I'm often asked what some of my favorite wines are. A lot of them are not widely available so I can't include them in my tastings. That is about to change. One of my favorite wineries is Big Table Farm from Carlton (Willamette) Oregon. Their wines have received outstanding ratings from Wine Spectator Magazine and other wine publications. The owners and winery have been featured in the New York Times and a host of other publications. These wines are usually only available at the winery or via their mailing list. If you want to find out more about them here is a link to their web site:  https://www.bigtablefarm.com/ I let them know I wanted to feature their wines for a tasting and if they could set a package deal for us and they agreed! We have put together a three wine package of some of my favorites for the tasting: Wild Bee Chardonnay:  A great example of Oregon Chard it is versatile and works great as a cocktail wine, with chicken, or less pungent seafood. The per bottle pri...

  Chardonnay is a wine people either love or hate. The truth is EVERYONE likes chardonnay its just that some folks may have not found the chardonnay they like. Chardonnay is the most manipulated wine in the world. The winemaker has as much to do with the taste of the wine as does the grape or the terroir. On Friday, October 2’nd at 5:00 PM via Zoom, you are going to have a chance to find your chardonnay! In addition to learning about chardonnay in general we will be tasting three different styles. We will be tasting the Stoller Family Estate Oregon ($13.50 Phoenix Wine, $14.99 Costco, $20.99   Wine.com )., Joseph Drouhin Macon –Villages from Burgundy France ($9:49 Total Wine, $10.99 Costco, $15.99   Wine.com ), and Hartford Court, Russian River Valley Sonoma ($21.99 Phoenix Wine, $29.99 Total Wine, $27.99   Wine.com   ). The wines should be easy to find but if you have trouble finding any of them you can substitute any Macon-Villages for the Drouhin, A to Z Char...

Mrs. Wine Guy was throwing a bridal shower for the future daughter in law recently.  My hope was that I would get to go visit one of my buddies or head over to the sports bar and watch a game on TV, or do some other manly pursuit.  That hope was short lived when the Mrs. WG asked “would you mind being the bartender”.  Knowing that no was not an option I lied and said “I’d be happy to honey.”  So there I was, committed to using up a perfectly good Sunday afternoon serving wine to 14 ladies.  I did not know about half of the ladies attending and I knew that at least four of them did not drink at all.  So I was selecting wine for at most 10 ladies.  Two were Mrs. Wine Guy and the bride’s mother both of which who have fairly sophisticated palates.  I have a niece that is a fan of Pinot Noir, and the bride to be that will only drink sweet wine , but the rest of them were uncharted territory.  I had to put my wine guy skills to the ...