Wine Yakima Valley Launches 52 Weeks of Wine Blog and Wine Tour App
January 27, 2012 by
AKIMA, WASH—Wine Yakima Valley, the marketing organization for Yakima Valley winemakers and wineries, has announced two new ways to enhance the Washington wine experience. The new 52 Weeks of Wine blog will showcase informative blog posts from wineries and winemakers in the Yakima Valley, guest bloggers, event previews... [Read more...]
Big Night II: The Stuffed and The Cooked
January 26, 2012 by
Friday Night Tasting5 wines
Just 5 Bucks
from 5pm-7pmThis Friday, 1/27/12, taste these five new arrivals:
L’Idylle Cruet 2009–a Savoie white seemingly tailor-made for a traditional Raclette.
Toluca Lane Pinot Noir 2009–taking the term ‘small production’ to a... [Read more...]
FREE Spirit Tastings – Valentine’s Dinner & Gift Ideas
January 26, 2012 by
Thirsty Tuesday!
Grab a friend and join us on Tuesdays between 5 and 8 pm for this great deal! $44 per couple gets you an appetizer, entrée for each and a bottle of wine from our Thirsty Tuesday list. Reservations suggested. Menu Published on Mondays. See our home page or follow... [Read more...]
Italy this Friday, and a Sherry Class in February
January 26, 2012 by
An interesting variety of Italian direct imports from Small Vineyards… bring a pizza!
***Upcoming Friday Night Tastings***
Friday, January 27th
ITALIAN with Small Vineyards; 5pm-9pm; $12.- 2010 Tre Donne Arneis, Piedmont.
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Indigenous Italy Tasting this Friday
January 25, 2012 by
temperature controlled. powered by the sun.Dear Food,It’s the year 1282 and you’re living in your family’s ancestral home just outside of Udine near the border of Slovenia in what we know today as Italy’s Friuli region. Your daughter is about to be married and as the father... [Read more...]
J.K. Carriere Wines
January 24, 2012 by
In this IssueFriday Tasting: J.K. Carriere WinesLook Into The FutureFeatured Item
Cheese, wonderful cheese: creamy, soft, unctuous, velvety, melt in your mouth… about the only descriptor you rarely hear is crunchy. Parmesan Crisps from Kitchen Table Bakers are essentially crackers made... [Read more...]
February and March Events and Tastings
January 24, 2012 by
Upcoming Events and Tastings at Liner & Elsen – 2222 NW Quimby St., Portland
FRIDAY TASTINGS — Great tastings held on the first and third Fridays of each month. We serve a “flight” of five wines and usually a super-pour (extra $ and optional). Informal and fun. Served from 5:30 to 7:30. Fee.Feb. 3... [Read more...]
EVERY DAY WINE – Attention Port Lovers! – Sherry 101 Class – Sunday, February 12th
January 24, 2012 by
Sherry. Just what is it? A town? A region? A wine? A grape? That sweet swill your old aunt Nellie drank at 4:00 in the afternoon? That stuff you cook with because the cookbook says you must? Or, one of the world’s most varied and ancient wine styles, as made by a handful of master practitioners in the South of Spain,... [Read more...]