Author: Julie Schickling

Join us at a great sale, in the HPIC parking lot!

Saturday August 20 – 9am to 5pm
Sunday August 21 – 10am to 4pm

Rent a table for one day: $15; for both days: $20.
What a deal!
To register for a table, email Teri: teri_lopez@msn.com, or phone her at 763-1669.

If you’re not selling, just come to the Sale! There will be multiple neighbors with lots of great stuff for sale.

Doors open at 6:30pm, movie at 7pm.
Free admission.

Movie hint: Haley Mills plays twins in this 1961 summer camp classic.

Doors open at 6:30pm, movie at 7pm.
Free admission.

We will be selling snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, and adults can bring their beverages of choice. There will be folding chairs for seating, or feel free to bring blankets and pillows or non-floor-scratching chairs.

Movie hint: this animated superdog has a rude awakening when he strays off his movie set into the real world.

Doors open at 6:30pm, movie at 7pm.
Free admission.

Every third Friday of each month is Movie Night! This series is family friendly and admission is free. We will be selling snacks and non-alcoholic drinks, and adults can bring their beverages of choice. There will be folding chairs for seating, or feel free to bring blankets and pillows or non-floor-scratching chairs.

Our movie copyright license does not allow us to advertise the movie title so here’s this month’s hint:
Michael J. Fox does a little time travel in this 1985 sci-fi comedy.

See more pictures here.

Overall top three wines:

1. Lost Sonnet Meritage 2007, Napa Valley red wine (Trader Joes $9.99)
2. Folie a Deux Menage e Trois California red wine 2009 ($7)
3. Cline 2009 ancient vines Zinfandel (regularly $18)

Best of the best at each table (in random order):

Washington Hills Rainier Red, Columbia Valley ($8)
Regio Old Vine Zinfandel Lodi 2005 California ($8)
Clos Du Bois Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (reg. $19.99)
Trader Joe’s Tempranillo Petit Reserve 2009 ($6)
Kiona Lemberger 2008 ($10)
La Vieille Ferme, Récolte 2009 (white, $6)
Liberty School Chardonnay 2007 ($9)
Pepperwood Grove Don Sebastiani & Sons Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (reg. $15)
Bogle Petite Sirah 2008 (reg. $11)
Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda 2009 Mendoza, Argentina ($10)
Red Diamond Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 ($9)
Lenz Moser Heuriger Gruner Veltliner 2009 (white, $8)
Goats do Roam White 2010, South Africa ($7)
Powers Chardonnay Columbia Valley 2009 ($10)

Honorable mentions from each table:

2009 Black Swan Cabernet Sauvignon, South Eastern Australia ($7)
Rose Vino Frizzante ($6)
Polka Dot Riesling 2006 ($8)
Bodegas Naia-Vina Sila ‘Las Brisas’ Blanco, Rueda, Spain 2009 ($10)
Charles & Charles Red Columbia Valley 2009 ($9)
Altos Las Hormigas Colonia Las Liebres Bonarda, Mendoza, Argentina ($10)
Trader Joe’s Reserve Syrah, Paso Robles 2009 ($10)
Punto Final Malbec Classico 2009 (reg. $12)
Club House IQ Friend Washington Cab Meritage ($10)
Snoqualmie Vineyards Syrah, Columbia Valley 2007 ($8)
Porcupine Ridge Syrah 2009 (reg.$13)
Tres Pinos Three Pines Cuvee 2009 ($5)
Santa Rita 120 Carmenere from Chile 2008 ($7)
La Maialina Chianti Classico 2008 ($18)
Columbia Crest Two Vines Shiraz 2005 ($9)
Inheritance Petite Syrah 2006 ($10)

Thanks all for coming…we had a blast! 

UPDATE!
Introducing our 2011 Table Captains:
Shawn Mazza * Jason Worbets * Rhonda Smith * Gretchen Heiden * Barry & Nickie Jostol * Rory Denovan * Laura Kirkpatrick * Alan Robertson * Jane Taylor * Kip & Ingrid Mattson * Bill Jaback * Pablo Lambinicio

Pre-register! There will be a special raffle for pre-registered participants. Email hpicwine@gmail.com or call 938-6031 and tell us how many people you’re bringing.

Here’s how it works: It is a blind tasting contest, featuring each participant’s bottle of their favorite wine, priced $10 or less. There will be 12 tables, each with a Table Captain leading the tasting. Table winners advance to the Taste-Off, where 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize wines will be chosen. There will also be raffle prizes, food and fun!

Add to your list of reasonably priced and amazingly good wines while tasting,
describing and picking your favorites. You will be seated at a table of friends and neighbors
and have a great time tasting each others’ finds.

We will have special pours from the Northwest Wine Academy, and great prizes.

New this year: Pre-register! There will be a special raffle for pre-registered participants.
Email hpicwine@gmail.com or call 938-6031 and tell us how many people you’re bringing.

And check back here for updates, if you’d like to sit with a certain Table Captain.

Peter de Lory photograph © 2011.

Upcoming Movie Night is Friday, March 18. Doors open at 6:30pm, movie starts at 7.

Admission is free. Popcorn, candy and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase. See flyer here.

Our movie license does not allow us to publish the movie title, so here’s this month’s hint:
Adam Sandler’s 2008 movie for kids. (Our very first request!)

Movies will be shown in the dance hall, with chairs available for seating. Or, bring blankets, pillows, folding chairs (that won’t scratch the floor) and camp out on the floor!