Below are the wines that we will be tasting this Saturday. Each wine has been personally selected by our staff to introduce you to the wines we believe you will enjoy. Many of them may be new to you, all of them will be memorable.

Wines at the tasting are always available for purchase by the bottle, case or mixed cases. Cheers!

September 4, 2010

2008 Castillo de Feliciana Viognier
This is a superb Viognier with a beautiful floral aroma and lovely, balanced melon and stone fruit flavors. Try this wine by itself or with appetizers.

2007 Castillo de Feliciana Miercoles
This wine is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Syrah from Walla Walla. Miercoles means "Wednesday" in Spanish and this wine is made to be drunk on Wednesday and every other day that ends in "y". It full of luscious dark berry fruit that is balanced and delicious.

2007 Chateau Chateau Chateau Grenache
Bend Wine Cellar got a tremendous deal on a close out of this excellent wine and is passing the savings along. The retail price of this wine is $60. The Bend Wine Cellar price is $30. This wine got 92 points from the Wine Advocate. Here is their review: "The 2007 Chateau Grenache (600 cases) is a blend of all the Grenache cuvees except for the Ebenezer. The lovely aromatics deliver aromas of cedar, spice box, leather, cherry, and strawberry. Forward, succulent, and complex, this friendly effort is all about immediate gratification. Even so, its harmony and elegance will preserve it for another 6-8 years.

Chateau Chateau is a label created by importer Dan Philips and marketed under the R Wines umbrella. Its stated purpose is to demonstrate the effects of soil and place on Grenache (and blends) from the best terroirs in Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. The Barossa Reserve wines are limited production cuvees, most of them under 150 cases. Each has its own distinctive label representing its place of origin."