{"id":19466,"date":"2023-04-05T00:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T00:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=19466"},"modified":"2023-04-04T19:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:39:02","slug":"roots-wine-bar-bottle-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/05\/roots-wine-bar-bottle-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"ROOTS WINE BAR &#038; BOTTLE SHOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">By RAIZA GIORGI<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19467 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-1243x1536.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-150x185.jpg 150w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-300x371.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-324x400.jpg 324w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-696x860.jpg 696w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-1068x1320.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573-340x420.jpg 340w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/IMG_3573.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>Creating a place for community and family was as important to Rian Salvatierra and her <span class=\"s1\">husband Chris when they were dreaming of opening their own wine bar. Roots Wine Bar opened in September of 2022 and Rian said she was nervous at first because she wasn\u2019t sure about the reception, but the community has welcomed them with open arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cOur whole business model is to give back to the community because this is where we want to raise our family, and celebrate our roots in wine and the valley. We have a lot of connections with wineries and winemakers all over the Northwest and we have a connection to each bottle we pour,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">They choose the wine selection primarily through their connections to either the winemaker or landowners and based on who practices a combination of low-intervention winemaking and sustainable or biodynamic vineyards. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe want a strong sense of place, or terroir. You can taste the wine that has a unique sense of place, and where the winemaker doesn\u2019t intervene on the natural approach,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Rian said. \u201cThere is no one that doesn\u2019t like wine, but if there is, I can find them something they will like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">She added that they love carrying labels that have interesting and unique stories behind the bottle or brand. \u201cWine is always a conversation starter and brought me around the world. I have met some of the coolest people I\u2019ve ever met in this industry,\u201d said Rian, who got her education in communication.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Salvatierra is originally from Washington, D.C., and is a certified sommelier. His passion for wine and food led him to Napa Valley, where he met Rian working at a restaurant. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Roots is hosting \u2018take over\u2019 events where they invite the winemaker, representative or sommelier to do a special tasting of the wine they represent. They\u2019ve also done pop-up wine and beer dinners, where they pair wines with a five-course meal. The Salvatierras said they are planning a variety of spring and summer events and are launching a wine club called the Roots Cru, as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy husband is going to be leading educational seminars starting this summer, along<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">with some other fun events now that we have a wonderful chef,\u201d Rian said. Brittney Pracna recently joined the team as chef and originally hails from Salmon, Idaho. She has been cooking around the Wood River Valley for the past several years, most recently at the Grill at Knob Hill Inn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Roots has a hard close at 7 p.m. because having time is very important to them, \u201cespecially post-pandemic,\u201d Rian said. \u201cWe wanted to create a place where we can also have a balance of work and family. We can have our dream careers and still be present for our families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Roots Wine Bar is located at 122 South Main Street in Hailey. They are open Tuesday to<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Saturday from noon until 7 p.m. For more information follow them on social media or<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>visit www.rootshailey.com.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n<p class=\"p5\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RAIZA GIORGI Creating a place for community and family was as important to Rian Salvatierra and her husband Chris when they were dreaming of opening their own wine bar. Roots Wine Bar opened in September of 2022 and Rian said she was nervous at first because she wasn\u2019t sure about the reception, but the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chamber-corner","8":"category-sponsored"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19471,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19466\/revisions\/19471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}