending and hating my life, a customer once told me of his business plan he was launching and how he got to that consensus. He said he made a list of the three he things he loved and wanted to do with his life most. The third one he scratched off from the get-go. Looking at the top two routes he wanted to take to his final destination, he said he made his second one his job and his first his hobby. Taking that advice in stride, here I am two years later, working in the wine industry and writing about food and wine. Not sure which of my two great loves are my job or my hobby and I don't intend to figure it out any time soon.

Posts by Erin Thomas:

Portteus 2007 Bistro Red

11 Mar 2010 in abottle/aweek

Recession decision. *Bottle #88: Portteus 2007 Rattlesnake Hills Bistro Red *Price Tag: $6.99 *Running Tab: $1,211 *Retailer: Cost-Plus World Market, Seattle (Market location) Once upon a time in an... Read More »

Cabs in Napa

01 Mar 2010 in abottle/aweek

"When can you staaawt?" Like the yellow ones with insolent, cheap and LA-minded drivers… I saw two of them in the small town of Napa, California. Yes, life goal achieved: I went to “the... Read More »

La Ferme Julien 2006 Blanc

17 Feb 2010 in abottle/aweek

I still don't know what the goat means. *Bottle #87: La Ferme Julien Blanc 2006 Côtes du Lubéron *Price Tag: $7 *Running Tab: $1,204 *Retailer: Trader Joe’s, Seattle (Queen Anne location) Simplicity... Read More »

Château la Canorgue 2007 Côtes du Lubéron

09 Feb 2010 in abottle/aweek

There is the château, right there on the label! *Bottle #86: Château la Canorgue 2007 Côtes du Lubéron *Price Tag: $18 *Running Tab: $1,197 *Retailer: McCarthy & Schiering, Seattle (Queen Anne... Read More »

Olivier Rivière 2008 Rayos Uva Rioja

30 Jan 2010 in abottle/aweek

This picture is pretty accurate as to what it looked like to me after I polished it off. *Bottle #85: Olivier Rivière 2008 Rayos Uva Rioja *Price Tag: $18 *Running Tab: $1,179 *Retailer: Champion’s... Read More »

Pappas Wine Co. 2008 Pinot Blanc

21 Jan 2010 in Bloggers& abottle/aweek

Pops in the light, dunnin it? *Bottle #84: Pappas Wine Co. 2008 Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc *Price Tag: $16 *Running Tab: $1,161 *Retailer: Sixth Avenue Wine Seller, Pacific Place, Seattle From what... Read More »

Qupe 2007 Santa Ynez Valley Marsanne

15 Jan 2010 in Bloggers& abottle/aweek

Uncharted varietal in the spotlight. *Bottle #83: Qupe 2007 Santa Ynez Valley Marsanne *Price Tag: $18 (fortuitous luck with a half bottle for $6) *Running Tab: $1,145 Spotted. Frozen in front of her... Read More »

Seeing Stars, Bubbles and Sparks

30 Dec 2009 in Bloggers& abottle/aweek

You can find me in the club, bottle full of bub. No sex in the Champagne room. Or is it no Champagne in the sex room? Whatever your pleasures may be this New Year’s Eve, let’s make it a Champagne... Read More »

A Nefarious Plot

21 Dec 2009 in Blog& Features

The juicy story of a chick, a couple of guys and a dog By Erin Thomas Dean and Heather Neff Heather and Dean Neff really are living the dream, as the signs up to their Chelan estate winery suggest. With... Read More »

The Bunnell Family Cellars 2007 “VIF”

20 Dec 2009 in Bloggers& abottle/aweek

*Bottle #82: The Bunnell Family Cellars 2007 Columbia Valley VIF *Price Tag: $30 (Homie hook-up for me this time though) *Running Tab: $1,139 A rarity that the wine industry stills holsters close to its... Read More »