The Grand Tasting Presented by New Seasons Market is a food and beverage overload for the senses! Enjoy delicious bites at New Seasons Market‘s station and wander through the rows of more than 80 sponsors, artisans, and food innovators like Breville, USA Pears, and Bob’s Red Mill.If you’re looking for delicious vintners to give your palate something to…
Le Dîner en Blanc Portland Returns on August 12
The World’s Most Elegant Picnic Celebrates 5 Years in Portland! Portland, OR (July 21, 2017) – A leading summer event in Paris for nearly 30 years, Le Dîner en Blanc is well on its way to becoming THE summer tradition in Portland! On August 12, 2017, this elegant and secret affair celebrates its 5th anniversary in Portland, Oregon, and the Hosts are already hard at work in…
Chesa Announces Pop Up Schedule Featuring Paella Sundays, Puerto Rican Barrio Block Parties and Chef Dinner Series
Chesa launches a new chapter with globally inspired, festive events throughout the summer and fall PORTLAND, Ore. (July 21, 2017) – Chef José Chesa, the two time James Beard award semifinalist for Best Chef Northwest, and his business partners, his wife, Cristina Baéz and Emily Metivier celebrate summer with a variety of festive, globally inspired…
Summer is on Fire (with live-fire cooking events)
We’re on fire. Come summer, all we want to do is get outside and make the world our kitchen. If you’ve been wanting to come to one of our live-fire cooking events, the time is ripe! Whether you’d like to dine under the full moon, in a vineyard or on a working farm, we’re ready to…
Vidon Vineyard – Does it take Two PhD’s to make good wine?
Vidon Vineyard Doubles Down on PhD Winemakers The Story Newberg, OR, July 17, 2017: How many PhDs does it take to make a bottle of wine? Retired NASA physicist, inventor and Vidon Vineyard winemaker Don Hagge is betting on two. He announced today that molecular biologist David Bellows has joined Vidon as head winemaker,…
Summer in Oregon, Simply the Finest!
With so much to do during the summertime, like family road trips, outdoor hikes, dips in the swimming hole, and of course backyard grill outs with friends, family, and wine, we will keep this brief summer newsletter well, brief and let you get back to it! Summer is also a very exciting time for us,…
The Evolution of Summer
Summer moves pretty fast. How fast? This fast: in the time since our last email to you peaches have arrived. Grown in the Columbia river valley by Baird Family Orchards, these peaches are flavorful, tender and juicy. The first of only 10 deliveries of Ayers Creek Farms‘ famous Chester blackberries will land in the store later…
Woodsman Tavern: Rose and Oyster Event Friday, July 28th
We are hosting an “It Must Have Been the Rose” oyster and rose event in our Private Dining Room on Friday, July 28th starting at 5pm. We will be pouring Cameron Winery and Fullerton Wines rose by the glass for $6 , as well as shucking shigoku oysters for $1 from Taylor Shellfish until we run out! This…
Wine tasting! ALSO Devil’s Den (Now shipping wine)!
Tasting Summer Reds! $10 Ever heard of Napa Gamay? Maybe you have BUT it isn’t a real grape varietal! The actual grape is Valdiguie a close relative to Gamay! Try J. Lohr’s 2015 (It has sat in the bottle long enough to gain some depth and complexity!) Bottle price $12 (A sweet deal!) Paja Monica…
Eastside’s Private Label Subsidiary to Become One of Few Pacific Northwest Firms to Offer Canning of Wine and Cocktails
Motherlode’s new canning line to support the fast growing “Ready to Drink” spirits and canned wine market PORTLAND, OR — July 19, 2017 — Eastside Distilling, Inc. (OTCQB: ESDI), a producer of award-winning craft spirits, today announced an important new extension of its contract bottling services offered by its Motherlode subsidiary. By the end of August, Motherlode…
Cocktail Class with Wild Turkey
Good Afternoon! The Library is thrilled to welcome Douglas Derrick, Brand Ambassador for Wild Turkey for our midsummer cocktail class! Saturday, August 19th 12pm-2pm $40 Tickets Members receive 25% discount* { space is limited } Wild Turkey Bourbon has long been synonymous with quality. For over 60 years Jimmy Russell has been making his bourbon…
Backsteiner/Biodynamic Wine Tasting
Attention stinky cheese lovers! We’ve got something new for you! We just received Backsteiner, a Bavarian washed rind cow’s milk cheese. Backsteiner, meaning “brick stone,” is rectangular in form and has a nice sticky orange rind. We currently carry this delicately funky cheese in two different formats. The larger format allows the cheese to ripen…