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A WA R D S
AWARDS

MEDALS GALORE

REUSTLE VINEYARDS
he 2021 Dan Berger’s International Wine Competition,
Theld in Sonoma County, awarded Reustle-Prayer Rock
Vineyards numerous awards this year, including Triple Gold
for their 2019 Grenache and Best of Class Gold for their 2017
Merlot. Dan Berger International Wine Competition (for-
merly Riverside International Wine Competition) is one of
the nation’s most prestigious and competitive wine competi-
tions. This year, Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards received five
gold medals across four different varietals (Merlot, Grüner,
Moscato, and Grenache).

“The Dan Berger’s International Competition pits your wine
against the best in the world. It is a truly humbling experience.
We consider ourselves blessed to do so well in such a tough
competition staffed with the world’s best judges,” says Stephen
M. Reustle, owner and winemaker of Reustle-Prayer Rock
Vineyards, located in Roseburg.

www.reustlevineyards.com

BOOK PICKS
B O O K P I CK S

PIGNON SCORBION AND THE half a century, Scorbion and his “tonsorial sleuths” interview a parade of
interested parties, but with every apparent clue, new surprises come to
BARBERSHOP DETECTIVES light. Just as it seems nothing can derail Scorbion’s cool head and almost
unerring nose for deduction, in walks Thelma Smith—dazzling, whip-
BY RICK BLEIWEISS smart, and newly single. Has Pignon Scorbion finally met his match?

he year is 1910 and in the small and For fans of Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, author
Tseemingly sleepy English munici- Rick Bleiweiss’s quirky new detective and ensemble cast of characters set
pality of Haxford, there’s a new Chief against the backdrop of small-town England in the 1910s, will feel both
Police Inspector. At first, the dapper comfortingly familiar and thrillingly new.
and unflappable Pignon Scorbion strikes
something of an odd figure among the Pignon Scorbion and the Barbershop Detectives was voted The Pacific
locals, who don’t see a need for such an Northwest Booksellers Association’s Buzz’s Buzz Book, and is catching
exacting investigator. But it isn’t long the attention of some noted authors.
before Haxford finds itself very much in
need of a detective. Bleiweiss started his music career as a rock performer, producer of over
50 records, songwriter, and record company senior executive, and has
Luckily, Scorbion and the local barber worked with, among others, the Backstreet Boys, Kiss, U2, Whitney
are old acquaintances, and the barber- Houston, and the BeeGees.
shop employs a cast of memorable char-
acters who, together with an aspiring Available at: Blackstone Publishing, B&N, Bloomsbury Books in Ashland,
young ace reporter for the local Morning News, are nothing less than Canvasback Books in Klamath Falls, as well as the usual online booksellers.
enthralled by the enigmatic new Chief Police Inspector.
www.RickBleiweiss.com
Investigating a trio of crimes whose origins span three continents and

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