This Week's Wine Tastings are So Good I Feel Like a Kid In a Candy Shop!
There are Seriously Good Wine-tastings this weekend, good luck choosing! You will feel like a kid in a candy shoppe on Friday, as Syncline is at Storyteller Wines, Spanish reds at Cork, Txacolina at Foster and Dobbes (if you haven’t tried Txacolina do it, they are great!), Sicilian at Garrisons, and two big daddy Oregon Pinot Noir tastings at Great Wine Buys and Mt. Tabor Fine Wines! If you love Oregon Pinot, those are for you as the heavy hitters like Dusky Goose, Winderlea, Arterberry Maresh, etc. will be there.
I think this weekend qualifies for the best overall weekend tasting of the year! Drop us a line and give us your review, especially if you find a great QPR.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Korkage Wine Shop
How about a Quick Jaunt to Italy? Live Music, 6-9 pm, fee.
Thirst
Complimentary tasting with women winemakers, 5-8 pm, free.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Blackbird Wineshop
TBD
Cork, NW Alberta
Our summer tasting Friday @ the NE Alberta shop features a mini-flight of 3 reds made with the Monastrell grape of Southern Spain. Compare it in a blend with Syrah, a blend with Tempranillo and a 100% bottling, coming from three growing regions – Bullas, Yecla and Jumilla. We’ve got some fresh Olympic Provisions chorizo to enjoy with the flight. The fun starts at 4pm and goes until 7pm or the bottles run dry. Drop in tasting, no reservation needed.
4-6 pm, $8.
Cornell Wine
German and Austrian Red Wines, 4:30-7 pm, $8-$16.
Every Day Wine
French, Hand Picked Selections, 5-9 pm, $12.
Foster and Dobbes
Odds are that when you think about Spanish wine, it’s all about the reds: Tempranilla, Garnache, Mencia. But Spain also produces lovely whites as well, crisp, floral, delicate. And from up north in Basque country comes Txacolina (pronounced CHOCK-oh-LEE-nuh). Zesty, brightly acidic and low alcohol, Txacolinas have a slight fizz that makes them a refreshing summer wine. If you’re a fan of Eric Asimov’s New York Times column The Pour, check out what he has to say about wines. And come by the shop on Friday, August 20th, 4:30 – 6:30pm, when our friend Bonnie Crocker from Domaine Selections will be here to share samples of four: 2009 Txomin Etxaniz, Getariako Txakolina, 2009 Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Rubentis, 2009 Gurrutxaga Bizkaiko Txakolina, and 2009 Uriondo Bizkaiko Txakolina. (Don’t worry – you won’t have to say the names to get a taste!) Don’t miss this chance to taste four of these marvelous wines: you just might find your new summer favorite!4:30-6:30 pm, free.
Garrison’s Fine Wines
First remember that the great thing about focused tastings is that it is a great opportunity to try wines you haven’t had, aren’t used to, and to educate your palate. This week we will focus on Sicily. It is the long lost cousin of Italy and though closer to Africa, the wine making traditions are century old. On this day we will highlight whites, reds, blends, single varietals, compare wine making styles (tank versus amphora), among other things.
2008 Benanti Bianco di Caselle (100% Carricante)
2008 Valle dell’Acate Il Frappato VF
2007 COS Cerasuolo di Vittoria
2007 COS Pithos
2004 Valle dell’Acate Tane IGT
2008 Occhipinti SP68 IGT
5-8 pm, $15.
Gem Wine Cellar & Wine Bar
Comparison of Blended Wines in Oregon, Washington, and California. Most old world wines are blended wines. The Spanish, Italian and French are masters at blending as are many of our Western wine makers. Although each climate and soil may differ the Master Wine Maker will create a blend worthy of the West. You decide!! 5-8 pm, $15.
Great Wine Buys
Our third annual Dundee Hills Invasion featuring Dusky Goose, Eyrie, Brittan, Winderlea and Ayoub pouring world-class Pinot Noir; we’re thrilled to have some of the “Hills” best join us, including Robert Brittan winemaker at Winderlea, Ayoub and Brittan. It’s a great chance to taste the terrior and drink the wines! 10 wines, 5-7:30, $10.
Hollywood Wine & Espresso
TBD, 5-10 pm, $10.
John’s Marketplace
5-7 pm, $5.
Liner & Elsen
What makes Gevrey-Chambertin taste so good? Come find out why these Burgundies are so delicious. 5:30-7:30, fee.
Mt. Tabor Fine Wines
We’re helping celebrate “Dundee Hills Month” and have invited some of our favorite wineries to come in and pour. We’ll be tasting 11 wines from their latest releases. Each winery will have a station to pour from and you’ll be able to wander from winery to winery and taste and talk to the winemakers. It will be a blast. Bring your tuned up palate and questions. These are the wineries that will be visiting from 4-7:30:
Arterberry Maresh
De Ponte
Winderlea
Murto
Crumbled Rock (Juliard Vineyard)4-7:30 pm, $15.
Portland Wine Merchants
Loire Valley! Wonderful Whites and Robust Reds. 4-8:00 pm, $15.
Storyteller Wine Co.
This Friday evening, August 20th, I would like to invite you to try a few nice wines from James and Poppie Mantone of Syncline Wine Cellars. They are doing great stuff out in the Gorge so I hope you are free to drop by Friday evening to check out some of their latest efforts. In addition to Syncline, there will be wines from Italy and Oregon. The tasting will take place between 6:00 and 9:00PM and there will be no charge for this event. It should be a lot of fun, I hope you can join us! 6-9 pm, free.
Vino
Bordeaux Blast, taste how good cabernet and merlot can get! 4:30-8 pm, fee.
The Wine Cellar
TBD, 4-6:30 pm, free
Woodstock Wine and Deli
Wines of Independant Wine Co., 6:30 pm, $10.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Cornell Wine
TBD
Garrison’s Fine Wines
Everyday wines, 1-4 pm, free
Great Wine Buys
Affordable Burgunday, Ha! Not a joke, thanks to closeout deals and our sharp eyes we’ve set aside a range of red and white for the discerning palate. 2-5 pm, free.
Liner & Elsen
Italian Beauties: Cantina la Vis Intaglio Bianco, Vaona Valpolicella Classico, La Luna del Rospo Barbera d’Asti Silente, and Giovanni Rocca Nebbiolo d’Alba, noon-5, free.
Portland Wine Merchants
free.
Storyteller Wines
12-5 pm, free.
The Wine Cellar
TBD, 12-5 pm
A Different Kind of Candy Shop
