The Cellar

A quick quiz question....

2012-01-27T12:54:00.001-08:00

Though Madeira benefits from high-temperature aging, excessive heat usually ruins wine, resulting in stewed, burnt flavors. A wine flawed like this is called what?

"Smoked"
"Toasted"
"Lit"
"Cooked"

South Afican Wine Tasting

2011-12-20T13:55:00.001-08:00

Join us for our next wine tasting on January 20th, 2012 for a tour of South African wines!!!!

Naked Wine Tasting!

2011-12-10T13:13:00.000-08:00

We had some great wines and great times at our last tasting as we sampled wines from Naked Winery!

Hope you can make the next one in January!

Cheers,

Marty

November Tasting

2011-10-15T11:36:00.000-07:00

Let's drink naked! Novembers tasting will be all Naked Wines from Naked Winery in Hood River, Oregon. Check out their link at: Naked Winery. Also, Chef Donnie Wuerl will be back to bring his wonderful foods to compliment the wines. This is going to be a fun event for all!!!!

Get off the beaten path

2011-09-28T09:57:00.000-07:00

Ok, we all have our favorites, Cab, Chardonnay, Merlot, Riesling etc, and don't get me wrong, I love them too, sometimes all in one night....ok, not really, well....nevermind about that! It's time to try a new grape, to step out and experiment. Portugal is making some great wines these days with grapes you probably have never heard of. I have been carrying them in my store for some time now and folks that try them have really enjoyed their aromas and flavors. Grapes such as Touriga Nacional, Alfrocheiro or Touriga Francesa. Ever try a Xarel-lo from Spain, it's a wonderful refreshing white wine. Come on in to The Cellar and ask me for a new grape!

Tastings

2011-09-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Hey folks, the tastings this summer have been too much fun and informative. We have tasted some great wines and had a lot of laughs. Here are some photos from our tasting with Executive Chef Donnie Wuerl who raised the level with his outstanding food! We even had Jane Garvey as a special guest, a great night all around!!!! Our November tasting is scheduled for November 5th and is going to be really fun, trust me on this one. You may want to bring a date! Details to follow in my email. Thanks to everyone!

Back from Napa

2010-06-30T12:56:00.000-07:00

Just got back from a few days of golf and wine in Napa Valley. We stopped by Domaine Carneros and tasted some delicious Pinot Noirs. The Avant-Garde is a young, fruity wine while the Domaine Carneros-Estate is a bigger wine with notes of black cheery, raspberry, toast and chocolate. We also had The Famous Gate Pinot, their original Pinot dating production back to 1992. This wine seemed a tad light to me but offered smoky and dark cherry flavors. We also tried a nice Merlot that has limited production and can only be sold at the winery. And I shot an 81 at Chardonnay Golf Course which winds through a vineyard. Free drop if you hit it in the Vineyard....which I did not!

Cheers all.

Welcome to The Cellar at Twist Blog

2010-04-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

Wine is fun, each bottle has it's own story, it's a living, changing organism! Sorry, got a little carried away. I hope this blog turns out to be the same. I will try to bring fun and humor along with some wine education for all who come here. We can talk tasting notes, food pairings the latest goings on in the industry and what is hot and what is not. Feel free to comment at anytime. It's all about the juice!

Cheers!

Marty
The Cellar at Twist