This Week's Fish & Hours
Operating at Rice Market through the week, with some early closures. We will close around 5:00 pm on Wednesday June 25th, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. Normal hours on Saturday and Sunday. A Goodfellow Family Cellars Sparkling event is on July 1st — see details below.
This week's fish: Hokkaido Uni in both large and small boxes — reserve online. Fujisan White Salmon, Hotate Scallops, and Nagasaki Bluefin Tuna in all cuts. For deliveries, schedule your preferred hour within the same day. Knife sharpening and fresh wasabi available at the counter. Omiyage items still available in-store while supplies last.
Goodfellow Family Cellars — Sparkling Hours This Tuesday & Wednesday
The event we have been building toward: Sparkling Hours with Goodfellow Family Cellars takes place on June 30th and July 1st at Rice Market. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Three sparkling wines, Nigiri pairings, $36 for three glasses with additional pours at $12.
Goodfellow is a small estate winery in the Willamette Valley with an unusually serious commitment to sparkling wine — a category most Oregon producers treat as secondary to still Pinot Noir. The three wines being poured this week represent the range of their approach:
- Blanc de Gris (Whistling Ridge, Brut Nature 2022) — the wine that stopped us in our tracks when we first tasted it. Zero dosage Pinot Gris with aromas of mandarin, lime leaf, and a saline, mineral edge. Dry, textural, precise. At 77 cases, genuinely rare outside the winery.
- Blanc de Noir (Tsai Vineyard 2022) — Pinot Noir raised in Acacia barrels, electric and bright with a sweet-tart-dry balance. Sea air and pink florals on the nose. 85 cases.
- Blanc de Blancs (Durant Vineyard NV) — the most textural and evolved of the three. Chardonnay from the Dundee Hills with lemon curd, hazelnut, and a creamy, sustained finish. 162 cases.
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New Wine Arrivals — Oregon & California
Rice Market has received a significant shipment from our Oregon and California producers this week. The highlights worth noting:
- Goodfellow Family Cellars — a range of sparklers including the Blanc de Gris, which Keita tasted and describes as having beautiful, balanced acidity that surprised him with its elegance even after repeated exposure
- Violin Wine — the X-Omni by Violin has just arrived; it's been in the bottle long enough that the bottle shock from shipping should be settling, and we expect to open the first bottles this week
- Shiba Wichern Cellars — additional cases of the Willamette Cuvée, which Keita describes as a serious wine without a comparable option at its price point
- Six Cloves Wines — another batch of the Zinfandel that has proven to be one of the most successful pairings with our Bluefin
Snow Crane Ice Cream Kickstarter — Still Going
The @snowcraneicecream Kickstarter continues — check their Instagram for the current status and link. The private dining reward tier remains available. We cannot wait for the new shop to open.
On the Goodfellow Blanc de Gris: Brut Nature — zero dosage — means no sugar was added after disgorgement to adjust sweetness or acidity. What you taste is purely what the fruit and the winemaking produced. For a sparkling wine to work without dosage, the base wine has to be in exceptional balance. The Whistling Ridge Blanc de Gris is. It is the wine at this event we would most want next to an Otoro or Sasshu Salmon.