From the monthly archives:
We have a few “new” top 3 winners this week, including high profile Cabernet from Napa Valley, a true French value chardonnay at $10 (featured last year in our QPR! Alert), and a new release from Washington superstar Mark Ryan! No offense to the shops that are not on the “Top 3″ list, these just [...]
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Our “Top 5″ Wine Tastings of the Weekend in Portland, Oregon Last week we had the “top 3″ tastings of the week, and this week’s tastings are so good we had to expand to the top 5! Here are our favorites in descending order: #5: Oregon Wines on Broadway – Champagne flight from Bollinger. Where [...]
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Hardy Wallace is one irreverent Mother Fucker. His Dirty South wineblog tagline reads: “Wine Is Meant To Be Crunk”, he reviews wines in costume, is the “Merch Man” for the Natural Process Alliance Winery, has the funniest videos on the web, and like contemporary iconoclasts Gary Vaynerchuck and Alice Feiring, he is an industry game [...]
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Ok, this week is a little different, we are picking our top three favorite tastings for the week. Our sole criteria is what we would like to taste. Subjective? Of course! It is a challenge this week, as there are some unusual tastings which we always love. Here are our top three in descending order: [...]
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“If you want to make wine, do not have kids” exclaims Kelley Fox, “it’s like having 100 children at the same time!” Kelley owns, operates, makes the wine and does everything for Kelley Fox Wines, in addition to being the winemaker at Scott Paul Wines, so it is no wonder her time is so limited. [...]
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Hello everyone, another stellar weekend of tastings to finish off the summer (already?). As mentioned in the above photo, Kelley Fox (along with other winemakers Isabelle Dutartre and Rebecca Marie Pittock Shouldis) will be at Storyteller Wines Friday night, and Mt. Tabor Fine Wines has an authentic Rhone Valley tasting. I love me some wines [...]
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Famed “natural wine” lover and author Alice Feiring recommended via twitter we visit Corison Winery in Napa Valley. Like Alice, we love “natural” wines, and have enjoyed all of her recommendations so far in her book The Battle for Love and Wine. Alice recommended not only the wines, but touted Cathy Corison as a tremendously [...]
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We love wine tasting and being the destination Portland, Oregon Wine Blog for all wine events in Portland! Eva loves old world sensibility, balance and refinement; and has taught Bernard "the American" to appreciate subtlety and craftsmanship. We absolutely love finding (and drinking) wines that taste more expensive than they cost. We are on the "Quest" to find the best QPR "natural" wines, please send us your suggestions!