Open Fridays 12pm – 7pm and by appointment APRIL NEWS It’s Friday, so that means we’re open from 12-7pm today. And since this is the first Friday of April, I thought I’d blast out a little info on the tastings we have coming up this month, starting tonight. Don’t forget to mark your calendars, especially…
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Weekend Tastings: Friday: White Beaune Burgundies. Saturday: Oregon & Italy!
Weekend Tastings at Liner & Elsen Friday: White Burgundies from Beaune & Savigny Saturday: Oregon focus! Plus, Italian Beauties White Burgundies from Beaune and Savigny-les-Beaune Friday, April 3, 5:30p.m. – Close (7:30p.m.) No reservations. Fee applies. 1. 2013 Billard Pere et Fils Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes-de-Beaune “La Justice” 2. 2012 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-les-Baune Dessus les Gollardes…
EVERY DAY WINE – Old World Party Reds… this Friday!
This Friday I’d like to show you a fun assortment of great values for parties or for festive weekends, including Easter brunch or dinner… all Old World, and all $15 or less per bottle. (Matty, this one has your name all over it). True everyday wines. ***Upcoming Friday Night Tastings*** Friday, April 3rd Party Wines…
Wines for the Festive Weekend Ahead
Here at Pastaworks we have a variety of fantastic wines to pair with your Easter brunch or dinner, or with the Passover Seder. This Saturday April 4th, we will be hosting free wine tastings at both locations. From 2 – 4p, our wine director, Jessica, will be pouring at the Hawthorne location, and Gabriel our…
The Northwest Film Center presents: A Year in Champagne April 3-5, 2015
(PORTLAND, OR) – Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly “Champagne.” Wine importer Martine Saunier leads us on a tours of six Champagne makers to see how they make their product, from small independent producer Saint-Chamant to the illustrious houses of Gosset and Bollinger. Most Champagne is not just…
Willful Wine New Spring Releases
Greetings! Happy Spring! The blossom and daffodils are out in the Willamette Valley . Its gorgeous, and I have two new wines ready for release this week to celebrate… 2014 Willful Rose of Pinot Noir: I bottled a measly 56 cases and could happily chug most of it myself but I don’t want to be…
New World Chenin Blanc Leads Division Winemaking Company Spring Releases
Winery celebrates the versatility of lesser-known white varietal Chenin Blanc with national #DrinkChenin social media campaign throughout the summer with events in New York City, Atlanta, & Washington D.C. in May and then for a national Drink Chenin Day in Portland, Ore. and San Francisco, Cali. and other TBA cities on June 12 PORTLAND, Ore….
Events and Tastings at Liner & Elsen 2.25.16
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. April 3 Ahhh…White Burgundies from the Beaune Appellation. April 17 A…
Marin French Cheese Co./Cider Tasting/Last Raclette Night
Marin French Cheese turns 150 Years old In 1865 Jefferson Thompson began making European style cheeses from his small dairy in West Marin. He would then ship the cheese via a schooner to San Francisco to feed the dockworkers, and through that he began the Marin French Cheese Company. Currently we have three of their…
Saké Fest PDX Returns to Portland June 25, 2015
The 5th Annual Saké Fest PDX will take place on Thursday, June 25, 5:30 to 9 PM at the Sentinel Hotel in Downtown Portland PORTLAND, Ore. – March 25, 2015 – Nearly 40 Portland chefs and International saké producers will gather and share – including Oregon’s own SakéOne based in Forest Grove. More than a…
Come Taste Wines of the Languedoc with Russ Raney of Le Garriguiste
When Russ Raney retired after 24 years of making wine at Evesham Wood, he and his wife left Oregon’s rain for sunnier climes at their second home in the south of France. There in the Languedoc he is surrounded by many small, traditional wineries that he felt compelled to introduce to the Oregon market via…
In Memorium
I awoke with a heavy heart this morning to learn of the passing of Steve Smith, the serial entrepreneur who elevated tea drinking in America not once, but 3 different times over his storied career. I first met Steve back in 2009 shortly after opening our NW location and just as he was about to…