In April 2009’s edition of Food & Wine Magazine, author Ray Isle described Slovenia’s Movia winemaker Ales Kristancic as the “Wine Genius of Dobrovo”, and the “current star of the Slovenian wine scene”.  The winery could be Slovenia’s first cult wine according to Isle: “Movia in particular, has a following that makes religious fanatics seem [...]

E & R Wine Shop hosted a monster three day Oregon Pinot Noir event in late April, with 90 wineries and 136 Pinot Noirs.  We attended two of the days, and tasted 54 wines.  Most (if not all) of the wineries were represented by the actual winemakers which was pretty cool.
Our Favorites:
Antica Terra 2008 Pinot [...]

While in graduate school in San Diego, friends from out of town would come visit (if you don’t like houseguests, do NOT move to San Diego!), and they would inevitably want to check out Tijuana, a mere 30 minute drive away.  One of my favorite travel memories of all time entails Mark and I purchasing [...]

Welcome to “spring” in Oregon, the weather changes every five minutes from rain to hail, followed by two minutes of sunshine, and back to rain again!  The website ecouterre.com, promotes “making your own raincoats” out of recycled materials, perfect for Portland’s recycling culture.  This weekend’s tasting is just like the mix of weather; eclectic, varied [...]