Years ago, while sitting at the Cozy Brian Boru Irish Pub with my great friend Jeff in Portland, Maine, he asked me: “If you could have a beer with someone famous, who would it be?” We spent the better part of the evening discussing the merits of potential choices, varying from sports stars to scholars, [...]
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E & R Wine Shop put together a spectacular wine tasting this weekend, featuring the 2009 Beaujolais wines imported from North Berkeley and Kermit Lynch. The 2009 vintage is being called a “once in a lifetime” harvest for Beaujolais, and E & R had over 30 wines available. Even the NY Times wrote about the [...]
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Marcel Lapierre, a true pioneer in the wine world, was a master at crafting Beaujolais wine passed away recently, and his passing has been written by several giants in the wine writing business including: Kermit Lynch, Alice Feiring, Jon Bonne, Eric Asimov and others. Most Americans think Beaujolais is the fizzy “new” wine released in [...]
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Imagine you went to a rock concert, and say, David Bowie was playing. Suspend your disbelief for another moment, and pretend you (and most of the uninformed audience) never heard his music before. Even crazier still, imagine the show was at a small nightclub with about 50 people in attendance. Halfway through the show, you [...]
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If you are a wine lover, you will be reminded why Portland is a great place to be this weekend as the tastings include (arguably) the most famous winery in the world (Domaine Tempier), three great up and coming local wineries at Storyteller wines, German influenced Teutonic Wine Company, along with many others! Good luck [...]
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I’m not usually a klutz. However, I knocked over my favorite wine, in this case an unopened Magnum of 2004 Owen Roe Lady Rosa Syrah. As luck would have it, only the top inch of glass broke, and we were able to save the bottle! Having meticulously filtered the wine through a coffee filter to [...]
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E & R Wine shop hosts an amazing tasting this Friday, November 12 which includes the unbelievable lineup of winemakers (yes, the actual winemakers!) from Domaine Tempier, Ermitage Pic St. Loup, Domaine De Reuilly, and Neyers Vineyards. From the E & R Newsletter: Our friends (they really are, and they are coming to pour wine [...]
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As usual, there are a number of great tastings around town this weekend, Storyteller Wine is featuring some great wines under $15 (plus wines from two of our favorite winemakers Jim Maresh and Steve Edmunds), and Great Wine Buys will host Barnaby and Olga Tuttle Saturday- don’t miss tasting Schone Schlucht wines! Also, there is [...]
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This Friday the Southern Oregon Winery Association will be holding a huge wine tasting event that will feature wines from Southern Oregon. Here are the details from their website: You are invited to enjoy the diversity of wines that spring forth from Southern Oregon on Friday November 5, 7:30-10 pm in Portland’s popular Pearl District! [...]
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