We taste wines from specific regions, varietals, or wine makers announced through our email list and press media – What’s Next:
Superb Zinfandels
Saturday, April 6, 2019, 4-7p This event is $20pp-$35pc
Zinfandels, I’ve searched for the right Zinfandels, and of course always leading me back to California, Having one of the earliest history’s with the varietal. Some of the oldest Zinfandels only exist in Napa Valley. The wines I’ve picked are not easy to find, rarely available readily.
I know you will enjoy them. Rich, juicy, balanced. Unique!
4-7p, 6-23-18
Join us for a Saturday soirée of wines, small bites.
$10pp tasting fee
Just in case you need a reason:
Many doctors agree that something in red wine appears to help your heart. It’s possible that antioxidants, such as flavonoids or a substance called resveratrol, have heart-healthy benefits. Nuff said!!
Saturday September 30, 2017
The wines of Waters Winery, 21 Grams, wine makers Jamie Brown and Greg Harrington, (Master Sommelier, Gramarcy Cellars) created a fabulous line of wines with incredible vineyard sourcing, the Syrah is from Leonetti Vineyard. 21 Grams only makes one exceptional wine, Cabernet Sauvingnon, “Blue Chip Calliber”.
Washington’s Premier producer Featuring:
White-Roussanne Viogier
Beautifully made Syrah’s, Cabernet Sauvignon.
And 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21-Grams, only 100 cases produced
Tasting fee $20pp $35pc
$10 Waived on purchase of 3 bottles or more
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Saturday February 4, 2017
Scarpetta Wines
At a recent trade tasting I met Master Sommelier Bobby Stuckey, (236 in the World) and Chef Lachlan Patterson, both James Beard award winners, tasting through their hand picked selections.
After spending time at Little Nell’s in Aspen, and then French Laundry in Napa, they decided to team up and open their own restaurant in Boulder Colorado, Frasca.
Wanting to select wines for their restaurant they headed to Italy to find wines and build relations with specific wine makers.
Fast forward: Scarpetta wine label is born. These are quality every day wines which stand for great values and quality. Hand picked by Master Sommelier Bobby.
We will tasting these wines this Saturday, 4-7p $10 tasting fee.
Please join us.
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Coming in January 2017:
Oddero, This Italian gem has wonderful Barolo’s, One of which is aged for 10 years before release, and only in exceptional years.
Janurary 28, 2017, 4-7p
Madiera’s
Every public event—from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to George Washington’s Inauguration—was toasted with a glass of Madeira. For more than 150 years, no other wine rivaled it in the eyes of connoisseurs.
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Thursday’s impromptu tasting’s No tasting fee:
4-28-16 time: All day
Cotes Du Ciel Roussanne, and Pogni Chianti
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One of the Oldest, greatest: Red Mountain AVA’s, specifically: Ciel Du Cheval
Join us on Saturday March 5, 2016 4-7p, Mr Holmes will be pouring his second vintage of which will include a 100% Cunoise, which I had the chance to taste earlier this past month, “I’m a fan of all that Mr Holmes is producing, a thougtful and detail oriented man determined to make some of the best wines in the state.
Tasting fee of $10 4-7p
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Italian Wines, with wine Specialist Ciro D’Onofrio, Ciro will pouring Vermentino, Pecorino, also a Merlot/Montipulciano blend, and the fabulous Vin Noble di Montepulciano 2006, and an Amarone 2011!!!
Tasting fee $10 per person, couples $15 February 20, 2016 4-7p
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Tranche Winery is coming to Tacoma
A Washington winery
With wine specialist Rob Griswold
Saturday March 21, 2015 4-7 p tasting fee $5
The wines:
2011 “Slice of Pape Blanc” (Roussanne, Viognier, Marsanne)
2010 Barbara
2010 Sangiovese
2011 Estate Syrah
2009 “Slice of Pape” (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre)
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First release of Cotes De Ciel
This is winemaker Richard Holmes first release of reds, Syrah, Cabernet, Merlot, Reserve Syrah, Petit Verdot, Flagship Reserve, Cabernet Franc, Nebbiolo.
Mr. Holmes holds a degree in Enology from UC Davis, has worked many years in the Ciel Du Cheval vineyards on Red Mountain. His very first wine release was last year, a beautiful 100% Viognier.
