Thanksgiving Wine Tasting at Jacobsen Salt

COME BUY WINE (and salt and honey and candy—oh my!) We are pouring our wines at Jacobsen Salt on Saturday November 28, 2015 at 11-3pm: http://bit.ly/1OgPsa8 ‪#‎jacobsensalt‬

Come glory at the wonderous tall hair and taste all the L&S wines - including the new Antsy Pants Riesling and the 2015 Premier Gamay Nouveau. The Jacobsen Salt and Bee Local retail shop is hosting L&S for this awesome Small Business Saturday in SE PDX.

And, for an extra $5, you'll get a 3-course, Jacobsen Salt Co. and Bee Local inspired amuse bouche menu to go with our wines.

Jacobsen Salt Retail Store is at 602 SE Salmon Street in Portland, Ore.

 

 

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Join Us at These Summer Events

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SUMMER 2015 Events

(you can join any of these events by clicking on the event name)


Corks & Forks
June 11th
Castaway
Portland  OR

L&S White Wine Dinner
June 29th
Irving Street Kitchen
Portland OR
wines paired with dinner by the amazing Chef Sarah Schafer

Uncommon Wine Festival
July 12th
Vista Hills Vineyard
Dayton OR

International Pinot Noir Celebration
July 24th-26th
Linfield Campus
McMinnville OR

Plate & Pitchfork
August 15th
Sun Gold Farms
Forest Grove OR
with Chef David Sapp and Scott Dolich of Park Kitchen

Feast Portland
September 18th & 19th
Various Locations
Portland OR

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Spring Has Sprung

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The warehouse is getting emptier and emptier. The blends in the cellar are getting closer to their bottling date. In the meantime there are plenty of opportunities to get out and taste some Love & Squalor. This Friday from 3-6pm I will be pouring at the brand new Zupan's store in Lake Grove. I look forward to surprising the crowds with the Fancy Pants Riesling and other treats.

Next month marks the 10-year anniversary of the original eastside wine spot - Noble Rot. The Rot has been my hang since they opened, long before I was a winemaker. They were the first place to put Love & Squalor on the list and the first to pour it in a flight. I got all sorts of warm fuzzies for them. The Rotten Girls plus Leather are putting together a bash that is open to the public. 11 wineries pouring, mouth-watering snacks, some live tunes. If it is even half as memorable as the first anniversary, well . . . I guess I'll remember some of it.

Hope to see you all out there this Spring.

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The Newest Portland Urban Winery Tasting - TOMORROW!

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Last minute impromptu get-together in a cavernous room that will someday house a winery. Jesse Skiles - Fausse Piste, Prop. - is opening up his new space in Industrial SE tomorrow and asked me to bring some wine. We'll be popping some corks, eating some cheese and talking smack. Also in attendance will be the-man-named-after-a-river, Ewald Moseler, pouring the wines he likes from Teutonic Wine Co. This will be a fun time and there will be some good wines open - many made in such small quantities that this may be your only chance to put them in your mouth. The Details Sunday 9/18 3-8pm 537 SE Ash St. (right behind J&M Cafe ((mmmm, delicious waffles))) 97214 $10

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Summer of (Oregon)Riesling

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I am happy that Paul Greico's obsession with all things Riesling has spread out from it's New York home and has become a national epidemic. Here in Oregon, nine restaurants are participating in the Summer of Riesling by pouring three Rieslings by the glass all summer long, with many others restaurants highlighting Riesling as well.The following are signed up:

Bar Avignon, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Clyde Common, Portland

Gruner, Portland

June, Portland

Le Pigeon, Portland

Heathman Restaurant and Bar, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Metrovino, Portland

Ned Ludd, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Olympic Provisions, Portland

Love & Squalor Riesling is showing up at these fine spots and is additionally ON TAP! at Kir and St. Jack. This is a special one barrel 2010 cuvee that I created for these guys. When it's gone, it's gone.

Check out more in this recent Portland Monthly article.

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Winter's Hill Tasting Next Week

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Hey There - Hope you can make it out to this tasting - Five Wineries/One Vineyard - only 45 minutes from Portland.

Cheers -

Matt

The Terroir of Winter's Hill expressed by 5 Winemakers June 26 11-5pm Winter’s Hill Vineyard 6451 NE Hilltop Lane, Dayton OR 97114 Taste wines made by 5 different winemakers using grapes grown in Winter’s Hill Vineyard. $10 tasting fee.

In addition to making estate wines from their vineyard in the Dundee Hills, Winter's Hill Vineyard sells grapes to other wineries in the region. For the first time, we are bringing those wines and winemakers together for a public tasting. Compare and enjoy the similarities and differences between the wines while nibbling on food pairings selected by the winemakers to accompany their wines.

Anne Amie Vineyards makes one of the few single vineyard designated Pinot Gris wines in Oregon, using fruit from Winter’s Hill Vineyard. Winemaker Thomas Houseman worked with Winter’s Hill fruit at a previous winery, and since coming to Anne Amie he has put his own stamp on the wine.

Matello owner and winemaker Marcus Goodfellow has worked with Winter’s Hill fruit for more than 10 years. That kind of long-term working relationship has tremendous value to both the vineyard and winery, as both can learn from each other as they work to improve the quality of the wine.

Cottonwood Winery is a boutique winery making wines from several of Oregon’s best vineyards. Winemaker Aaron Lieberman and Russell Gladhart of Winter’s Hill worked together at Amity Vineyards in the mid 90’s and have remained friends ever since. It is a pleasure to work together again.

Love and Squalor Wines are made by proprietor Matt Berson. As an assistant winemaker at several well known Oregon wineries he made wine from vineyards across the Willamette Valley. That knowledge serves him today as he blends Pinot Noir for his own label.

Winemaker Delphine Gladhart of Winter’s Hill works almost exclusively with fruit from Winter’s Hill Vineyard. She is looking forward to tasting the wines that other people have crafted using the same building blocks.

Special 5-pack savings! All five winemakers have selected one of their wines for inclusion in a special five bottle pack at 15% off.

Winter's Hill Vineyard www.WintersHillWine.com cellardoor@wintershillwine.com 6451 Hilltop LaneDayton, OR 97114 503-864-4538

Drinkin' Squalor at Plate & Pitchfork

Just wanted to let you know that I will be serving Love & Squalor wines at my first Plate & Pitchfork dinner in August. Tickets got on sale tomorrow morning on their website http://plateandpitchfork.com/dinners.aspx The excellent chefs of Nostrana and Lincoln restaurants will be cooking using the products of Champoeg Farm in St. Paul (where the dinner is being held) not far from Portland. Joining me in the the lubrications will be Justin of J. Daan winery. Details are below:

Sunday, August 22 at Champoeg Farm in St. Paul, Oregon

Chef Cathy Whims from Nostrana and Chef Jenn Louis from Lincoln & Culinary Artistry

Wines from Love & Squalor and J. Daan Wine Cellars

Dinner begins at 5:00pm - $125 per person

Hope you will consider joining us.

Aquariva Restaurant Hosts Love & Squalor

Chef Andy Arndt and the friendly crew at Aquariva (at the Avalon Hotel on Macadam) are hosting me for a casual tasting tomorrow, Wednesday, starting at 5pm. If you've never checked out this spot, this is a nice opportunity. It's a beautiful room on a quiet stretch of the Willamette. The kitchen is focused on regional Italian dishes and locally sourced ingredients. Chef Arndt does a daily fresh sheet complete with wine pairings. Hope you can make it.