From the monthly archives:
You can google “French Laundry reviews” and find 6,740,000 results, but do any of them contain any of the following: a horrendous hostess, the crazy farting (and tall tale telling) guy at the table next to us, and the waiter describing how they use antique bone clamps to roast babies?
Upon our arrival at 8:40 for [...]
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We love wine, and we love parties. However, most parties we’ve been fortunate enough to attend have served BAD wines. It’s understandable, as few people throw lavish parties with expensive wines. Besides, if the guests are not wine aficionados, why spend the money if they can’t tell the difference?
The Qwest: to find great QPR wines [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Blackbird Wine Shop
TBD
Cork, NE Alberta
Zinfandel, Bucklin, Green & Red, Unti, Ridge, Four Vines, Biale, 4-7 pm, $15
Cork NE Lovejoy
2007 Chateauneuf Vintage Tasting, Usseglio, Hillaire, Bosquet des Papes, Pontifical, Vatican and Le Vieux Donjon, Clos des Papes! 4-7 pm, $20
Cornell Wine Tasting
4:30-7 pm, $8-$16.
Every Day Wine
Wines for Thanksgiving Dinner, 5-9 pm, $12.
Garrison’s Fine [...]
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The 2008 “Pig” Pinot Noir was our favorite at Cork’s recent tasting
Last Friday at Cork Wineshop, we tasted seven Pinot Noir varietals from Germany, Oregon, and Burgundy. Our clear favorite, the 2008 Big Table Farm from Willamette Valley, had finesse of an old world Burgundy with the punch of a new world syrah. [...]
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Getting ready for the date…
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Since Portland wine shops have so many Friday and Saturday wine tastings, it’s great to have Sunday options. For the next few weeks, E & R wineshop will have Sunday tastings so now you can taste your way through Portland all weekend long…
All tastings are free (some have a $5 bonus pour) and are [...]
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Gertrude Stein wrote: “America is my country, Paris is my hometown.” While we live near Willamette Valley, France has certainly been our hometown for wine, and we ignored my own backyard wine country.
Not any more. We took a two day trip to Willamette Valley, met great people, a great dog, and most [...]
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We love wine tasting and being the destination Portland, Oregon Wine Blog for all wine events in Portland! Eva "the German" loves old world sensibility, balance and refinement; and has taught Bernard "the American" to appreciate subtlety and craftsmanship. (Although Eva now secretly enjoys some new world 'fruit bombs' on occasion!) We absolutely love finding (and drinking) wines that taste more expensive than they cost.