SUPERBOWL PARTY SUNDAY FEB 5TH 12 PM
January 17th, 2012 | 
Author: If you want to watch the Superbowl this year, keep us in mind! We will have tvs in the front bar area, as well as our cozy back room, with beer, wine, and food specials all day!
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BLIND ZINFANDEL TASTE TEST SATURDAY JAN 14TH ALL DAY
Like Zinfandel? Then make sure you come out to Washington Sips on Saturday January 14th for our blind Zinfandel taste test! For $10 you can try 5 different Washington State Zinfandels, then get a free glass of your favorite! We will be doing the taste test all day!
WINEMAKER’S DINNER WEDNESDAY DEC 14TH
We at Washington Sips will be hosting our first Winemaker’s Dinner this holiday season on December 14th. Mike Andrews, owner and winemaker at Coyote Canyon Winery in Prosser, WA will be coming out to present four of his wines, paired deliciously with four courses of gourmet Italian cuisine prepared by chef Anthony Gentile. Mr. Gentile will use local Skagit produce and meat to create each course. You will have a chance to meet both the winemaker and the chef, along with enjoying a delightful four course Italian dinner. Guitarist Rich Rorex will play music in the background. The dinner starts at 6:30 PM, but please feel welcome to come in early in order to find a seat, and enjoy some of our complimentary cheese. We would like this to be a special, intimate, and enjoyable evening to spend with that special someone, family, friends, or all three! Tickets are on sale for $70 per person, which includes a four course dinner, four wines, gratuity, tax, and an opportunity to meet the winemaker and chef. It is an all-inclusive price. For tickets please either call to purchase over the phone, or come to the shop in person. We can mail tickets until December 8th in order to ensure prompt delivery. After that they will be held at Washington Sips for will call. Due to the size of our room we are limiting the number of tickets availalbe to 40. Hope to see you there!
ZOMBIE WALK, BOOK SIGNING BY ISAAC MARION, AUTHOR OF “WARM BODIES”, AND MORE
Washington Sips, Pressgang Retail, and Under the Tree Studios presents an evening sure to put you in the Halloween spirit! If you like fun, wine, Halloween, and zombies, then this is the event for you! New York Times Top 10 Best-Selling Authors, Isaac Marion, author of the zombie novel Warm Bodies, will be coming out to Washington Sips on October 27th for La Conner’s 1st annual zombie walk and book signing! Warm Bodies is a novel about a zombie who falls in love with a human, and is being drafted into film as we speak, with such actors as John Malkovich, Dave Franco, and Nicholas Hoult!
The zombie walk (dress up like a zombie and walk around town), will be all ages and will go on from 1-4 PM. Then Washington Sips will host a book signing/meet and greet with the author from 4-8 PM. We will be selling tickets for a month prior to the event for $20, which is good for 2 glasses of select wines, and unlimited appetizers from our buffet. But you are also welcome to come without a ticket and order from our regular menu as well. Following the book signing, we will continue our zombie fun by doing a zombie pub crawl throughout the town from 8-? AM!
Come out and join us for this fabulous evening, and help start a new Halloween tradition in La Conner!
DRY OR SWEET??
In wine, dry is the opposite of sweet. Sometimes though even a dry wine can give the impression of sweetness. This comes from the natural fruitiness that results from the fermentation of intensely ripe grapes, and the wine’s contact with oak barrels.
PAIRING WINE WITH FOOD
When it comes to pairing wine with food, there are a few things to remember:
1. Matching the acidity of a certain food to the acidity in a wine is important. Otherwise the acidity in one item and not the other can overpower the other so as not allowing one to taste the flavor.
2. Spicy foods should be paired with a lighter, fruity, even sweet white wine, like a riesling.
3. The flavors in the sauce of a certain food need to be taken into consideration as much as the main item. Traditionally, chicken and fish are served with white wines, however, if you’re cooking chicken with barbecue sauce, tomato sauce, or marsala, pairing the chicken with a bigger red would be a better option.
4. Always keep your own palate in mind! If you absolutely love eating veal with a Chardonnay, then do it!
