SPECIAL TASTING

Sunday, March 7th 1-3 PM we will have Dr. Wade Wolfe, owner and winemaker for Thurston Wolfe Winery here for a tasting of their wines! Dr. Wolfe is a pioneer and a legend in the Washington Wine Biz. Don't miss this Special early afternoon event.$10pp (1/2 price Wineaux Gregarious members)

 

Visit the Thurston Wolf Winery web site

 

Feb. 19th: Importer Domaine Select, with Buddy Dunn.Mostly selections from their Italian portfolio, maybe some of their French wines too. This importer brings in some top notch Italian and French wines.

March 5th: Spanish Wines, Rioja; Ribera Del Duero; Jumilla; Priorat; Penedes... Grape varieties such as Monastrell; Tempranillo; Garnacha; Albarino; Verdejo and more...Spain is on fire with the popularity of their incredible wines

March 19th: French Importer, Chateau St. Martin, with owner Hans Giner. We've had Hans here before, and I just tasted some of their new Bordeaux offerings, they're lovely! and they import some other wines and bubbles from other parts of France...and now Spain too.

Past tasting's

OPES had a winemaker's dinner at C'est Si Bon restaurant on Friday, January 22, 2010.The PT Wine Seller did the offer on the sale of the wines. It is half the price of a similar event in Seattle at El Gaucho.
Print out full details of O.P.E.S. No. 79: Casting a Long Shadow at C'est Si Bon-Full Dinner Event

3rd Friday, January 15th: Our Regular Schedule Tasting: Argentina & Chile Reds (and maybe a few whites). To prepare for our upcoming trip to Argentina and Chile, we will taste an array of wines from these countries, focusing on Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon Reds, which these wine regions are quite famous for!
WINE NOT JOIN US on our trip "Argentina /Chile" February 12-24, 2010 and taste again in the land of their origin!  Not just about wine, but plenty of that too! We have fun...private guides for various city and colorful market tours, classic museums, culture, history, architecture, and a bit of Tango! top notch hotels, restaurants, Winery tours, wine paring meals, all breakfasts, all ground transportation and lots more...read all about it here: (airfare not included)
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SPECIAL TUESDAY TASTING January 5th.

RE-SCHEDULED FROM OCTOBER 09
Our Special Sit Down Tasting of some older Washington gems such as Andrew Will, Leonetti Cellars, and Woodward Canyon Reds. We will use large Riedel Stemware. This Tasting is limited to only 20 people. Please Reserve your spot by stopping in and pre-paying, or call with your credit card #. A nice selection of Cheese will be offered as well. $30 pp. ($60 pp non-members) we will open approximately $650-over $800 of these older Washington Superstar Reds, by current market value, on this night. 6 reds and one"greeter wine".

 

December 18th: CHAMPAGNE/BUBBLIES....our annual foray in to the world of Bubblies brings us to all sorts of refreshing sparklers like top quality "Methode Champenois" Domestic Sparkling Wines to Prosecco from Northern Italy, "Cava" From Spain and of course...REAL FRENCH CHAMPAGNE.

December 4th: We will have a Special Tasting of Top Quality Small Producer Italian Wine, by one of my favorite Importers SMALL VINEYARDS. And that's just what they specialize in, impeccable quality and value wines from small, artisinal producer in very limited quantities. While we had listed a tasting of Argentina and Chile wines to promote our upcoming trip to Argentina and Chile...it dawned on me that I pre-ordered around $4000 wholesale value of these Small Vineyard Italian wines at a tasting I was at last Summer. these wine are brought in on only a pre-order basis, so they are a "one shot deal"..they are not wines I can just get on the horn and order more of...they only bring in the quantities pre-ordered by wine shops and restaurants. We will have a rep from SMALL VINEYARDS ion hand who knows all about the wines, regions, grape varieties and people involved in these limited production gems!!! Tristan Ohms of Small Vineyards Imports will be on hand to illuminate and answer any questions about these wines! Buy what you love at the tasting, 'cause when they're gone...they're gone

Our "Taste of Argentina and Chile trip is February 12-24, 2010. WINE NOT GO WITH JOE!..check out the itinerary www.JoeEuroTravel.com or Earth bound expeditions

November 20th: 'THE GREAT TURKEY-DAY WINES" TASTE OFF...at least that's the plan for now. Every year we think this will be the last one of these, where my lovely wife Susan is kind enough to prep most of the classic dishes for a traditional Thanksgiving Feast...then we try a whole "buckshot" load of various whites, reds dry Roses and the new Beaujolais Nouveau too!

