Every Friday evening we hold informal, drop-in tastings

from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. $10.00

Try a set of five wines on the cheap and broaden your horizons - it's fun, we promise. Newbies welcome.

MAY 5TH!  RHONE NEW RELEASES! Featuring Ch. Du Papes, Gigondas, Cairanne & more!

MAY 12TH! NEW SPANISH RELEASES! Enjoy new wines from Priorat, Rioja, Navarra, Penedes & more! 

MAY 19TH! A TOUR THROUGH ITALY!  Join us & take a tour of some new releases from Sicily to Rome to Tuscany & beyond!

MAY 26TH! FRANCE’S LANGEUDOC-ROUSSILLON!  Amazing wines from Cahors, Madiran, Faugeres, Les Baux & more!  A tasting you will not want to miss!

JUNE 2ND!  PINOT SHOOT-OUT!    Sample Pinot Noirs from Burgundy, Italy, California, Oregon & more!

WINE OF THE MONTH!

DR VINO GOES DOWN SOUTH….

2003 CAIRANNE, BRUSSET

90 POINTS – TANZER!

$14.95 BTL./$155.00 CS.

            STRAIGHT FROM THE DIRT ROAD, this hearty blend of Syrah, Grenache and other Rhone varietals is an earthy, meaty, smoky glassful of REAL WINE, not fruit compote!! 
                Cairanne is one of the best (if not THE best) Cotes du Rhone village.  The Domaine Brusset is the undisputed king of this appellation always creating wines of great depth, color & amazing value.  Our distributor just lost this winery to a competitor & we scooped up 20 cases at a steal!

Dark, almost inky violet color. Enthralling spicy aromas of blackberry, cassis, roasted coffee, candied plum and rose pastille. Slow-building, concentrated and powerful, showing a fleshy texture and a full range of red and dark berry flavors that retain wonderful focus and precision. At once weighty and bright, finishing with mounting spice and garrigue notes.     Better than all but a handful of Gigondas & Chateauneuf du Papes.  STOCK UP & YOU CAN THANKS US LATER!  $11.50 a bottle by the case, this will go down as one of Best Deals ever I am sure!!!!!!

CHIANTI, REAL CHIANTI!

2003 LA LASTRA CHIANTI

NOW THAT’S ITALIAN!

$9.95 BTL./$102.00 CS.
BETTER HURRY!!  The last installment of our amazing Chianti close-out for summer is here.  They must have been on a spiritual quest with this wine: they wanted to literally bottle the source of all the gifts of Mother Nature in their little piece of the Tuscan Hills.  Incredible rich, soft, full, peaking, delicious & about as good as Chianti gets.  You can taste the Tuscany flavor from start to finish.  We could imagine this enlivening anything from a plate of Gorgonzola and dried figs on the deck to Tandoori Chicken, serious red sauce BBQ to a big plate of Mamma Vino’s Pasta!!

A  SPANISH  NO-BRAINER!
1999 MONTE TORO ‘Seleccion’ Crianza
$9.95 BTL./$119.40 CASE!

    It has been 6 years, 11 months, 2 weeks & 5 days since we had a DEAL that was this good!  Not that I have been counting; I have a life.  Still, the time has not sped by.  We revere the deals we get on Bordeaux, we adore the half priced dessert wines we find, but a deal from Toro is extra special, in a class of it’s own.  We featured this wine over 1 year ago for $17.95 per bottle & sold over 35 cases.  The importer has new a new vintage to pick up.  So, what we get is a wine, which while it can continue to be cellared for 6-8 more years, that it drinking better than the forthcoming 2003 at less than half the price.  THIS IS A NO-BRAINER! 
       This from our original offering….We are proud to be the Spanish Wine Headquarters of the West Coast!  But, EVEN we could never get the Monte Toro out of Spain.  The Toro region in Spain lies to the west of Ribera del Duero & produces some of the Richest wines in all of Spain.  This producer, Ramon Ramos Monte produces just over 1,000 cases all from his own Tempranillo vineyards which are now just over 75+ years. This estate cuts no corners; aged 14 months in New French oak barrels, bottled unfined & unfiltered, and the yields are among the lowest in the zone!
       This is a great Cellar Protector  for enjoying over the next 6-8.  Roasted black raspberry, dark chocolate, mineral and smoky oak that is perfectly integrated.  Lush & mouthfilling but also sappy and vibrant.  Finishes will extremely fine, soft tannins and slow building persistence.  This wine is a real crowdpleaser!  The finish is extremely rich, long & satisfying. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE SPANISH WINES & ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO WANT TO BE INTRODUCED TO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL!

Chateau de la Terriere

2004 BEAUJOLAIS VILLAGES,

(OLD VINE BEAUJOLAIS RULES!)

Our buddy, Alex Cercie owner, winemaker & chief bottle-washer at Chateau de la Terriere is a man of few  (but well chosen) words who let his Beaujolais speak for him.  And THEY speak the fabulous and mystical dialect of Gamay, from vineyards over 80 years old adjacent to the Grand Cu site of Moulin a Vent and you can tell, where incredibly rich textures set the stage and beguilingly subtle perfumes of ripe black plums, dark juicy cherries, & rose petals float overhead pointing to the nuances of each vine.  Open a bottle & let the saga unfold in your glass!  Ain’t nothing better with a roasted chicken!!      $9.95 BTL./$102.00 CS.(8.50)

"If you've never had a great Beaujolais... this is it!

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503-234-4399

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