Spain is So Hot Right Now!

Spain is hot.  Spain won the World Cup this summer, and Spain has that “cooking” show with Mario Batali and Gwyneth Paltrow.  Or is that a travel show?  Who knows, it’s a tough combo to beat, and Spain is featured no less than five times this weekend in Portland’s tastings.  They all sound good, so check ‘em out!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

John’s Marketplace

2008 Chateauneuf-du-Pape featuring:

5-7 pm, $10.

Korkage Wine Shop
TBD, 6-9 pm, fee.

Thirst
Dumas Station, 5-8 pm, free.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Blackbird Wineshop
TBD

Cork, NE Alberta
Special tasting of Italy’s Campania region, reservations required, including a $125 of Galardi’s Tierra di Lavorro, 4-7 pm, $20.

Cornell Wine
Wines from the Rhone Valley, 4:30-7 pm, $8-$16.

Every Day Wine
Argentina vs. Spain, 5-9 pm, $12.

Foster and Dobbes
TBD, 4:30-6:30 pm, free.

Garrison’s Fine Wines

I figure a great way to round out the month is to have an Owner’s Pick tasting. This is a great chance for me to pick out a series of wines that I have tried, that I have enjoyed, but haven’t fit into a tasting theme yet. The flight is awesome. Starting with a sparkler from the Loire Valley, a white Chateauneuf du Pape, then an awesome Oregon Syrah made from my favorite California vineyard, a special Brunello deal, and then end with a red/pinkish sparkling wine from Italy.

NV Catherine & Pierre Breton Vouvray Petillant Brut ‘La Dilettante’
2006 Domaine Bois de Boursan Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc
2007 Big Table Farm Syrah White Hawk Vineyard
2003 La Gerla Brunello di Montalcino (Special pricing at tasting)
2009 Elio Perrone Mosto Brachetto

5-8 pm, $15.

Gem Wine Cellar & Wine Bar
Wines of Spain Including Rioja, 5-8 pm, $15.

Great Wine Buys
Non-Tempranillo Spanish, 5-7:30, $15.

Hollywood Wine & Espresso
TBD, 5-10 pm, $10.

John’s Marketplace
No tasting

Liner & Elsen
No Tasting

Mt. Tabor Fine Wines

Beautiful whites from Austria and Northern Italy $15
Come try some delicious Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Grigio, Super Blends and more.
4-8:00 pm, $15.

Oregon Wines On Broadway
Champagne flight from Boizel! $15.

Storyteller Wine Co.
Germany, Italy and Oregon:

This promises to be quite the barnburner of a wine tasting. At the top of the tasting list will be two German wines that are being imported by Olga and Barnaby Tuttle of Oregon’s Schone Schlucht winery. One wine is a delightful kabinett style Riesling from Harald Junglen of Weingut Ackermann. Harald, along with his wife Anne, own about 6 acres of prime vineyards in and around Zeltingen. Most of their Riesling vines spring up out of blue slate in the steepest vineyards of Zeltinger Himmelreich, Schlossberg and Sonnenuhr. The other wine is a light, refreshing Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) from Andreas Diehl. That would be enough to get me out on a Friday evening but there will also be brand new wines from Italy and a brand new rose from Biggio-Hamina to taste. There will be no charge for this tasting.

6-9 pm, free.

Vino
World Wide Tempranillo- taste why this is perhaps the hottest grape varietal on the planet!

4:30-8 pm, fee.

The Wine Cellar
TBD, 4-6:30 pm, free

Woodstock Wine and Deli

The Wines of Naked Winery
6:30 pm, $10.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Cornell Wine
TBD

Garrison’s Fine Wines
Everyday wines, 1-4 pm, free

Great Wine Buys

Featured Italian Deals!
2-5 pm, free.

Liner & Elsen

Iberian delicacies: Quinta da Aveleda Vinho Verde, Huguet de Can Feixes Blanc Selecció, Fillaboa Albariño, Quinta da Peza Godello, and Quinta da Peza Mencía.

noon-5, free.

Portland Wine Merchants
free.

Storyteller Wines
Pizza Wines, 12-5 pm, free.

The Wine Cellar
TBD, 12-5 pm

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