Joe Dressner was a legend in the wine world. He recently passed away and E & R Wine Shop is having a free tasting in his honor tonight. ‘Nuff said… Friday, September 30, 2011 Blackbird Wineshop TBD Cork, NE Alberta Lambrusco- The Other Italian Beauty Cornell Wine Syrah from around the World 4:30-7 pm, $8-$16. [...]
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There are only a couple of tastings tonight, but Korkage has a good one! Owen Roe tonight at Korkage Wine Shop!, Thursday, September 29, 2011 Korkage Wine Shop Time for the next vintage lineup of Owen Roe; they are known for talented winemaking and consistently high reviews. They focus on hand harvesting and minimal processing [...]
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Libby Clow is perhaps the most highly qualified Tasting Room Manager in the world- she earned a Master’s Degree in Food Culture and Communications in Italy, worked as an intern on an Italian farm, and worked at UC Davis specializing in consumer research and taste education. Plus, she just HAS to be a Supertaster, those [...]
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Last night at Storyteller Wine Company, Barnaby and Olga Tuttle provided a real treat- a sampling of 10 wines they are considering importing. We rated our favorites, gave our impressions, and the interesting part of the whole evening was that most tasters seemed to agree on their top 3 wines. In statistics, is that called [...]
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Bordeaux wines are being tasted at no less than three wine shops tonight: Portland Wine Merchants, Woodstock Wine and Deli (white Bordeaux as well), and Cork Wine Shop. It appears they will be all different Bordeaux wines, so hit ‘em all up! Also, there are two Burgundy tastings including a white Burgundy tasting at Mt. [...]
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Obviously, we are not a food blog, but this dinner is too cool to not give a shout out to: the Portland Culinary Alliance’s Paella dinner this Sunday. Bring your own Spanish Wine to share! From PCA’s website: PCA’s 1st Annual Farm Dinner Beginning this year, we’re taking a new approach to our annual summer [...]
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Since it will probably rain again today, and summer appears to be officially over, you might as well head over to John’s Marketplace to try some good vino! Mr. Mike is pouring the following wines, salud! SUNDAY Sept 18th Special Tasting 4:00 – 6:00 Corsican Wine Superstars! The wines of Domaine Comte Abbatucci and Antoine [...]
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While there were a ton of great tastings last night, this afternoon features only two scheduled tastings but they are good ones: Chateauneuf and other Rhones at Great Wine Buys and more french wines at Liner and Elsen. We love free tastings, and Saturdays are generally free at Liner and Elsen. Meanwhile, we are hoping [...]
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Recently, Eva’s parents vacationed in Portugal, specifically the Azores. They flew to the island without a hotel reservation (due in part to a lack of information online and their adventurous spirit), and found themselves in a bar realizing everyone only speaks Portuguese! After making a connection with the bartender, they somehow communicated they needed a [...]
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