February 2009

Wine tastings/events, March 2-8

Monday, March 2, 2009Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Urban Wine WorksBlend your own wine, 5:30-6:30, $40. Wednesday, March 4, 2009 Oscar AlbertTBA, 6-8 pm, $15 per person. Vino Paradiso Thursday, March 5, 2009 Cork @ NW Lovejoy5-7 pm, $12 Korkage Wine ShopKristina with Phelps Creek Vineyard, 5-7 pm. Oscar AlbertZinfandels from Oregon & California, 6-9 pm. [...]

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Cayuse? Don’t Believe the Hype

I’m a sucker for hype. I love it! If I see a line for a new pizza place, I’ll wait for hours in line. I’ll do hours of research on the 2005 “Vintage of the Century” Bordeaux futures. You name it, if I love it, and there’s hype, I’m the anxious geek at the end [...]

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1 good wine, 1 bad wine, 2 great dishes

First, the bad wine: a $10 2007 “La Vieille Ferme, Cotes Du Ventoux” red. We had high hopes as the 2006 was rated an 87 by Wine Spectator, but the 2007 was boring, no comments necessary other than Zupan’s on Macadam had the 2006 review next to the 2007 bottle. Not exactly false advertising, but [...]

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First Ever "Winoplasty" in U.S. A Success

Portland, Oregon. The first ever experimental smell enhancing surgery in the U.S. was completed on February 11, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. The procedure, chirurgie de nez, nicknamed “Winoplasty”, has recently been discovered to be a secret technique developed by French scientists to increase a winemaker’s ability to smell and therefore, taste wine. The technique, developed [...]

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Wine Tastings/events, Feb. 16-22

Monday, February 16, 2009Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Urban Wine WorksBlend your own wine, 5:30-6:30, $40. Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Oscar AlbertFabulous Salamis paired with delectable Reds and Whites, 6-8 pm, $15 per person. Vino ParadisoSparkling Wines from Obscure Regions. A Seminar and Tasting with Timothy and Cole Danehauer of NW Palate. Call 503-295-9536 for times [...]

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Wine Tastings/events, Feb.9-15

Monday, February 9, 2009Cafe Mingo, wine dinner with Podere Ruggeri Corsini, 6:30 pm, $70. Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Urban Wine WorksBlend your own wine, 5:30-6:30, $40. Oscar AlbertWine & Games, $10. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Oscar AlbertChocolate and Wine Pairing, 6-8 pm, $15. ThirstNaked Winery, 5-8 pm, free. Thursday, February 12, 2009 Korkage Wine ShopJohn [...]

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Wine tastings/events, Feb. 2-8

Monday, February 2, 2009 The Heathman HotelThe Portland Chapter of Women for Winesense cordially invites you to attend our annual Red Wine and Chocolate event, 6 pm, $60 member, $75 non-member. Tuesday, February 3, 2009 Urban Wine WorksBlend your own wine, 5:30-6:30, $40. Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Le Pigeon Restaurant, 503-546-8796Wine dinner featuring the wines [...]

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Q.P.R. of the Week

The clear winner of this week’s “Quality-Price-Relationship Wine of the Week” is a blend of three grapes from southwest France, Domaine De Pellehaut “Ampelomeryx”, 2006. We found this compelling white at Friday’s Square Deal Wine tasting featuring six French wines, and it was the star of the night. Don’t let the herbivore on the label [...]

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