Three Fools Fools Gold Pinot noir 08

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Straight from Avalon's hometown of Corvallis, Fools Gold 08 won't make it too far outside the county! Burly dark fruits combine with rosemary for a savory mouthful of Pinot. A very impressive wine from The Fools. New for May 2010.

In 2001 Derek Whiteside & Joel Rea, two long-time friends and home fermentation enthusiasts decided to ramp up their skills and make a barrel of wine. Foolish idea, but it was fun. So they did it again in 2002 & 2003. Their pal Barry Glassman called their wine 2 Fools knowing what fools they were for the good juice. In 2004 they took Barry into the group and ramped up production to 2 barrels, thus born 1 Pal and his 2 Fools (for the year no-one really knew who the pal was and who the fools were). In 2005 production took another leap to 3 barrels and it was starting to get expensive, so…..in 2006 the 3 Fools cut back to 1 barrel. Thinking they had it under control, a little surprise showed up…….Barry secretly entered 2 of their wines into the well known Oregon Wine & Seafood Festival Amateur Competition; out of 150 entries, The 3 Fools 2004 Cabernet won Best of Show and the 2005 Pinot Noir won Gold. That was the tipping point. Things just got out of control from there and in 2007 they did a very foolish thing….they started a winery, and 3 Fools was officially born.