[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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July 27 – Germany with Ewald Moseler
August 03 – Portugal
August 10 – Mediterranean Islands

FRIDAY, July 20th, 4:30 - 7:00pm

Wines of Spain

CHEESE & SAUSAGE PLATES
This week we are adding a Sausage Plate in addition to our usual  
Cheese Plate.
Campo de Montalban                   Cow/Goat/Sheep’s  
Milk                  Spain
Garrotxa                                      Goat’s  
Milk                                    Spain
Manchego                                     Sheep’s  
Milk                                  Spain
CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE $4.00
We offer a Spanish sausage from the Catalonia region:
CHORIZO PLATE $2.00

Spain is a great country for wine bargains.  Many areas in the 1970s  
produced “gut rot”, but now there has been much investment in  
vineyards and facilities.  Until many of these areas become known as  
great producers, there are values available.

1. After that talk of value wines, we start with a pricey white!  The  
BASQUE country produces a lovely white wine from the HONDARRABI ZURI  
grape.  These are TXACOLI (pronounced Chacoli) wines, and the  
Denominación de Origen we will taste is GETARIAKO TXACOLINA.  The  
producer is TALAI-BERRI and we will taste their 2006 OREKA.  This is  
a wonderful example of the grape – great to taste on its own, or a  
wonderful accompaniment to seafood - $21.75

2. After that expensive excursion into wonderful whites we will taste  
a great value red.  From LA MANCHA comes the CONDESA de LEGANZA 2003  
CRIANZA.  This wine is 100% TEMPRANILLO (called CENCIBEL in the area)  
aged for 12 months in American oak barriques.  It offers gobs of  
black fruit wrapped in oak – if it came from RIOJA it would be much  
more expensive - $10.00

3. We now move to YECLA and that area’s signature grape, MONASTRELL  
(MOUVÈDRE).  BODEGAS ANTONIO CANDELA BARAHONDA makes several wines  
and their 2005 M4 is in the middle of the pack.  While this wine does  
not offer the earthiness of a typical South of France Mouvèdre, it  
offers lots of black fruit, spice and herbs - $12.50

4. Our final wine comes from RIBERO del DUERO, and it is 100%  
TEMPRANILLO.  This is a very modern-style Spanish wine as it shows  
some new oak (40% new French) and lots of black fruit with spice and  
oak.  This is a soft, elegant wine to sip on the deck or to accompany  
red meats - $21.75

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

For our PREMIUM POUR we remain in RIBERO del RIBERO:

ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ is the person who put this region on the world  
wine map and PESQUERA is his flagship wine.  We offer his 2004 TINTO  
based on pre-sell pricing.  Any purchases beyond current stock will  
be at a much higher price (if any is still available).  Rated  
outstanding in The Wine Advocate, February 2007 “This superb,  
beautifully balanced effort should evolve for 4-6 years and drink  
well for another 10-15” - $30.00

TRY THIS WINE FOR $3.50/Taste or $6.00/4 ounces

SATURDAY, JULY 21st
Noon – 5:00 PM
As usual, we will have a couple of interesting wines open for free  
tasting – I’ve yet to decide which ones!

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
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