Bend Wine Cellar
Hours: Saturday 2-5pm
Thursday 3-5pm and by appointment


1444 College Way, Suite 8
Bend, OR 97701
541-385-9258
Saturday Wine Tastings

Below are the wines that we will be tasting this Saturday. Each wine has been personally selected by our staff to introduce you to the wines we believe you will enjoy. Many of them may be new to you, all of them will be memorable.

Wines at the tasting are always available for purchase by the bottle, case or mixed cases. Cheers!

February 27, 2010

2007 St. Innocent Chardonnay Freedom Hill Vineyard
The St. Innocent Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay is one of the greatest values in Chardonnay. It is made to express the minerality inherent in Freedom Hill Vineyard. Here are the winery's notes on this wine: "The 2007 growing season ended with a cool fall that extended the ripening phase and produced well fruited and complex white wines. All of the 2007 whites are exceptional. The 2007 Freedom Hill Chardonnay has an enormous nose of white and yellow fruits, spice, orange blossom and stones that remind me of granite and marble. It enters your mouth with intense yellow fruit flavors reminiscent of peach compote and more spices. The texture is mouth filling, viscous and lingers into an extended finish. Richly layered, with complex flavors in the mid-palate and finish, it reminds me a cross between well made Maconais and Chablis in a ripe vintage. Match this wine with shellfish, roasted birds, and cheeses. Drinkable at release, it will develop over 8 years."


2006 Pezzi King Zinfandel Dry Creek Old Vines
Dry Creek in Sonoma is classic Zinfandel country. Zinfandel ripens just enough to make some of the finest Zinfandel wines anywhere. Pezzi King has long been a favorite of ours of the Dry Creek Zinfandels. The 2005 version of this wine got a double-gold award at the California State Fair. It is loaded with dark, briary raspberry fruit with soft tannins that make it a wine to drink now. It is a big, ripe, expressive Zinfandel that will pair well with a grilled meats and can stand up to barbeque sauce.

2005 Madeleine Merlot
In October 2005 we purchased four tons of Merlot grapes from a vineyard in St. Helena, California. It was a superb vintage in Napa Valley and a very large vintage, too. It turned out to be a particularly good vintage for Merlot. We got some great grapes for a great price. These grapes have now been made into wine and 112 cases of the wine are available for sale from Bend Wine Cellar. We named the wine for our granddaughter, Avery Madeleine, who was born in the month in which the grapes for this wine were harvested. The label features a copy of her footprints from the birth certificate. The wine has a beautiful brilliant ruby color, a lovely core of intense, ripe, and structured dark cherry fruit with some nice chocolate and fine length. The wine was aged for about a year and a half on used French oak. The oak frames the fruit without overwhelming it. We think this is an incredible wine for the price. The wine is drinking just fine right now and will age and develop for ten years or more if properly stored.





PAST SATURDAY WINE TASTINGS
February 27, 2010
February 20, 2010
February 13, 2010
February 6, 2010
January 30, 2010
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LOCAL WINE EVENTS
01/16/2006 - WTW Walla Walla Syrahs
02/20/2006 - WTW Zinfandels
03/27/2006 - WTW Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
04/10/2006 - WTW Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio
05/15/2006 - WTW Sauvignon Blanc
06/19/2006 - WTW Gamay Wines
07/17/2006 - WTW Pinot Noir Shea Vineyard
08/21/2006 - WTW Blended White Wines
09/18/2006 - WTW Chardonnay
10/30/2006 - WTW Gewurztraminer
11/20/2006 - WTW Pinot Noir
12/18/2006 - WTW 2006 Wine Spectator Top 100
01/22/2007 - WTW Sparkling Wines
02/12/2007 - WTW Chianti
03/26/2007 - WTW Cabernet Sauvignon
04/23/2007 - WTW Southern Rhone Tasting


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