Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Page A-5
Marble Caves distills with local fruits
Jason McMillen
IVN Contributing Writer
Rod Warner, owner and founder of Cave
Junction’s Marble Caves Distillery, opened
the doors to his tasting room last year and has
been hard at work refining his business ever
since. The idea for opening a distillery struck
Warner rather suddenly one day. While he was
sitting in a chair outside, enjoying the sunshine
of his property, Warner observed a flock of
deer gobbling up as many of the apples off his
trees as they could manage. He thought it was
a bit of a shame that the apples were going to
waste so he started pursuing his Oregon Liquor
Control Commission (OLCC) license.
Although Warner got his state (OLCC)
license back in 2014 it took him another year
to get his federal license. Warner initially
started pushing his wares in OLCC regulated
liquor stores but soon found that the massive
amount of taxes placed on liquor by the state
along with other expenses made it nearly
impossible to make a reasonable profit. After
some thought, Warner got an OLCC agent
license, started representing himself, built a
tasting room then started selling the liquor
himself so as to keep the prices down to a
more reasonable level.
Before jumping into the liquor business,
Warner worked for DuPont USA as a field
development representative for nearly 20
years. After that, he taught at Bonita Vista
High School in Chula Vista California as a
bilingual biology teacher.
The craft distillery produces no more
than 10 gallons at a time with the time proven
copper pot method and specializes in rum,
brandy and grappa. Grappa is traditional
European liquor made from whole grape
clusters, stems, seeds and all. Marble Caves
Distillery currently produces four different
types of liquor: pear brandy, apple brandy,
grappa and rum. It also offers a lightly
sweetened blackberry rum liqueur flavored
with wild local blackberries.
Marble Cave’s brandy is made with pears
and apples sourced directly from the trees on
Warner’s property. After harvesting the fruit,
Warner and his wife hand slice and inspect it
for rot or other undesirable qualities. Should
any be present then the fruit is discarded. “I
really like the fruit brandies,” Warner said,
“I think they’re under appreciated. They’re a
big deal in Europe—when I get people from
Europe they know exactly what that is.”
The grappa’s grapes are sourced from
Foris Vineyards and the rum is, unlike many
mass marketed types of rum which use cane
sugar, made from high quality black pearl
molasses for a more unique flavor. Certainly
classified as a family business, Warner’s son
who lives in Grants Pass occasionally assists
his father at the distillery and is in charge of
drafting up advertisements and brochures.
(Photo by Dan Mancuso, Illinois Valley News)
Rod Warner in his tasting room Friday, Oct. 20. Warner currently pours five
different spirits.
Warner said that he’s experimenting
with new blends and distillation techniques to
further add to his menu of craft sprits. “That’s
the advantage of having a small deal like this,”
Warner said, “I can experiment.”
The tasting room, located at 7247
Holland Loop Rd, is open Friday to Sunday 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. in the winter and Thursday to
Sunday 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.in the summer.
Healthy U News: by Nicole Rensenbrink
Hygiene
When living in a city, people
who can afford too are often
expected to dress nicely or at least
put on a clean shirt and pair of
slacks, whenever heading out into
the public. In the country, not so
much. A nice benefit of country
living is that the dress code is often a
lot more relaxed. More people work
and play outdoors and when they
stop by the grocery store at the end
of their day, they are dirty. It’s no
big deal.
That said, good hygiene
remains a huge factor in good health
and social acceptance.
As cold season approaches, the
Inflammation that starts in the mouth
can create serious problems in other
parts of the body too. Problems
originating here have been tied
to premature or low birth weight
babies, diabetes, osteoporosis,
arthritis pain and obesity (webmd.
com).
Those who don’t bathe nor do
laundry effectively are most at risk
for social exclusion. Stinky bodies
and clothes are unpleasant to the
nose and people tend to recoil when
near them. Some folks are unable
to afford laundry services and don’t
have running water. Yet, most who
have problems in this area seem to
suffer from the lack of ability to
detect their stench. If you are always
frequently and use tissues when
touching your eyes and nose to
prevent that contact.
Handwashing is key to
preventing other nasty diseases
as well. Botulism, shigellosis,
amoebiasis, diarrhea, and some
infections are among those warned
about on thehealthsite.com.
Good oral hygiene does a
lot more than make it a tolerable
experience when someone whispers
in your ear. Our immune systems
attack infections caused by the
bacteria that builds up in our mouths
when we don’t clean our mouths.
Our gums become inflamed and
this situation can eat at the gums
and bones that hold teeth in place.
quality of our hygiene can not only
have a huge impact on how sick we
get ourselves, but also on how sick
we make others. Colds are spread
by sneezing and, more frequently,
by our hands touching surfaces that
have been touched by sick people.
We might grab a door knob just
touched by a cold carrier. According
to commoncold.org, at that point
the virus on our fingers could then
be transferred into our nose and
eye by finger to nose or finger to
eye contact. Viruses deposited in
the nose travel down the tear duct
into the nose. Once in the nose,
a cold virus is transported to the
adenoid area where a cold begins.
So, to avoid clods, wash your hands
home in a house that smells like
cat pee, you probably won’t notice
the fainter odor sticking to your
clothes when you’re riding along
in a friend’s car. You might never
know why she makes a face at you
or eagerly ushers you out of her car.
Whether it’s an old sweat stench
that clings to an otherwise clean
looking shirt or the cannabis reek
that follows you like a cloud, when
in doubt about whether you stink or
not, ask someone to be honest with
you about it who doesn’t share the
issue.
The staff and volunteers of
Healthy U present this column as
part of their mission to promote
health in the Illinois Valley.
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