Tastings & Events

About Our Tastings:

Saturday Afternoon Free Tastings, 12 - 4pm

Every Saturday we open up some featured newsletter wines for a complimentary tasting. Come on in to taste and chat; we hope you’ll find your next favorite wine! 

Read more about our current Newsletter Wines here.

Friday Evening Tastings, 5 - 7pm

The first and third Friday evening of every month, we cook up something a little special with themed flights. The themes will vary along with the price, but we’ll always aim to make it interesting.

 Special Sit-Down Tastings, 6 - 8pm

When the opportunity arises to do a deep dive on a particular region, style, or producer, we will host a special guest speaker for a formal sit-down educational tasting. These are ticketed tastings and will be announced as they are planned. 

Upcoming Tastings

Thursday, July 3rd 5-7PM: “Red, White and Bubs” Michael Lundeen with Sparkling Wine
Michael Lundeen makes some of the best sparkling wine in the willamette Valley. Drop by Thursday evening to taste a range of bubbles of every shape and size, including some rare single vineyard cuvees. We will also have Lundeen’s non-sparkling Chardonnay and Pinot Noir available by the glass.

Complimentary Sparkling Flight
Desirée Sparkling Wine Willamette Valley NV   $24
Brut Sparkling Wine Willamette Valley NV    $39
Brut Reserve Sparkling Wine Willamette Valley NV    $59
Brut Rosé Sparkling Wine Willamette Valley 22    $59
Blanc de Blanc LD Sparkling Wine Willamette Valley 22    $68

The Red Glass: $8
Lundeen Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Mon Pere 2021

The White Glass: $10
Lundeen Willamette Valley Chardonnay Articulate 2021

 

Friday, July 4th: Closed for the Holiday
Remember to get the barbecue ready.

 

Saturday, July 5th, 12-4PM: Newsletter selections from the Ocean, 
Atlantic, Pacific, or Mediterranean, these wines are all influenced by the calming winds of some sort of ocean or sea.

Mokoroa Getariako Txakolina Rosado
La Patience Rose
Terre Ponziano Frascati
Castiadas Vermentino di Sardegna
Brea Central Coast Chardonnay
Tire Pe Diem Bordeaux
Celler Vendrell Montsant Sere

 

Friday, July 11th, 5-7PM: A Blind Friday Flight
Take it from professionals who know, tasting wine blind is a lot more fun when there’s no expensive test to fail. Join us Friday evening on the 11th for a blind flight of six wines made from six well-known grape varieties grown around the world. Hints and answer key available on request. Whether you want to test your palate or simply have a surprisingly good time with some great wines, we’ve got the goods.
 
$30, no reservation required. 


Saturday, July 12th, 12-4PM: Newsletter selections from the Land
These six selections are all grown a long way from the ocean in continental climate zones. There might be a river nearby, but generally speaking, the summers are hot and the winters are cold because there are no oceans, seas, or even lakes anywhere nearby.

MTW Felipe Ferreira Douro Branco
Markus Molitor Sekt Brut
Domaine Colin Coteaux du Vendômois
Domaine du Cros Marcillac
Disznoko Tokaji
Francesca Castaldi Rosso Pianazzi

Friday, July 18th, 5-7PM: Txakoli
Here’s hoping it’s a hot day, because there’s no wine in the world better at chasing away the summertime heat than the Basque specialty Txakoli. Born from seaside vineyards along Spain’s north coast, these wines are a unique summertime treat. Whether these wines from San Sebastian and Bilbao – also known as Donostia and Bizkaia – are familiar or something new, we promise you’ll enjoy them.


Saturday, July 19th, 12-4PM: Chris Dickson of Twill Cellars
We’re pleased to welcome back winemaker, and long time friend of L &E, Chris Dickson of Twill Cellars with his latest batch of wines from the Willamette Valley. Chris’s wines are some of the best Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah in town, and they come at some of the best prices too! Come by Saturday afternoon for a complimentary taste and stories from the vineyard.


Saturday, July 26th, 12-4PM: Sound & Vision at the Winemaker’s Barrel

Joe Chepolis and Carmen Nydegger didn’t expect to end up in southern Oregon making wine. It was a surprise to everyone involved that a bike racer and a film producer found themselves farming grapes in the Rogue Valley, and yet it seems to work. Working with a minimum of fuss in both the vineyard and the cellar, they make some extremely tasty wine from some unheralded varieties that certainly turned our heads. Saturday afternoon, Joe will be on hand with some very cool wines.

Sound & Vision Applegate Valley Vermentino 2024
Sound & Vision Applegate Valley Rose of Primitivo Pig Missile 2024
Sound & Vision California Dolcetto 2022
Sound & Vision 4 Diamonds Vineyard Nero d'Avola 2023


Wednesday, July 30th, 6PM: Sherry Seminar Part IV: Oloroso and Dessert
The last part of our four part series takes us from dinner’s second course all the way through dessert. Oloroso Sherry is often considered the finest grade. It ages longer and slower and can reach levels of richness, intensity, and complexity that few other dry wines can reach. We will also have a few examples of sweet Sherry. This category is very popular (especially in the UK), but it remains a confusing and complex subset. The difference between a Pale Cream Sherry and Pedro Ximenez is bigger than the difference between Fino and Oloroso. Come find your favorite among the deepest, darkest, nuttiest and sweetest Sherry has to offer. 

$75 per seat; seating is limited and reservations are required. Click here to reserve your seats