The 2006 Pinot Noir Pappas Wine Co. was produced from declassified fruit. Light to medium ruby-colored, the wine offers up cherry and raspberry aromas and flavors in a forward, easy to understand package. Drink this friendly, easy-going wine over the next three years. It is a superb value. Boedecker Cellars is the winery of husband and wife team, Stewart Boedecker and Athena Pappas. They started in 2003 and are currently producing 2500 cases. The wines have been made at the Carlton Winemakers Studio but there will soon be a new winery in Portland. The wines are all made from contracted fruit and bottled in Stelvin screw caps. They also hold their wines back for an additional year so the above wines (with one exception) are from the 2005 vintage. The 2005 vintage in Willamette Valley was challenging with more misses than hits. Apparently Boedecker Cellars figured it out because these are some of the finest wines of the vintage in a style that will have appeal to dyed-in-the-wool fans of Burgundy.www.boedeckercellars.com