For the second time this trip, we visit a winery for the first time since one of our BC Wine friends passed away. Kane Morgan, who was Rust’s 1st employee, and their General Manager, passed suddenly in a car accident in December of 2023. It was a huge blow to his family and the winery, of course.
He took excellent care of us every time we visited and whenever I emailed him with a question or concern, and he will be missed. He is honored at the winery with a huge portrait that hangs behind the front desk, a mural on the second floor, and the name of the road up to the winery has been renamed Kane Morgan Way. Lovely tribute for a good human gone way too soon.
We are greeted with a lovely glass of wine, and are seated outside where Loki is made to feel as welcome as we are. We introduce Loki to some other visiting dogs, who are all friendly and curious. After all the bums have been sniffed, we sit down for our tasting.
They had library Zinfandel for sale; we ended up leaving the winery with 6 bottls of Zinfandel: 2 from 2014, 2 from 2019, and 2 current vintage. Here’s a bit of a bonus review, as we opened up both bottles of the 2014 Zinfandel that we purchased this weekend. Definitely slightly past their peak, but still a lovely experience. I had reviewed this wine upon our original tasting of it in 2017 and it was better then, (scored it 92 points) but still very good now.
Thus ends ‘Day 1′ of the trip; after a good night’s sleep, up and at ’em the next morning starting at Burrowing Owl!
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