New EVOE hours and Pastaworks wine classes

Happy New Year to all!
First and foremost, thank you all for your patronage and support. In the coming days, weeks and months of cliffs, fiscal and otherwise, we hope that you enjoy a safe and peaceful new year.

EVOE open New Year’s eve & new Monday hours
EVOE, Pastaworks’ eat-in location at the Hawthorne store, will be open Monday, January 31, New Year’s eve, 12noon to 7pm. Kevin Gibson and staff will offer savory treats and selected bubbles, and you’ll still have time to get home or to move on to your next party to welcome in the new year.

Beginning Monday, January 31. EVOE will be open six days a week, Wednesday through Monday, 12noon to 7pm.

Upcoming wine classes @ Pastaworks
Last fall we inaugurated a new series of wine classes, including an introduction to sherry, a separate class on the wines of Spain and most recently an evening in Piedmont. The next two classes return us to some of our favorite places and wines.

The wines of the Rioja
Peter will return to the source of his first wine pilgrimage, the Rioja region of northern Spain. Long appreciated as the producer of Spain’s best wines, the Rioja has experienced its own ebbs and flows, from the heyday of its modern incarnation in the 1860′s to the low of the phylloxera decimation of its vineyards in the first part of the twentieth century to vinous and financial rebirth in the 1970′s to the current debates about vineyard and soil influences. We’ll focus on classic and modern, old and new, and have a snack or two as well.

Tuesday, January 29, 6-8PM
Pastaworks on Hawthorne
$25 per person, payment in advance reserves your place.
RSVP @ 503 232-1010

The wines of Tuscany
Tuscany was our first (vinous) Italian love affair: a glass or two of Selvapiana Chianti Rufina Riserva (1977, to be exact) convinced us that Italian wines were greatly under appreciated. Other wines and regions have since garnered out attention, but Tuscany has always been in our hearts. This evening’s class will take you on a tour of representative wines from throughout the region. Yes, there will be a Selvapiana included, but which one?

Tuesday, February 26, 6-8PM
Pastaworks on Hawthorne
$25 per person, payment in advance reserves your place
RSVP @ 503 232-1010