Portland Wine Tastings & Events, January 20-24

January 20, 2010

We are intrigued about a couple of tastings this week, Woodstock Wine & Deli has Oregon Pinot Noir “The Big Guns” and Gem Wine Shop has a blind tasting of 6 wines, get 5 of the varietals right and win a prize!  According to the experts, tasting blind is the best way to learn about [...]

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A Sparkling, Two Pinots, Dessert Wine and Raclette Grill

January 17, 2010

Raclette is both a cheese and a grill, and the Raclette Grill lends itself to winter dinners with a lot of people, communing over food and wine for an entire evening.  Last week, we spent an evening with good wine and even greater friends, and the light, crisp wines were perfect with the food.  Overall, [...]

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Portland, Oregon Wine Tastings, January 15-17th

January 15, 2010

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 [...]

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Best Wine Pairing of the Decade! (So far)

January 12, 2010

The beauty of wine is the mystery, and how one cannot possibly know everything.
We were blown away by the surprisingly bright and fresh food pairing of a spinach salad with fresh yuzu and Libra Winery’s 2008 Pinot Gris.   Eva received some beautiful homegrown yuzu citrus fruit from her green-thumbed brother Filip. She pureed the [...]

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Wine Bar of the Year – Bar Avignon

January 4, 2010

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 [...]

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Happy New Year!!

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year wishes to everyone, thank you for visiting us in 2009!  For 2010, we are looking forward to featuring our first annual “PortlandOregonWine.com Wine Award” winners in January, adding videos of naked women drinking wine, and finding the best QPR wines available in Portland.
May your 2010 be filled with prosperity, love, success and [...]

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Wine Review- 2007 Murphy-Goode Zinfandel “Liar’s Dice”

December 29, 2009

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 [...]

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Wine Review- Best QPR Champagne Ever!

December 25, 2009

Okay, I was hooked when I read Jancis Robinson served Marc Chauvet Champagne NV at her daughter’s wedding as I’ve repeatedly exclaimed how I’m a sucker for hype but it’s the price ($39) that really caught my eye. By definition, few wines are “QPR” wines if priced over $30, but this truly is a [...]

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Portland, Oregon Wine Tastings, December 18-20th

December 17, 2009

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 [...]

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Wine Review- Bonny Doon: Le Cigare Volant 2005K

December 11, 2009

In season five of “The Office” (Episode Prince Family Paper), the crew had a seriously intense debate/argument over the question: “Is Hilary Swank Hot?”
Jim leads the debate:
“Who thinks Hilary Swank is hot? (5 people raise their hands), Ok, and who thinks that Hilary Swank is not hot?” (5 other people raise their hands).
Like the Hilary [...]

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