About Our Tastings:

Saturday Afternoon Free Tastings, 12 - 4pm

Every Saturday we open up some featured newsletter wines for a complimentary tasting. Come on in to taste and chat; we hope you’ll find your next favorite wine! 

Read more about our current Newsletter Wines here.

Friday Evening Tastings, 5 - 7pm

The first and third Friday evening of every month, we cook up something a little special with themed flights. The themes will vary along with the price, but we’ll always aim to make it interesting.

 Special Sit-Down Tastings, 6 - 8pm

When the opportunity arises to do a deep dive on a particular region, style, or producer, we will host a special guest speaker for a formal sit-down educational tasting. These are ticketed tastings and will be announced as they are planned. 

Upcoming Tasting

 

Friday, May 2nd, 5-7pm: 45th Parallel Tasting of Oregon Chardonnay vs. White Burgundy
In honor of Oregon Wine Month, we’re going to settle the score once and for all. Which one is better: Oregon or Burgundy? On May 2nd we’ll have a mix of Oregon Chardonnays and White Burgundy, comparing and contrasting the original to the faithful copy. Blind tasting menus will be available on request. 

Saturday, May 3rd, 12-4pm: Brad McLeroy with Ayres at the Winemaker’s barrel
Brad McLeroy makes wine on Ribbon Ridge, a few miles west of Newburg on a sunny, gently rolling hillside filled with Pinot Noir vines. It is a long way from the wine shop he owned in Kansas City in the 1990s. This was when Oregon wines were making their first real noise outside the state, and it wasn’t long before Brad and his wife Kathleen decided to relocate to the Willamette Valley to see what all the fuss was about. In 2000, they sold the shop in Missouri, purchased the property that would become Ayres vineyard, and Brad began working at Domaine Drouhin, a six year turn from harvest intern to cellar master. By 2006, Brad was ready to turn Ayres Vineyard into his day job. Ever since, Ayres has been shorthand for reliably tasty Pinot Noir, tended by hand from bud to bottle.

Wines on the Winemaker’s Barrel
Ayres Chehalem Mountains Gamay 2023
Ayres Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023
Ayres Ribbon Ridge Pinot Noir Perspective 2023
Ayres Ribbon Ridge Estate Pinot Noir Pioneer 2022 

Saturday, May 10th 12-4pm: Chehalem Mountain AVA Tasting
The Chehalem Mountains are home to some of the Willamette Valley’s oldest vineyards, but visitors can be forgiven for “flying over” the ridge on their way into Newberg. Many of the vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains are tucked away at the end of winding dirt roads, far from the eye of the casual visitor. That’s why we’ve invited them to our store! Come by Saturday afternoon for a taste of the Chehalem Mountains, three wineries with plenty of history, plenty of talent, and some very good wine to taste.

Featured wineries

Ridgecrest
40 year old vines under the care of Harry and Wynne Peterson-Nedry. This is one of the original Chehalem Mountains vineyards, with a soft spot for crisp, aromatic white wines.

Arlyn
Founded in 2012 by Janis Pate, Arlyn produces impressively styled Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, all farmed biodynamically.

Potter’s Vineyard
Bill and Sandy Sanchez took over Laura Volkman’s vineyard and winery in 2011, and have continued to make some of the most powerfully structured and flavored wine in the valley under the label Vino Vasai (Potter’s wine) 

Friday, May 16th, 5-7pm: 45th Parallel Tasting of Oregon Pinot Noir vs. Red Burgundy
Part two of our two part series in honor of Oregon Wine Month. This time, it’s a head-to-head challenge between the Pinot Noirs of the old world and the new. We will have seven selections from over here and over there. By the end, we will know once and for all which region makes the better wine. Blind tasting menus will be available on request.

Saturday, May 17th, 12-4pm Diana Lenzi and Petroio
Diana Lenzi is in town, and we’re thrilled that she has Liner & Elsen on her schedule. Come on down to L&E Saturday afternoon to taste the new releases from Portland’s favorite Chianti house.  

Wines to taste
Petroio Chianti Classico Gran selezione 2018
Petroio Chianti Classico Riserva 2018
Petroio Chianti Classico 2021
Petroio Chianti Classico 2022
Petroio Toscana Poco Rosso 2022

 

Wednesday, May 21st, 6pm: Sherry Seminar on Amontillado and Palo Cortado
We’re continuing our tour of the complex, counterintuitive yet powerfully tasty world of Sherry with a night devoted to two types in the middle of the spectrum – Amontillado and Palo Cortado. These are some of the very most complex sherries that take their character and flavor from both yeast and air. This is perhaps the most diverse part of the Sherry world, where the particular choices cellar masters make play a large part in the resulting wine. For Palo Cortado, there is even a little bit of magic! Join us for a couple hours on Wednesday evening to taste some of our very favorite wine in the world.

 

Saturday, May 24th, 12-4pm: Newsletter selections from mostly France
A selection of Newsletter wines including several from France: This week’s selection includes six wines, each one from a different point of the compass – mostly the Hexagonal French Compass, but Oregon and Austria are also featured. 

The salty white: Michel Delhommeau Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Saint Vincent
The white blend: Taubenschuss Weinviertel Gemischter Satz Early Bird
The Germanic one: Felsner Gedersdorf Ried Weitgasse Zweigelt
The rose: Hanson Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Rose
The light red: Thevenet & Fils Bourgogne Rouge Les Clos
The full bodied red: Domaine Vaquer Cotes du Roussillon Cuvée Bernard

Saturday, May 31st, 12-4pm: Newsletter selections from mostly Italy
A selection of Newsletter wines including several from Italy: This week’s slate of six newsletter wines has a little bit of everything! While the selection is not limited to Italy, if you’re a fan of Italy’s wines, they’ll be open today.

The salty white: Familia Pujol Busquets Alella Pansa Blanca
The white blend: Domaine Boesch Alsace Edelzwicker
The Germanic one: Hermann Ludes Mosel Riesling
The rose: Corte San Pietro Piemonte Rosato S’Capis
The light red: La Miraja Grignolino d’Asti
The full bodied red: Vignalta Veneto Rosso Venda