Saturday April 4th 1-4PM FREE

2007 Pievalta Verdicchio dei Castelli (my new favorite white wine for <$15)

2007 Delas Cotes du Ventoux (from world stimulus, Rhone wine)

2003 Aranleon Reserva (Spanish Wine)

2007 Vaona Valpolicella Classico (WSJ called it one of the best values from Veneto)

The Pinot madness continues this Friday at Garrison’s Fine Wines. It has been one month since our first festival (Party) that focused on the 2007 vintage of Oregon Pinot Noir. If this is your first time getting the newsletter, we are having three tastings purely focusing on the 2007 vintage of Oregon Pinot Noir. In part, this is in response to Matt Kramer’s article two months. The other reason is because I, like many of you, love Oregon Pinot Noir. The third tasting of this continuous festival will be in late summer when many other 2007 Pinot Noir wines will be released. (Yes, you should be asking yourself now how an article was written about these wines when they were not even bottled or released 3-4 months ago.) This flight will consist of seven wines. Come enjoy the fun and have your own opinion of the 2007 vintage!

Friday, April 3^rd 5-8 PM

Oregon Pinot Noir Festival Part II

Tasting Flight of Seven Wines$20 Tasting Fee

2007 Matello Pinot Noir Homage A&D

2007 Beacon Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

2007 Purple Hands Pinot Noir Canary Hill Vineyard

2007 Antica Terra Pinot Noir

2007 Dominio IV Pinot Noir ‘Black and Red’

2007 Evesham Wood Pinot Noir Le Grive Bleue

2007 Grochau Cellars Pinot Noir Cuvee des Amis

2005 Rene Rostaing Condrieu La Bonnette

WA 93 (less than 300 cases made)

Originally $65+ Now $45

The 2005s are intense, rich, structured, tannic, and backward. Like so many Northern Rhones, they possess considerable structure and tannin which gives the sense that the wines are going to age for a long time. Yet in the eternal struggle in a wine’s evolution between the fruit and the tannin, the tannins win out 90% or more of the time.A limited production wine (only around 3,000 bottles), but superb, is the 2005 Condrieu La Bonnette, which exhibits plenty of peach, apricot, and honeysuckle notes in a medium to full-bodied, opulent style, but in 2005 the good acidity of the vintage has given the wine more definition and freshness than usual.

Saturday March 28^th

1-4PM FREE

2007 Pievalta Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi (full bodied white for the spring)

2006 Coltibuono Cancelli Rosso (Sangiovese/Syrah)

2007 Valleoscuro VO (Tempranillo & Mencia)

2007 Valdehermoso Ribera del Duero

Friday, March 27^th 5-8 PM

Owner’s Pick

Tasting Fee of $15

2006 Philippe Chavy Bourgogne Blanc

2006 Purple Hands Red Blend

2007 Oratoire St. Martin Cairanne Rouge Reserve des Seigneurs

2005 Domaine du Mortier Dionysis (Cab Franc)

2003 Elena Walch Lagrein Riserva (3 glass winner from Gambero Rosso)

2004 Ferrando Nebbiolo di Carema Bianca

Saturday March 21^st 1-4PM

FREE

2007 Corsini Langhe Rosso ‘Matot’ $10.50 (New Release)

2000 Castell Sallegg Pinot Nero Riserva $12 (Originally $25)

2007 ANA Vineyards Riesling $13 (Originally $20+)

2006 Col des Vents Corbieres $9.50

Friday, March 20^th 5-8 PM

Burgundy

Tasting Fee of $19

1999 Philippe Roty Marsannay Quartier

2003 Domaine Michel Juillot Mercurey Les Champs Martins 1^er

2005 Domaine du Clos Salomon Givry Clos Salomon 1^er (Monopole)

2006 Jean Marc Milllot cote de Nuits Villages Aux Faulques (Monopole)

2006 Domaine Francois Gay Savigny Les Beaune Serpentieres 1^er

2006 Vincent Girardin Savigny Les Beaune Les Serpentieres 1^er

Bonus Pour $6

2006 Domaine Francois Gay Corton Renardes Grand Cru

Saturday March 14^th

1-4PM FREE

2006 Remy Wines Three Wives Red Blend

2007 R Wines Evil Cabernet Sauvignon

2003 Doamine Moureou Madiran

2007 Biggio Hamina Pinot Blanc

Friday, March 13^th 5-8 PM

Washington Cabernet Sauvignon

Tasting Fee of $15 or Free

(Tasting Fee refunded with bottle purchase from Flight)

2005 Basel Cabernet Sauvignon Pheasant Run Vineyard

2006 Bergevin Lane Cabernet Sauvignon

2005 Boudreaux Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

2005 Fidelitas Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Five Star Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

2006 Trust Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon

Saturday March 7^th 1-4PM FREE

2006 Chapoutier Cote du Rhone Belleruche

2007 Cameron Chardonnay

2006 Flor del Montgo Old Vines Garnacha

2007 L. Pira Dolcetto d’Alba