Boudreaux Cellars
You guessed it - another winery hit a home run for us this month.  All three wines this month are from one of our state´s newest wineries.  Boudreaux Cellars is based in Icicle Canyon, about eight miles back into the mountains from Leavenworth.  It´s a fitting location for winemaker Rob Newsom, since the man is a former alpine guide - possibly one of the few occupations riskier than w inemaking!  He got hooked on Washington wine after hooking up with Leonetti´s Gary Figgins, and, at Gary´s urging, began making wines as an amateur a while back.  This is his first professional release.  Production is miniscule, but the quality is certainly there, as are his fruit sources: Seven Hills and Pepper Bridge vineyards for his 2002 Syrah ($30.00), Bishop´s and Homestead vineyards for his 2003 Chardonnay ($26.00), and Dionysis vineyard for his 2003 Semillon ($26.00).  There´s a reasonable amount of all three left, as well as a Sangiovese-based Red Table Wine that goes for $17.00.  Rob is a charming man, originally from Louisiana, and one heck of a musician as well.  I spent a very nice evening at his place (a log cabin he made himself, yet!) not long ago, sitting with a couple friends, playing guitar while Rob played dobro; this shipment was delayed in its arrival as he was at a bluegrass festival in Oregon!  The man certainly has his priorities in order!