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. 1 Taste superb Bordeaux from the very highly touted 2009 vintage.
Feb. 15 Three decades of Cabernet Francs from Chinon.
March 2 The power and the glory: White Rhônes from Beaucastel, Vieux Télégraphe, Chave, Chapoutier, and more!
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Saturday Tastings: Our Select Samplers are poured on Saturday, starting at noon and until the well runs dry. There is no charge.
Feb. 2 Todd Bacon will pour some Italian beauties: Pieropan Soave, Lucchetti Verdicchio, Fattoria di Petroio Chianti Classico, Caprili Rosso di Montalcino, Murgo Etna Rosso, and Travaglini Gattinara.
Feb. 9 Tour de France – Stage Two! André Dezat Sancerre Loire Valley, Paul Pernot Bourgogne Blanc Burgundy, Carrel Gamay Jongieux Vieilles Vignes Savoie, Ch. de Pennautier Cabardès, and J. L. Chave Sélection Côtes-du-Rhône Mon Coeur.
Feb 16 Wines from here and there: Atticus Pinot Noir Willamette Valley, Ermita Veracruz Verdejo Rueda, Quinto do Correio Vinho Branco Dão, and Denario Malbec Rio Negro Patagonia.
Feb 23 Great wines from France and Italy: Barberani Vallesanta Orvieto, Oddero Barbera d’Alba Piedmont, Lucien Lardy Chardonnay Beaujolais-Villages, and Laurence Féraud Plan Pégau.
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Liner & Elsen, Wine Merchants
www.linerandelsen.com
Mon.-Sat. 10-6
503-241-WINE (9463)
800-903-WINE (9463)