Special "off schedule tasting":Constellation’s Luxury Tier Holiday Tasting November 13th, 2009 From 5:30PM to 7:00PM.

These will be premium wines NOT SEEN AT SUPERMARKETS.. there will be some very generous price incentives and discounts, not only for 1/2 Whole and Mixed Cases...and WINEAUX discounts, but there will also be some coupons available for up to $50 OFF for qualifying case purchases.
Regular price $10 pp 1/2 price for Wineaux Gregarious members.

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November 6th:'07 Rhone Reds with Jesse Hufstader of C & G Wines. (Another of the small, independent distributors we deal with here.) Jesse is a very knowledgeable young man with a passion for wines, especially the Wines of France, and he's made it his business to know them well. '07 is being touted as one of the Greatest Vintages in the Rhone and Southern France for decades. we'll taste various wines such as Lirac, Chateauneuf du Pape, Vacqeras, Gigondas, and several Cotes du Rhones.

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October 2nd:Washington Wines with DJP Selection's Dave Pirwitz."The Best New Washington Wines you may Never Have Heard Of" Dave did a Tasting a while back here, and since Joe will be in France for our first 2 tastings...Dave has volunteered to show some of his Tasty Delights. Dave specializes in newer and small production Washington Wines...and his new distributorship is growing rapidly. Dave is quite knowledgeable about his products, and has also managed to get many of them on a lot of wines lists around town lately too. Of course at our 17% off retail Wineaux Gregarious prices...the prices at your local Wine Seller will be considerably less!

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October 16th: Aussie Wines with Matt McCleary of Noble Wines. Matt is another veteran of the Wine Seller's Wine Tasting series. Details of which wines to be featured are being worked out. Keep the date booked though its sure to be worth it.

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Past 2008 tasting's:

April 21st: We experienced a 3 year vertical of one of the world's finest Chateauneuf du Pape wines, Chateau de Beaucastel, 2004, 2005( #8 on the Wine Spectator's Top 100) and 2006. All 3 wines have garnered mid to upper 90's scores from Wine Spectator and Robert Parker. Chateau De Beaucastel is very tightly allocated, and they all sell for over $100/btl. Also featured where 3 other Rhone styled domestic blends in another flight, one or two from Beaucastel's Paso Robles winery, "Tablas Creek". The event was wonderful, where else can you taste a 3 year vertical of one of the world's top Chateauneuf du Pape wines, along with some of this historic winery's other wines too.

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Friday, April 17th:"OLD WORLD" BORDEAUX, vs. "NEW WORLD" BORDEAUX-STYLE" BLENDS.  The 5 varietals of Real French Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon; Merlot; Cabernet Franc; Malbec and Petite Verdot.

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Friday, May 1st: "Mutt Reds" those lovely iconoclastic blends that are neither a "Bordeaux Blend", a "Tuscan or Rhone Blend" either. Instead, there are a whole new generation of tasty, well made blended reds that may have grape varieties from any or all of these classic varietals. Let's taste these "Mutts" and see if a few just happen to follow you home.

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Friday, May 15th:& New Zealand Wines.  While we have had wines from New Zealand in some of our other tasting's, we may never have done just a focus on their wines exclusively. So WINE NOT...?  Some of the world's greatest and most "varietaly correct" Sauvignon Blancs, some lovely Pinot Noirs, and even some Merlots and Bordeaux-Style Blends.  Regions like Marlborough, Martinborough, and Nelson.

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Friday, June 5th: Spanish Wines. From Rioja to Riera del Deuro, and Rueda to Albarino...Spain is HOT right now! Some terrific and fascinating wines. Garnacha (called Grenache in France) Jumilla Reds, made from the Monastrell.

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Friday, June 19th: ZIN-CITY REVISITED, The Reds of Summer, perfect for BBQ's etc. BIG, BOLD, RICH RIPE, HEADY, and HEDONISTIC Zinfandels. This is the last of the scheduled Friday night Wine Tasting Series till October. But we may have special events, check back.