[Cornell Wine] Cornell Wine This Week

[Beard Michael]

CORNELL WINE COMPANY
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February 13 – South America
February 20 – Portugal
February 27 – Syrah
March 06 – Oregon other than Pinot Noir
March 13 – Italy other than Piemonte & Toscana

THIS WEEK

FRIDAY, February 6th
4:30 - 7:00pm

WINES FOR YOUR VALENTINE

CHEESE PLATES
As the wines are varying in styles, we offer a selection of mild  
cheeses.
Havarti                         	Cow’s Milk                     Denmark
Monterey Jack            	 Cow’s Milk                     California
Goat Cheddar               Goat’s Milk                   Canada
CHEESE SAMPLER PLATE $3.00

This week we play on Love and Valentine’s Day to bring you a romantic  
selection of wines.  We thought next Friday was too close to the day,  
so come this week and buy a treat for your sweet!

1. We start with a fizzy pink wine, LAMBRUSCO.  No, forget RIUNITE,  
this is serious wine.  From ITALY’S EMILIA-ROMAGNA we will taste  
VILLA di CORLO LAMBRUSCO GRASPAROSSA di CASTELVETRO “AMABILE”.   
Amabile means “lovable” and you and your significant other will love  
this wine.  Villa di Corlo make several Lambruscos and this one has a  
little residual sugar.  However think of it as soft and round rather  
than sweet.  I agree with Matt Kramer in a recent “rave” in the  
Sunday Oregonian when he said “This is a superb, artisanal version of  
Lambrusco, the sort you used to have to visit a farm in the Emilia- 
Romagna region to obtain” - $12.50


2. SAINT-AMOUR is one of the ten BEAUJOLAIS CRUS, and what better  
name for Valentine’s Day!   GEORGES DUBŒUF is known as the King of  
Beaujolais and maintains a very good quality for all his wines.  His  
2006 SAINT-AMOUR is drinking very well at the moment.  It has that  
lovely, seductive, GAMAY NOIR fruit - what more do you need on  
Valentine’s Day? - $13.25

3. Our next wine is from the CÔTES-du-RHÔNE VILLAGES.  From the  
village of CHUSCLAN comes the 2004 MELODIE d’AMOUR.  Made at CHATEAU  
SIGNAC by the winemaker from great CHÂTEAUNEUF-du-PAPE producer  
CHÂTEAU LA NERTHE, this wine is a blend of 50% GRENACHE, 30% SYRAH,  
10% CARIGNAN and 10% CINSAULT.  The wine was backward at release, but  
now blossoms in the glass and might become even better in another  
year - $17.75

4. For the final wine in the flight we go to the NAPA VALLEY.  We  
offer TERRA VALENTINE 2005 CABERNET SAUVIGNON, SPRING MOUNTAIN  
DISTRICT.  When I bought the shop in 2003 I carried this producer for  
about a year, but then the distributor dropped the wine and it  
disappeared from my radar screen.  Now with another distributor, I  
welcome the wines back to the shop.  From a winery and vineyard  
located at about 2100ft. on Spring Mountain, this is a powerful, yet  
elegant, wine.  A blend of 95% CABERNET SAUVIGNON from 14 different  
vineyard blocks on the Estate vineyards, 3% MERLOT and 2% CABERNET  
FRANC, the wine was aged for about 20 months in French oak barrels of  
which 33% were new.  With a bright core of plum and berry fruit, the  
wine is made complex by an intriguing nose showing cedar and  
bittersweet chocolate, and a finish showing dried fig and cocoa - $33.50

TRY THESE FOUR WINES FOR $10.00

For this week’s PREMIUM POUR we offer a vintage Port.  Curl-up in  
front of the fire with your loved one, grab some chocolates and  
enjoy.  Until they run out, we will offer chocolates on Friday.

2003 was a very powerful vintage in OPORTO, and the wines will  
benefit from some cellaring.  However I was offered some WARRE’S 2003  
at a substantial discount and so buy while you can at these prices  
(which are for current stock only).
                            Size                      
Was                     Now
                            375ml                  
$45.00                  $30.00
                            750ml                  
$80.00                  $53.50

TRY THIS WINE FOR $3.00/1 Oz., $6.00/2 Oz. or $11.00/4 Oz.

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, February 7th
Noon – 5:00PM
Free

We will have at least one interesting wine open, including the  
following:

To me, most American VIOGNIERS are either too high in alcohol or too  
sweet.  When we can sell a VIOGNIER from the Languedoc that has great  
aromatics, good mouth feel, is dry, and is under 13% alcohol and  
under $10, why can’t we do it here?  Finally I’ve found a CALIFORNIA  
wine that can match my French favorite.  The OAK GROVE 2007 VIOGNIER  
RESERVE was in the Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Bargains of 2008.  It  
has lovely aromatics, good fruit, and is dry and “only” 13% alcohol.   
This is a BARGAIN - $8.50

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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