This week features two 2008 tastings of the heralded Pinot Noir vintage from Willamette Valley at Great Wine Buys and Storyteller wine, both shops have a great selection.  Also, look for the German Riesling tasting Friday at Liner & Elsen.  Prost!
Friday, January 15, 2009
Blackbird Wine Shop
TBD
Cork, NE Alberta AND NW Lovejoy
New Italian Arrivals, 4-7 (4-6 [...]

Bar Avignon wins the first ever “Wine Bar of the Year” for simply being very, very good at the basics- great wine selection, surprisingly good food, a warm, sultry atmosphere, and knowledgeable service that makes you feel as if you have your own personal sommelier (because you do!).
To me, a great wine bar has two [...]

My favorite wine story for 2009 is clearly the Murphy-Goode marketing campaign, where Hardy Wallace (www.dirtysouthwine.com) proclaimed wine to be “crunk” and won the innovative contest.  The “Liar’s Dice” has been a Murphy-Goode staple for years, and is very tasty. 
The label says “sweet and juicy” so I expected an extracted California fruit bomb, but I was [...]

Happy Holidays!  This week there is not one, or two, or three, or even four but FIVE champagne tastings!  If you love the bubbly you are in heaven! If you are up for the blind tasting challenge, Storyteller Wines will give discounts if you can blindly guess the region, varietal, year and producer of [...]