Happy Holidays! Tonight’s tastings in Portland: Friday, December 23, 2011 Blackbird Wineshop TBD Cork, NE Alberta No tasting Cornell Wine Christmas Treats 4:30-7 pm, $8-$16. Every Day Wine Annual Port Tasting 5-9 pm, $20 Foster and Dobbes No tasting 4:30-6:30 pm, free. Garrison’s Fine Wines No tasting 5-8 pm, $15. Great Wine Buys No Tasting [...]
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Jesse Skiles, owner/winemaker at Fausse Piste Wines, recently moved to the inner east side industrial area at 537 SE Ash Street. Quickly becoming a hot spot for distilleries and restaurants, the location seems perfect for an urban winery. Skiles has been making wine at Owen Roe for years, and is making primarily Syrah (along with [...]
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Bar Avignon Holiday Sparkling Wine Tasting & End of the Year Wine Closeout Sale Saturday, December 17th, 4p – 6p Join us at the back table to taste 4 delicious sparkling wines specially selected for your holiday events. The five dollar tasting fee will be waived with purchase. We will be tasting: our local favorite, [...]
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There is a playoff system in college football. Unfortunately, the playoffs are only for the “FCS” subdivision, which until one moment ago I did not realize stood for “Football Championship Subdivision”. Last night, #5 Northern Iowa squared off versus #4 Montana (Montana won, 48-10). I thought, how great would it be to watch #5 Oregon [...]
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Young Winemakers Event Coming Soon! Details coming soon for the December 17th event held at the Ambonnay Champagne Bar in Portland will feature Division Winery, God King Slave Wines, and the Brigadoon Wine Company! Thursday, December 8, 2011 Korkage Wine Shop A big red yummy tasting from South America this week along with music by [...]
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Scott Paul Press Release: Scott Paul Wines is debuting its NW Portland event space, Scott Paul PDX, with bubbles, of course, on Sunday, December 4th, 2-5 p.m Kick off the holidays by joining Martha and Scott Paul Wright for an exciting flight of grower Champagnes from small producers. These terroir-driven and personality-packed Champagnes are not [...]
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ALL WE ARE SAYING, IS GIVE SHERRY A CHANCE Portland: From the E & R Press Release: OUR MOST EXTENSIVE SHERRY TASTING EVER! Why? Because we LOVE Sherry and we’re tired of these great wines being scuffed off because they are “an acquired taste”. Some very well may be, but there is no other [...]
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Joel at the wildly popular St. Jack restaurant has compiled a stellar wine list to match the French cuisine. He has a great range of whites, last night we had the last bottle of the Kermit Lynch import “Domaine Dupeuble” Pinot Blanc for $37, perfect with the trout and macaroni and cheese. The reds range [...]
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Thanksgiving has passed, and it is December which only means one thing- “Festivus is Upon Us!” Like Santa Klaus, some people do not believe in Festivus, but since the holiday has a Wikipedia entry it must be true! From Wikipedia: Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as a way to celebrate the [...]
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