The Girls - Amber Lane & Annette Bergevin
It seems only natural that we begin this series with Bergevin Lane Vineyards from Walla Walla. Annette Bergevin and Amber Lane are a couple of spirited, fun-loving, irreverent cute chics who make great wine. (As anybody can tell by meeting Janet, David is a big fan of cute chics.) Together with their winemaker Steffan Jorgenson, who brings a world of experience to his craft, Bergevin Lane practice a somewhat restrained style, coaxing extraordinary elegance from their wines. Bergevin Lane Vineyards is a sister stream in the world of wine to the Bethany’s Table freestyle approach to food and hospitality.
We will be serving four courses of food paired with great wines including their highly rated Syrah and amazing 2004 Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon – a great year! The cost is only $35 per person.
Make your reservation for November 13th and 20th. Arrive, as usual, between 6:30 and 7 pm. Seating is at 7. Click Contact Us in the left panel to email your reservation or call us at (503) 614-0267.
Do you want to familiarize yourself with Bergevin Lane Vineyards? Click here to view the Bergevin Lane website.
A New Age of Women Winemakers
Quintessential Spanish Excellence
Tempranillo by Alejandro Fernandez
October 23rd & 30th we are moving from Multi-Generational Wineries to Multi-Generational Families Making Wine, and beginning with a focus on Women Winemakers. Alejandro Fernandez has turned over the job of making wine to his daughter Eva.
Previously we have featured Spanish wines because of the excellent value they afford. While the wines produced from Tempranillo grapes by Alejandro Fernandez are not inexpensive, they are nonetheless true to this theme. These are truly great wines.
Because we are working with a single varietal, Janet must be especially crafty in creating the food pairings that show off these distinctly different manifestations of the Tempranillo grape.
She will show off her Halloween Special, Black Squid Ink Pasta & Salmon and she will also be serving Osso Bucco made with grass-fed Beef Shank and Spicy Sausage served over Creamy Polenta.
Select "Contact Us" in the left panel to email your reservation or simply call us at at 503 614-0267
Seating is limited. The cost is $40 for wine and dinner. Arrive between 6:30 and 7, begin at 7 PM.
Southern Oregon Wines
There are scads of wineries in Southern Oregon. The website for Southern Oregon Wineries Association (www.sowa.org) boasts 48 member wineries. One of our favorites among these is Abacela (www.abacela.com). So we are continuing our Southern Oregon exploration on Friday, July 10th by featuring this truly great winery.
As usual, we will greet guests beginning at 6:30 and seat at 7:00 pm. and begin at 7. The cost is $25.00.
Be there!
Call (503) 614-0267 or use the form below to make your reservation.
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We Surrender! Wine tasting is being moved back to Friday night.
When we asked our customers how they felt about moving the wine tastings from Fridays to Thursday night we got about a 50/50 response. Since we made the move to Thursday a much higher percentage of our customers have voted with their feet. We have had a couple of great Thursday tastings, usually when attendance is augmented by a large group. But attendance overall has been pretty meager. Our Friday tastings were filling up the house.
You can't have a drunk wife and a full case of wine – Italian proverb
Here we typically say "You can't have your cake and eat it too"… but you know those Italians. We will attempt to defy these axioms. We will hold the wine tastings on Friday and still be available for drop in dining. To accomplish this we will limit the number of participants to 16. This will fill our main table and leave the remainder of the restaurant available for dining. And there are always the outside tables.
Guinea Pig Tasting
The Guinea Pig Tastings have been a great success. We have discovered some great wine that, based on our customers' input, now resides on our list. The theme continues. Next we are tasting a great Italian Rosé (Librandi Ciro Rosato 2008), a German 2006 Silvaner from Villa Wolf, comparing two super-value Argentine Malbecs… and, as the finale, maybe the best Cabernet we've tasted this year by Janvik from the Columbia Valley.
Date: Friday, May 28th and June 5th.
Time: Meet and Greet 6:30 – 7:00 pm. Seating at 7. You are not late until after 7.
Cost: $20 per person
Feedback? Want to make a reservation? Please feel free to comment below.
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