[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
Please note if you are receiving our emails in error, please either  
send me an email at mick at cornellwine.com and I’ll remove you from my  
list, or you can delete your email address by going to  
www.cornellwine.com, clicking on “Site Index” and then “Electronic  
Newsletter”.  You will then see a link to our Mailman administration  
page.  If you go to that page, go to the bottom and type your email  
address in the indicated box and click “Remove”. Thank you.

January 4 – South/Southwest of FranceJanuary 11 – Syrah/Shiraz
January 18 – Central/Southern Italy
January 25 – Cabernet Blends

THIS WEEK

FRIDAY, December 28th
4:30 - 7:00pm

ZINFANDEL PÂTÉ PLATES
This week, to go with our big red wines, we offer pâté plates instead  
of cheese.
Pheasant with Porcini
Venison with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Hazelnuts
The pâtés are made by Viande Meats and Sausage (City Market NW).
PÂTÉ SAMPLER PLATE $4.00

Many of you know I’m not the greatest fan of Zinfandel, so this week  
I’ve relied on other people’s recommendations for our selections.   
I’ve tasted all the wines, but not necessarily these particular  
vintages.  This week we will let the wines speak and not confuse you  
with my taste descriptors.

1. RAVENSWOOD 2005 OLD VINE, LODI – from a well-known Zinfandel  
producer, I am assured this is a big step-up in quality over the  
bargain-priced VINTNER’S BLEND - $14.00

2. IRONSTONE VINEYARDS 2005 RESERVE OLD VINE, LODI – we sell quite a  
lot of this winery’s basic Zinfandel, and having tasted this Reserve  
bottling, I believe it is worth the extra cost - $17.50

3. MONTEVINA 2004 TERRA d’ORO, AMADOR COUNTY – this producer’s DEAVER  
VINEYARD ZINFANDEL is a favorite of mine, and this bottling seems to  
have much of the DEAVER quality at a much lower cost - $16.50

4. RIDGE VINEYARDS 2004 YORK CREEK, SPRING MOUNTAIN, NAPA VALLEY –  
RIDGE is just about my favorite Zinfandel producers mainly because  
most of their bottlings are blends, usually adding PETITE SIRAH and/ 
or CARIGNAN to the ZINFANDEL.  This vintage of YORK CREEK is 87%  
ZINFANDEL with the balance being PETITE SIRAH - $27.50

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

For this week’s PREMIUM POUR we stay in the NAPA VALLEY:

Pauline and I visited ELYSE when we went to a wedding in 2003 (the  
owners are friends of the groom) and we were impressed by most of the  
wines.  At that time ELYSE did not have an Oregon distributor, but  
now work through Bacchus Fine Wines.  Our favorite Zinfandel was the  
MORISOLI, followed by the HOWELL MOUNTAIN.  Unfortunately Bacchus are  
out of the MORISOLI and so we offer the 2004 HOWELL MOUNTAIN.  This  
wine is a blend of fruit from BLACK-SEARS, BEATTY and CHAVEZ-LEEDS  
vineyards, all situated at about 2000 feet elevation – $35.00

TRY THIS WINE FOR $4.00/Taste or $7.00/4 ounces

NB: All prices are subject to change without notice.  The above  
information is based on verbal information from distributors, and  
actual wine prices will depend on the price invoiced at delivery to  
Cornell Wine Company.

SATURDAY, December 29th
2:00 – 5:00PM
Free

As usual, we will have a couple of interesting wines open – I’ve yet  
to decide which (comes from taking 25th AND 26th off!).  However I  
may include a bubbly as New Year is approaching.

REMINDER

Cornell Wine Company will be open:

NOON – 5 PM Sunday December 30
10 AM – 7PM Monday, December 31
Closed New Year’s Day

Cheers,

Pauline & Mick
Cornell Wine Company
14740 NW Cornell Road, #90
Portland, OR 97229-5400
(503) 531-3981
mick at cornellwine.com
www.cornellwine.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.pacifier.com/pipermail/cornell-list/attachments/20071227/1a8465d2/attachment.html