[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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  Note:  Cornell Wine Company will be closed July 1-5

July 7 – Cabernet Sauvignon

July 14 - French Wines for Bastille Day

July 21 – Zinfandel

July 28 German & Austrian Wines


FRIDAY, June 30th, 4:30 - 7:00pm

Wines for Your July 4th Cookout

This week we will taste some good, but inexpensive, wines that will  
go with your Independence Day Cookouts.  To many, this is a “beer  
holiday”, but modestly priced wines go well with “grill food”, and  
you can serve them to beer drinkers without draining your wallet.  Of  
course, if you are grilling serious food, we offer a serious Oregon  
Pinot Noir as our Premium Pour.
1. While working at the grill you need a good white to keep your  
temperature down! APOLLONI is a relatively new Oregon winery  
producing small quantities of PINOT GRIS and PINOT NOIR.  Last  
Thanksgiving their 2003 PINOT NOIR was very successful in the shop,  
one reason being WILDWOOD’S CORY SCHREIBER recommending it as a great  
match for a traditional Thanksgiving turkey meal.  The 2004 PINOT  
GRIS was very good, but the 2005 is better.  Stainless steel  
fermented and aged, the wine offers rich, ripe fruit typical of an  
Oregon Pinot Gris, and this is balanced by moderate acidity and a  
citrus finish.  The wine avoids the noticeable residual sugar of some  
Oregon Pinot Gris- $14.50

2. As most of you know, this shop is a great believer in dry rosé  
wines.  Such wines are ideal for what we hope will be a warm July  
4th  We have a wonderful selection of rosé wines, but this week we  
are staying American.  Pauline and I visited ELK COVE last Sunday  
(yes, in 100+F heat) and thought their 2005 PINOT NOIR ROSÉ was  
wonderful.  It offers strawberry fruit coupled with a touch of  
minerals and great balancing acidity.  Wonderful value - $13.50

3. Maybe MERLOT is not in style these days, but now some wonderful,  
low-priced, wines are available that are not simple, sweet, fruit  
bombs.  CYCLES GLADIATOR is a relatively new label from CALIFORNIA  
and Matt Kramer wrote-up the wines a few weeks ago in The Sunday  
Oregonian.  The 2004 CENTARL COAST MERLOT offers good fruit but also  
a complexity not normally associated with a wine at this price - $8.00

4. What is July 4th without a ZINFANDEL?  It seems there must be a  
glut of Zinfandel in California as several reasonably priced wines  
are available.  At the $10 level the CLAY STATION 2004 OLD VINE  
ZINFANDEL from LODI takes some beating.  A product of the Delicato  
family, the wine offers copious fruit which is coupled with good  
structure - $10.00

5. Finally we have a smoky wine to go with your smoky food.  The  
NOVELTY HILL 2003 SYRAH is from WASHINGTON’S COLUMBIA VALLEY.  To me  
it offers a great mix between the typical fruity west coast Syrah  
with some of the smoke and earthiness of the Rhône Valley  - $20.00

TRY THESE FIVE WINES FOR $10.00

For our PREMIUM POUR we offer a great OREGON PINOT NOIR:

Recently I tasted all of ST. INNOCENT’S just released single-vineyard  
wines from 2004.  They are all excellent.  We have in stock wines  
from TEMPERANCE HILL, SHEA and WHITE ROSE vineyards.  We will taste  
the last which is the most expensive because White Rose fruit is  
expensive!  However I think it is worth the extra price.  Great black  
cherry fruit, well-integrated oak, and none of the Syrah-wannabe  
flavors of too many Oregon Pinot Noirs - $38.50

TRY THIS WINE FOR $4.50/Taste or $8.00/4 ounces

THIS FRIDAY IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR ROSÉ WINE JUNE SPECIAL!  10% OFF  
SINGLE BOTTLES, 15% OFF SIX OR MORE.  WE STILL HAVE A GOOD SELECTION  
INCLUDING FOUR WHICH ARRIVED THIS WEEK.



SATURDAY, July 1st

We will be closed!

Reopening Thursday July 6

Place orders at mick at cornellwine.com or (503) 531-3981



Looking forward to seeing you all,

Cheers,

Mick
Cornell Wine Company
14740 NW Cornell Road, #90
Portland, 97229-5400
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
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