[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Michael Beard]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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FUTURE TASTINGS
(please note changes in schedule)
February 22 – Toscana
February 29 – Cabernet Sauvignon
March 07 – Spain
March 14 – Washington Reds
March 21 – Greece
March 28 - Zinfandel

THIS WEEK
FRIDAY, February 15th
4:30 - 7:00pm

PINOT NOIR

CHEESE PLATE
We offer a selection of pinot noir-friendly cheeses, recommended by  
my favorite cheese website:
Appenzeller                                            Cow’s  
Milk                           Switzerland
This Alpine raw milk cheese is aged a minimum of six months.
Morbier Les Trois Comtois                     Cow’s  
Milk                           France
This raw milk cheese is made in two wheels that are then joined with  
a layer of edible vegetable ash.
Kirkam’s Lancashire                             Cow’s  
Milk                           England
It is hard for a Yorkshireman to call something from Lancashire  
great, but this is lovely, and expensive, cheese.  Another raw milk  
cheese, it is made by Ruth Kirkam on Beesley Farm in the village of  
Goosnargh, near Preston in Lancashire.
CHEESE PLATE $5.00

This week highlights some of Oregon’s smaller wineries, especially  
those who exercise pricing restraint – and throws in a Pinot Noir  
from elsewhere in the world.  As a change, we are letting the wines  
speak and not quoting my detailed tasting notes.

PINOT NOIR SALE!

Especially to encourage you to try the lesser-known Oregon wineries,  
on Friday we are offering 15% DISCOUNT ON FOUR OR MORE MIXED BOTTLES  
of any Pinot Noir.  The same discount applies to any Pinot Noir in  
the shop wherever in the world it comes from, including Burgundy, New  
Zealand and Australia (there are two exclusions from this discount:  
our few remaining bottles of Thomas 2005 Pinot Noir and Alex Gambal  
2002 Echezeaux Grand Cru).  See a list below of Oregon wines in stock.

1. We start in ITALY – I can hear you say, “Italy for Pinot Noir?”  I  
tasted it “blind” and would never have guessed Italy.  The TERRE di  
GIOIA (Land of Joy) 2005 PINOT NERO comes from FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA  
in Italy’s northeast and carries an Indicazione Geografica Tipica  
delle VENEZIE designation.  With Oregon Pinot Noir prices rising by  
the week, it is interesting to try what the rest of the world is  
offering - $12.00

2. We now come to OREGON and the 2006 JOVINO PINOT NOIR.  This is  
another label from the JOE DOBBES/WINES BY JOE empire.  Created  
especially for restaurants (not to be sold in supermarkets), the wine  
is a blend of grapes from several American Viticultural Areas - $20.00

3. STONE WOLF VINEYARDS with a vineyard in the EOLA HILLS have been  
around since the early 1990s, but I’ve never carried any of their  
wines.  This week we offer their 2006 BARREL SELECT CUVÉE PINOT NOIR  
- $18.50

4. The final wine of our basic flight is WAHLE 2006 WILLAMETTE VALLEY  
PINOT NOIR.  Many of you know Mark Wahle as he is a regular attendee  
at our Friday tastings.  All his wines have been good, but they are  
getting better and better.  This wine is a blend of fruit from the  
Eola Hills and Yamhill/Carlton AVAs - $26.00

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

This week we offer two Oregon PREMIUM POURS:

JAY SOMERS at J. CHRISTOPHER WINES is an excellent wine maker, having  
made great wines from several varietals, both white and red.  His J.  
CHRISTOPHER 2005 CHARLIE’S VINEYARD PINOT NOIR is his “top-of-the- 
line” red.  CHARLIE’S VINEYARD is in the DUNDEE HILLS AVA, adjacent  
to the famous ABBEY RIDGE VINEYARD - $36.00

TRY THIS WINE FOR $4.00/Taste or $7.50/4 ounces

RIBBON RIDGE VINEYARD is a producer whom a major magazine called “a  
winery to watch”.  The 2005 ESTATE PINOT NOIR is their third  
vintage.  The vineyard is located in the RIBBON RIDGE AVA near such  
producers as Patricia Green, Brickhouse and Beaux Freres.  The wines  
are made at the Carlton Winemakers’ Studio - $30.75

TRY THIS WINE FOR $3.50/Taste or $6.50/4 ounces

TASTE BOTH FOR $7.00

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.

Partial List of Available Oregon Pinot Noirs

J. Albin 2004 Reserve - $48.00 (sold-out at winery/distributor)
Anthony Dell 2004 - $24.75 (bad label, lovely wine)
Bethel Heights 2005 SE Block - $38.50 (my favorite bottling from this  
well-established winery)
Boedecker 2004 Shea - $40.00 (Shea fruit is expensive!)
Brandborg 2004 Northern Reach - $20.00 (the last of this great value  
wine)
Il Bruno 2006 - $16.00 (Made by Evesham Wood for Casa Bruno)
Cloudline 2006 - $19.75 (Véronique Drouhin is the consulting wine maker)
Freja 2006 - $20.00 (the higher elevation of the vineyard produces  
elegant wines)
Hacher 2004 - $42.00 (Bill, a partner in A to Z, makes this wine  
under his own name)
Maysara 2005 Jamsheed - $23.25 ( a regular “Kramer Rave”)
McKinlay 2006 - $17.50 (Matt Kinne believes in “say no to new oak”)
Oak Knoll 2006 Reserve - $29.75 (probably the best Oak Knoll since  
the 1985 Reserve)
Raptor Ridge 2006 Shea - $44.50 (Shea fruit is expensive!)
Scott Paul 2006 Martha Pirrie - $23.75 (Scott imports Burgundies –  
his model for this wine)
Stoller 2004 Estate - $28.50 (Melisa is crafting lovely wines in Bill  
Stoller’s fabulous winery)
Vitae Springs 2006 - $25.00 (long time grape growers first vintage  
under their own label)
Winter’s Hill 2005 - $28.50 (the influence of the French wine maker/ 
daughter-in-law shows)
Zoots Allures (J. Christopher) 2006 - $19.00 (last week’s “Kramer Rave”)


SATURDAY, February 16th
Noon – 5:00PM
Free

As usual we will have a couple of interesting wines open.


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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