Whiskey and Chocolate – Feb 10th and 11th Featuring Leopold Bros Whiskies and Chocolate from Grand Avenue Sweets! American Small Batch Whiskey (Denver, Colorado) The Bros: Todd Leopold received his Diploma in Malting & Brewing from the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1996. After graduation, he trained at the Doemens Read more…
Super Bowl Snack Wines – February 3rd and 4th Barnard Griffin Fume Blanc Columbia Valley Barnard Griffin is the premier family owned winery in Washington and an important part of every wine afficiando’s tour of the state’s greatest wineries. Barnard Griffin winery not only has a rich family winemaking history, Read more…
Jose Pastor Envinate Tasting – January 27th and 28th The Founders and Winemakers of Envinate Envínate (meaning ‘wine yourself’) is the brainchild of four friends who met while studying enology at the University of Miguel Hernández in Alicante. Their work is currently focused in exploring the ancient, Atlantic-infused terroirs of Read more…
2017 Wine Tasting-January 20th & 21st In this tasting we will be featuring a new Sauvignon Blanc from Huia Winery in New Zealand called Hunky Dory. While Huia is certified biodynamic, the Hunky Dory wines are organic. We are also showing the new vintages of Montfaucon Cotes du Rhone 2015 Read more…
2017 Whiskey Tasting-January 13th & 14th It’s time to warm our wet bones from unpredictable weather! I mean what the hell is going on around herrrre…. I know, let’s do a whiskey tasting!!!!!!!!!!! Two years ago, we tasted the 10th Mountain Division Rye and Bourbon so it’ll be fun to Read more…
2017 First Tasting-January 6th & 7th Ema’s Vineyard White 2015 (Portugal) Paulo Laureano is one of the leading winemakers in Portugal and his passion for wine led him, along with his family, to build the current business based on 110 hectares of vines in Vidigueira with a further 10 planted Read more…
A.D. Laws Holiday Whiskey Tasting – Dec 16 and 17 A.D. LAWS FOUR GRAIN STRAIGHT BOURBON Our flagship whiskey is crafted from all four of the “American mother grains”: corn, wheat, barley and rye. There aren’t many four grain bourbons on the market as they are very difficult to make. We Read more…
Free Wine Tasting! – December 2nd and 3rd Maysara Pinot Gris McMinnville, OR 2003 Last spring in April, Sharon and I headed to Oregon and we visited Maysara Winery. At the end of our tour we met Moe, the patriarch who started the winery. He knew of our arrival so he took Read more…
Scotch Tasting – December 2nd and 3rd Dalmore 12 year and 15 year old Highland Single Malt Scotch Well let’s get to the obvious question that struck me first; what’s up with the stag head on the bottle? It’s a great story. Some say the real test of courage Read more…
November 25th and 26th Tasting Brutocao Hopland Ranches Mendocino Chardonnay 2014 – $15.99 Our 100% barrel fermented Chardonnay arises from a chorus of our classic Chardonnay blocks from our Bliss Ranch and a new planting of Chardonnay from our Feliz Ranch. With aromas of honey, pineapple, and mango, this wine has Read more…