It's not just a wine- it's a way of life: Bitner Wines

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July 3, 2024

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Announcing a new premier product line at Cliff's is always exciting! Especially when the product is handcrafted, premium, tended to carefully and dedicated to the rich, beautiful earth of the Snake River Valley.

Drum Roll please!! Cliff's is pleased to welcome aboard award winning, first LIVE certified in Idaho, Bitner Vineyards and their estate-grown wines.

So, what is all the buzz about Bitner wines anyway?? Well, these wines are not just a wine, but a way of life, honoring sustainable practices in the following capacity:

Bee Friendly Farming- protecting, preserving and promoting our pollinators

Live Certified Sustainable- internationally accredited & third party certified

Salmon-Safe- protecting our Snake River Watershed & improving soil health, providing bee forage

Bitner Vineyards' small production, hand-harvested luxury wine selections are available at Cliff's and offer destination connoisseurs fine wine and the perfect summer sipp’n wines!

Perfect Pairings & Tasting Notes: Click here to learn more!

Available now at Cliff's Market-

Dry Rose – Merlot 2023
High Desert White 2022
Tempranillo – Erlexte 2019
Menopause Merlot 2019
Food Pairing: With mushrooms and fresh herbs enjoy this delicious Merlot
with zucchini noodles, garlic-red sauce, grilled chicken with Thyme and
vegetable skewers, or a spicy salami wood fire pizza.
Syrah 2020
Terrosa 2019

Food Pairing: A rich, full-bodied wine perfect with chocolate-spiced braised brisket
with grilled root vegetables, steelhead pan roasted in cast iron accompanied with huckleberry sauce or portobello mushroom burger.

Pairing a premier wine with a premium all natural, grass fed meat is easy at Cliff's Country Market.

Now the home of Cunningham Pastured Meats; locally sourced, high quality products are what our customers have come to expect to find when they shop at Cliff's Country Market in Caldwell, Idaho.

Now our customers can enjoy the ease of finding the perfect pairing with estate-grown, locally sourced wines from Bitner wines!

Cheers!! It's the Food You Can Trust at Cliff's Country Market!

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Bird Flu Explained

Ask anyone who buys eggs regularly at the grocery store, and you'll be met with the question.Why are egg prices so high?!Basic conventional raised eggs at the grocery store have reached record-high prices, and most stores are limiting the number of eggs people can purchase.There is clearly a supply and demand issue at the moment, but what is causing such an egg shortage?This might surprise some of you, but the egg shortage is directly correlated with the governments policy of handling the outbreak of the avian bird flu.Bird flu isn't new; it has been present worldwide since the early 2000s, yet it has recently gained renewed attention.The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) policy regarding bird flu states that if your flock tests positive for the virus, all poultry on that farm will be "depopulated" (a euphemism for being killed). This means that if one bird shows signs of illness or dies and the USDA confirms it as bird flu, they will eliminate the entire flock of chickens or turkeys on the farm. The testing method used for bird flu is the PCR test, which gained notoriety during the COVID outbreak for its false positives.This isn't speculation. We witnessed this firsthand with our friends this fall when their turkey flock became sick and died. The USDA came and tested, confirming that it was indeed bird flu. They didn't have to kill any turkeys because their flock succumbed to the virus quickly. However, their small group of laying hens, which they kept for personal egg consumption and were healthy despite being exposed to the turkeys, had to be killed if they wanted any compensation from the USDA.Large confinement operations can house up to 250,000 chickens. Many of these farms have multiple houses, so if a large operation is confirmed to have bird flu, it is required to cull all the chickens on the farm; sometimes, this number well exceeds 250,000. In the last two years, over 160 million chickens and turkeys have been killed to "slow the spread." Yet, bird flu continues to spread.The USDA blames wild birds for carrying and transmitting the disease, yet I have yet to hear the USDA consider a widespread extermination plan for wild birds like starlings, pigeons, and chickadees, but only for the farmers who have chickens and turkeys?For a chicken to start laying eggs, they must be at least 5 months old before they begin to lay regularly. So if a laying operation has to depopulate their entire farm, they will have a minimum of 5 months before they have eggs again, and that's IF they can find chicks to restock their farm. There has been no discussion about breeding chickens that have contracted bird flu but survived the disease. What happened to the survival of the fittest?With millions of chickens being exterminated from the food supply, it's no wonder that egg prices are skyrocketing! Unless the USDA policy changes, it's unlikely we'll see a significant drop in egg prices, unless many new farmers enter the market willing to raise and sell eggs. In the meantime, we will continue to supply our customers with our small flock of laying hens that my daughter raises.

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It's not just a wine- it's a way of life: Bitner Wines

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