With total production at around 2,100 cases total.
Mr. Holmes will be present pouring his wines here at Black Door Wine Company
October 18, from 5-7pm. We will be pairing these wonderful wines with Artisan Tamales.
Tasting fee $5
Rhone Rangers with Sommelier Dorian Wood
Old World Creation, New World Variation
Rhones, Specifically, Washington State. Those wondrful red and white blends of Grenache, Mourverde, Syrah, Cinsault, Viogier, Roussane.
Saturday September 27, 2014
5-7pm with Sommelier Dorian Wood
$5 tasting fee
What we’re drinking now.
Saturday October 12, 2013 3-6pm
The premier Argentinian wines with the Bordeaux past
tasting fee $8 for 8 wines of unique terrior
Bertrand Cuvelier grew up in Bordeaux, moving to Argentina to begin a personal winery journey to make his wines, his name, from experiences of Bordeaux.
Please join us to celebrate these unique wines
Saturday, September 28, 2013
from 4-6pm Black Door Wine Company warmly welcomes you to taste
ten Cru Beaujolais wines!
“quite possibly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…..”
This is Red Fruit the Gamay grape expresses, so well, with a lovely month feel of elegance, finesse, and a fleshy & silky body. Stunning!
Think, full-bodied stamped with kirsch, spice and mignonette aromas-flavors that are fruity and floral. This line up is about forthright red fruit with plum.
($10.00 tasting fee per person)
These wines do not usually show the word “Beaujolais” on the label, in an attempt to separate themselves from mass-produced Nouveau; in fact vineyards in the cru villages are not allowed to produce Nouveau. The maximum yields for Cru Beaujolais wine is 48 hl/ha. Their wines can be more full-bodied, darker in color, and significantly longer-lived.
Located north of Lyon in eastern France, Beaujolais overlaps Burgundy in the north and Rhône in the south. The picturesque Beaujolais vineyards run along the Saône River, where winemakers have crafted deliciously supple and fruity wines since the days of Ancient Rome.
On mainly granitic soils, the Beaujolais Crus form a meandering path. From south to north, Brouilly is followed by Côte de Brouilly, Régnié, Morgon, Chiroubles, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent, Chénas, Juliénas and Saint-Amour. Just one grape, Gamay, expresses itself differently in each of the Crus. You will have the opportunity to compare many of these areas side-by-side to pick out your favorite. Beaujolais delivers terrific quality for the price, which is why it is a favorite of people working in the wine business.
******Save the Date******
Hard Cider Tasting on Saturday, October 19, 2013!
4:00 p.m- 6:00 p.m
Please join us at BDWC on September 7, 2013 to taste
High Piedmont Mountain Wines
Time: 4:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M
Fee: $5.00 per person
Black Door Wine Company is excited to taste through a portfolio of high Piedmont wines destined for greatness due to ideal practices employed by a new generation of winemakers. Colline Novarese, Ghemme, Gatinara and Fara viticultural areas are relevant to the Il Chiosso wine lineup, that is mostly focused on the medium body and aromatic Spanna grape, the local name for Nebbiolo. We will taste through wines of the Valsusa DOC that comes through the Casa Ronsil wines to be worth our customers’ time and money.
(a bit more reading below)
CASA RONSIL from Val de Susa DOC
High in western Piedmont, is a narrow valley of Susa and the hamlet Chiomonte located between the Graian Alps to the north and theCottian Alps in the south. Here Pierino Ronsil and his son in law Frank Thollet are dedicated to a family tradition that dates back to 1250, although wine making in the mountain region goes back to Roman times. Casa Ronsil is the future for the forgotten varietals of the Val de Susa DOC, some of the highest in the world at 1100 meters above sea level (about 3000 ft.) between 50-90 years old. The vineyards are tended to organically and no sulpher is used during vinification, and very little is used bottling. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks and and aged in neutral barrels.
IL CHIOSSO Cantina Vini Pregiati Gattinara
The young hipster operation Il Chiosso, is making a dashing array of wines from various terriors, and naturally tended in accordance to the rhythm and tune of the cycles of the moon and seasonal changes. Marco Arlunni and Carlo Cambieri are childhood partners, now in their 30’s, they have pooled their family resources, which happens to be choice vineyards in Gattinara, Ghemme, and Fara – and invented a state of the art winery.
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