We made it to the Big Time! The spectacular food website www.portlandfoodanddrink.com is featuring an article written by us! We jumped around like Steve Martin in “The Jerk” upon seeing the posting: “The Portland Guide to Local Wine Shops”. The “Food Dude” created and cultivated the great site with the tagline: “Throwing Ourselves on the [...]
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Fortunately, we have read more about white wines this past week than Charlie Sheen, including Michael Alberty’s “In Search of the Great White Pinot” on portlandfoodanddrink.com, and Ryan Reichert’s guest piece on this blog regarding Grochau Cellars (thanks Ryan!). Michael’s quest revealed two white wines we are excited to try, who knew about white Pinot [...]
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Grochau Cellars – Urban Portland winery focuses on sustainable wine and living “Don’t screw it up.” This is the mantra John Grochau, owner and winemaker at Grochau Cellars, recited without hesitation when asked what his philosophy on winemaking is. Meeting John you get the sense that he’s confident in what he’s doing, but modest enough [...]
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Alas, there are no scheduled Kermit Lynch tastings this weekend but do not despair! Olympic Provisions has a stellar lineup of Kermit’s wines along with all the tasty meat. Where else can you get a solid bottle of red at a restaurant for $34?! The tasty 2009 La Demarrante was fresh, crisp, and made in [...]
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Check out the Cheese Bar’s Facebook site for details, as there are great tastings this “anniversary week”. Wednesday – Schone Schluct Saturday – Corsican Cellars Sunday – Helioterra and Vincent Wines
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Next weekend is the latest installment of Portland’s “Keep It Weird” campaign with the “Urban Iditarod”. Teams of 5-9 people (i.e. sled dogs) are attached to a shopping cart (dogsled) and travel from check point to check point through the streets of Portland. The weird part is every team is dressed in costume (last year’s [...]
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