Featured / 19.07.2018

Tasting rooms are terrific! There's nothing like being on the premises where the wine is made and, if you're lucky, chatting with the people who created the wine. Then there's that magical, mystical hard-to-explain phenomenon that happens when you tip your glass. The wine just tastes a little bit better when you drink it at the winery/near the vineyard where the grapes were grown. Lots of theories about that but no scientifically-established reason.  But we don't care.  If wine tastes better...

All of Pat's Picks, Featured / 16.07.2018

They say it's cooling off today:  from this weekend's high of 100 all the way down to 94.  Gonna be downright frigid, right? That's here in Portland but wherever you are, the rosé summer continues.  To keep the ball rollin', we're recommending a rosé that's easy to find,  grab on the way home, chill in the fridge,  and enjoy without breaking the bank. The 2017 Fleurs de Prairie rosé comes to us from arguably the rosé capital of the world,  Provence.  As such, it's typically French:  dry and tangy with...