June 6: Blind Tasting Challenge
Ever Wondered How Good your Palate is?
This Saturday, we’re hiding the labels and putting your senses to the test with a Blind Tasting Challenge. Come taste with us, trust your instincts, and see what happens when the wine does the talking.
You’ll taste four wines and try to identify:
The grape variety
The country
Bonus points for the specific region
The top tasters will win a prize, along with very well-earned bragging rights.
May 30: Label Art: What's on the Bottle Matters
You can’t always judge a wine by its label, but sometimes the outside of the bottle gives you a pretty good clue about what’s inside. This week’s tasting is all about label art, not just as decoration, but as part of the wine’s story.
These four bottles show how much a label can say. Big Salt gives you the coastal, breezy feel of the wine before the first sip. Love You Bunches turns carbonic maceration into a playful pun. Threadcount uses its quilted design to suggest texture and ease. And Canard’s Resurgence tells a much deeper story of loss, recovery, and giving back after the Glass Fire.
The wines are just as varied as the labels: a fresh, aromatic white, a crisp rosé, a juicy carbonic red, and a full-bodied Cabernet with a powerful backstory. Come taste how the outside of the bottle can help tell the story of what’s inside.
2025 Big Salt White: $20
A dry, aromatic Oregon white with a label as bold and breezy as the wine itself. Fresh and saline, with lemon, grapefruit, ginger, aloe, white flowers, and a lightly textured finish from brief skin contact. Great with oysters, shrimp, sushi, Thai food, goat cheese, or salty snacks.
May 23: Wines for the Long Weekend
Memorial Day weekend has a way of moving everything outside, even if spring has been slow to cooperate. It’s the weekend for gathering with family and friends, opening the pool, firing up the grill, and hoping the weather finally gets the memo. This Saturday’s lineup is built for exactly that kind of weekend, with wines that feel fresh, festive, and easy to share, from a lively Armenian pet-nat and a textured Spanish white to classic Provençal rosé and a grill-ready California Syrah. Whether you’re serving vegetables, seafood, cheese, chicken, burgers, or barbecue, there’s something here for the table.
2024 Tushpa X Lab Pet Nat:$25
A lively, gently sparkling Armenian wine made from the rare native Lalvari grape. Fresh, bright, and lightly fizzy, with citrus, green apple, herbs, and a little texture from its natural pet-nat style. Fun for a holiday toast, salty snacks, cheese, grilled shrimp, or fried chicken.
May 16: Springtime in Italy
Spring has fully arrived in Italy, and this week, it looks like it may finally be starting here too. We’re leaning into the moment with a lineup of fresh, vibrant Italian wines that feel just right for warmer days, longer evenings, and food that gets a little lighter.
This tasting travels from the hills of Veneto to two very different corners of Tuscany, then on to Le Marche, with four wines that show just how varied Italian wine can be. There’s a bright, mineral white from the Valle d’Agno, a pale Tuscan rosé with a Provençal wink, a fresh and floral Rosso di Montepulciano, and a juicy Rosso Piceno from the hills between the Adriatic and the Apennines.
In other words, Italy in spring: lively, colorful, food-friendly, and ready for the table. Come taste with us.
2023 Masari AgnoBianco: $16
A bright, mineral Veneto white made from Riesling and Durella, with citrus, white flowers, herbs, and a creamy-crisp texture from lees aging. Fresh, fragrant, and great with oysters, grilled shrimp, goat cheese, or spring vegetables.
May 9: Wine and Roses for Mother's Day
Mother’s Day has a way of calling for something a little more thoughtful, but that doesn’t mean it has to be overdone. This week’s lineup is built for exactly that: beautiful, food-friendly wines that feel special without making a fuss;
There are pink bubbles for the first toast, a bright Austrian Grüner for appetizers and spring dishes, a fresh Lake Garda red that plays beautifully with lighter fare, and a classic Southern Rhône red for the main course. Whether you’re cooking for Mom, bringing a bottle to the table, or taking her out and opening something good later, there is a bottle here worth sharing. Pick up the flowers. We’ve got the wine!
Dibon Cava Brut Rosé: $16
A pretty pink Cava made from 100% Garnacha, with fresh raspberry, blackcurrant, and fine, lively bubbles. It’s dry, festive, and easy to love, perfect for appetizers, brunch, or the first toast.
