Ryan Patrick Happenings

I met with Terry Flanagan today to talk some wine businesses. Terry is the owner of Ryan Patrick Vineyards one of our favorite wineries. In our discussion I learned about some exciting news. He is looking at moving his Leavenworth tasting room to another location in Leavenworth. I won’t steal his thunder he will announce the specifics when he is ready but he has an even nicer location in mind, I am looking forward to visiting it when it is ready.

He also talked about the 2007 vintage. It has been in the barrel long enough for Terry to get a sense of where it is going. Early indication is it is on par or perhaps slightly better than 2005 which was a great year across the state and at Ryan Patrick Vineyards. He is expanding his vineyard this year and next which is exciting.

We finished the day with a quick discussion of auto racing a mutual interest of ours and he hit the road. It is always great seeing Terry he always has something going and is fun to talk to. I will see if we can get Brian around the 2007 the next time they taste.