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 Tasting

 

Friday, July 17th, 5-7PM: Grenache From Around the World
Grenache – or Garnacha (or Garnatxa) – is a surprising grape with a surprisingly complex personality. We know it best as the standard workhorse of Cotes du Rhone, steady and hearty but unremarkable unless the Pope in his new castle is involved. But there’s so much more to it than fleshy plonk. Spanish Garnacha and Catalan Garnatxa have entirely distinct personalities. The grape has travelled to the new world and makes compelling wine right here at home, and it smuggled its way into Italy under a selection of aliases. It even comes in white, producing some of the Mediterranean’s best white wines! Join us Friday evening for an exploration of this increasingly important grape. No reservation required.

Saturday, July 18th, 12-4PM: Twill Cellars at the Winemaker’s Barrel with Chris Dickson
We’re pleased to welcome back ace tennis player and winemaker Chris Dickson of Twill Cellars with his latest batch of wines from the Willamette Valley. Chris’s wines are some of the 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 – including his brilliant new sparkling wine – and stories from the vineyard.

Twill Cellars Willamette Valley Rose 2024 - $24
Twill Cellars Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2023 - $26
Twill Cellars Willamette Valley Syrah 2023 - $26
Twill Cellars Extra Brut Methode Traditionelle NV - $44

Saturday, July 25th: Newsletter Selections from places other than France 12 - 3pm
Come to L&E for a taste of all sorts of wines from Italy, Spain, and Portugal! Most of them are white, but we’re betting that July 25th is going to be warm, sunny, and perfect for a splash of crisp, refreshing wine.

Ritterhof Sudtirol Muller Thurgau 2024
Quinta do Ermizio Vinho Verde 2025
Collestefano Marche Bianco 2025 1000ml
La Capranera Campania Falanghina 2025
Milenrama Rioja Tempranillo Blanco 2024
Tandem Navarra Garnacha Inmune 2024

Saturday, July 25th: 4-8PM We’re Having a Party!!!
Come on down  for a summertime splash! To celebrate nineteen years in the  neighborhood we’re going to invite some of our best winemaker and wine distributor friends for an evening of great wine. Meet the winemakers and taste a mix of long-time favorites and exciting new names to know. We will also have some food on hand for the dinner hours.

$15 per ticket in advance or $20 at the door for admission and tasting glass. Additional glass pours of your favorites available. Purchase a ticket now to reserve your spot, limited availability at the door.

Participating Wineries and Distributors

Cameron Winery
Top flight wine from the heart of the Dundee Hills. Come taste their summer specials!

JC Somers
Jay Somers makes classic Dundee Pinot Noir, but he makes some unexpected and delicious other wines too.

Brickhouse
Known as biodynamic pioneers, Brickhouse was also one of the first growers to take Oregon Gamay seriously.

Meliora
Alex Fortson is a rising star in the valley with an elegant hand for single vineyard Pinot.

Fossil & Fawn
Jim Fischer and Jenny Mosbacher are super serious about their wine, some of the best stuff in the valley.

Hanson Vineyards
Jason Hanson more or less taught himself to make great wine in one of the Willamette's unknown corners

Balsall Creek

Estelle Imports
Founded in 2010 by a group of longtime industry pros, Estelle specializes in old-school classics, whether from the old world or the new.

Julian Sinclair Distributing
One of Oregon's newer wine distributors, founded in 2015. Julian Sinclair focuses on organically farmed wineries from unexpected places.  

All wine sales 10% off day of event, 15% off twelve or more bottles

 

Wednesday July 29th: Chahalem Mountain AVA tasting 5-7pm
The Chehalem Mountains are home to some of the Willamette Valley’s oldest vineyards, but visitors can be forgiven for “flying over” the ridge on their way into Newberg. Many of the vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains are tucked away at the end of winding dirt roads, far from the eye of the casual visitor. That’s why we’ve invited them to our store! Come by for a taste of the Chehalem Mountains, three wineries with plenty of history, plenty of talent, and some very good wine to taste. Free event.

Compris
Founded and planted in 1999 as Vidon Cellars. The Allen family took it on in 2020 and have since then turned out some of the best wines on the mountain. Don’t miss the Syrah!

Patricia Green Cellars
PGC doesn’t really need an introduction. Patricia Green was one of the first winemakers to take site selection seriously in the Willamette Valley. Many Oregon winemakers worked with her or were inspired by her wines over the years.

Flaneur
Founded in 2013, the name means "leisurely wanderer”, a concept founder Marty Doerschlag tries to apply in both life and wine. Their bold-yet-elegant Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays are worth the trip.

Friday, July 31st, 5-7PM: A Fifth Friday Wine Club Flight
Join us Friday evening for a Fifth Friday Flight! Whenever a month furnishes us with an extra Friday night, we showcase the wines of our monthly Wine Club subscription. If you’ve been curious to see what the L&E Club is all about, there’s no better time to find out. If you just want to taste some fantastic wines from here and there, you can do that too! In addition to the flight of wine, there will be cheese and charcuterie on hand.
No reservations required, $30 per flight, free for Wine Club members.