Mother? Check. Day? Check. Wines? Check, check, check!
Beer is not the only thing you can drink in the beer garden! Indeed, with a full liquor license, here at Golden Age we get to carry products from anywhere in the country, or for that matter, on earth, and we use that privilege to bring you a selection of spectacular wines to enjoy if maybe beer isn’t your thing.
This Mother’s Day, we’re incredibly excited to highlight an Oregon winemaker who is one of our very favorite producers in the world: Brianne Day of Day Wines. Located in Dundee, Oregon, Day Wines makes wines sourced exclusively from a small group of Oregon growers who utilize biodynamic, organic and/or sustainable vineyard practices. Brianne is a mother herself, so we thought Mother’s Day would be a fine time to showcase her incredible wines, and with great weather in the forecast, we’re even more excited that you’ll be able to enjoy them in the beer garden. We’re offering 5 wines by the glass and by the bottle, available from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Description of the wines and pricing is below. Prost!
Vermentino Isla Layne Vineyard $13/48
Named for the winemaker’s niece, this single vineyard white is vacation in a glass. Layne Vineyard in the Applegate Valley sits at a high elevation and experiences a wide change in temperatures from day to night. That diurnal shift, as it's called, coaxes depth and poetry out of the grapes. Older grape vines, like those that grow this wine’s grapes, produce less fruit, but the flavor is more concentrated and the character more developed. Quality, not quantity! The result is a Vermentino that is racy yet plush, salty and tropical, and reminds one of sunbathing on a beach with a piña colada in hand.
Dazzles of Light $14/51
A blend of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Melon de Bourgogne, . The Chardonnay brings the gravitas. It’s Mother, as the kids say. It’s the Blossom to Bubbles and Buttercup. It’s the Regina George to Gretchen and Karen. It’s the Winifred Sanderson, the Shauna Shipman, the goddamn Beyoncé. But this HBIC would be nothing without its colleagues, costars, coferments. Chardonnay’s weightiness is cut by Sauvignon Blanc’s brightness and Melon de Bourgogne’s elegance and minerality. You’ll be bewitched by this magical wine, something quite different from what anyone else is doing in the Willamette.
Lemonade Pinot Noir Rosé $13/46
When life gives you lemons, and all that. This wine was first made to salvage fruit that was tainted by the Oregon wildfires of 2020, which was the only bad thing to happen that year. Smoke taint made the Pinot Noir grapes less than ideal to make a red wine, so this rosé was born. Years later, Day Wines is still making this delicious, dry, dazzling rosé, a beautiful reminder that optimism and perseverance will be rewarded.
Deep Blue Pinot Noir $14/52
A portion of the profits of Deep Blue are donated to Oregon Kelp Alliance, an organization that promotes ocean restoration and the creation of sustainable, carbon capturing food, through providing support to small kelp and shellfish farms along the southern Oregon coast. Made of biodynamic or organic grapes from seven excellent vineyards, this luscious, enchanting Pinot Noir beckons you to submerge yourself in its depths.
100 Years A Lady Pinot Meunier $15/59
This wine was made in honor of winemaker Brianne Day’s grandmother, Catherine Day, for her 100th birthday. Pinot Meunier gives the wine rustic earthiness and pretty fruit, making a beautiful tribute to a hardworking, loving woman. This wine shows red fruit of Hood strawberries, sappy bright red cherries, sweet marjoram, juicy plum and forest floor. This is a tightly textural and tannic vintage, balanced by charming fruit and fresh acidity.