When you’re headed out to Carlton for one our events, or just a day of wine tasting - why not make a weekend of it, and consider the following recommendations for B&B lodging: Abbey Road Farm Bed & Breakfast http://www.abbeyroadfarm.com/ The Allison http://www.theallison.com Black Walnut Inn http://www.blac

We’ll have a special Burgundy Tasting and members can pick up their current club wines. The Burgundy Express Wine Club The Burgundy Express is your ticket to two shipments each year of Scott Paul Selections Burgundies hand-selected by importer and winemaker Scott Wright. The Concept It’s all about education. Thi

His name was Dom Alexandre Denise.  He tended the vines and made the wines at the world famous Clos Vougeot in Burgundy in the 1750s, but his legacy lives on…with our very special Scott Paul Wines bottling named in his honor!  Join us today, from 12-5 p.m. to taste this very limited edition Pinot that [...]

Yes, believe it or not, Scott has registered and is training for this event, Sunday, September 5th, staged by Destination Races.  Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon will wind its way through breathtaking scenery from Stoller Vineyard in Dundee to the finish line in Carlton with a wine-country style after-party (for race par

… and other fun endeavors! I’ve been training for this weekend’s Wine Country half-marathon since it was first announced last December. Before that, I wasn’t capable of running around the block. Now I easily do 8-10 mile training runs, and have been doing 35 miles a week for the last few weeks to bui

Okra just might win the award for most maligned, or slimed, vegetable!  But this method of preparation changes everything and results in a perfect finger food! I grew up on the stuff and can happily eat okra sautéed, stewed or fried (my mother made a delicious dish of sliced okra and tomatoes baked with strips of [...]

Final prep is done for the bottling of the lush and succulent 2009s. Kelley will hand bottle the Magnums today, and then we’ll run all the 750s on the line tomorrow. Bottling will only be a one day affair this year, as we sadly have very little of these gorgeous 2009s to bottle. We lost [...]

… too much good food and wine. (Although one’s body may sometimes disagree!) The past week has been a whirlwind of activity with our friends from Domaines Huber-Verdereau and Buisson-Charles in town from Burgundy, and it seems like we packed as much great food and wine into every day as much as humanly possible.

I’m happy to have recently connected with an old schoolmate.  John Currence was a couple of grades ahead of me at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, now chef of four immensely popular eateries in Oxford, Miss.  Look for his September article in Food & Wine Magazine about lying in a hospital bed, recuperating

Thiébault Huber of Domaine Huber-Verdereau in Volnay, and Patrick and Catherine Essa of Domaine Buisson-Charles in Meursault arrive next week and we’d like to invite you to meet them and enjoy their wines at several tastings and events we have scheduled during their visit. Tasting at Cork (eastside), Friday August 13th

First of all, do not miss our special tasting this Saturday from 12-5 in Carlton - with Thiébault Huber from Huber-Verdereau in Volnay and Patrick & Catherine Essa from Domaine Buisson-Charles in Meursault on hand pouring their killer wines - some of the most exciting reds, whites & sparklers in our entire portfoli

In just a couple of days, two of our favorite producers from Burgundy will be arriving in Portland for a series of tastings and events all over the Northwest. Make plans now to join us at the winery in Carlton on Saturday, August 14th from 12-5, for a special tasting with Thiébault Huber of Domaine [...]

Saturday, July 31st and Sunday, August 1st!  Carlton’s Walk in the Park is one terrific gem of an event that you should not miss.  It certainly says something special about Carlton that a town of just 1,700 residents stages such a successful wine & art festival.  Sample wines from renowned wineries, purchased d

… to say the least. I’m certainly not trying to put a happy spin on it, nor am I gloom-n-dooming it - just trying to tell it like it is. We’re looking at what could possibly be one of our latest harvests ever this year, due to the non-stop cold and rain that dominated May [...]

IPNC 2010 is in the books, and once again we’ve lived to tell the tale. And what a tale - as it is every year at this magnificent event. This was the 10th straight IPNC I’ve participated in, and while each of them tend to blend together into one delicious memory, they all take on [...]

In honor of Domaine J-J Confuron joining us here in Oregon and being a featured winery at IPNC (International Pinot Noir Celebration) this year, we are showcasing several of their wines over the weekend. The regular flight will feature the 2007 Chambolle Musigny and the 2007 Nuits-St Georges, les Fleurières alongside our

In honor of Domaine J-J Confuron joining us here in Oregon and being a featured winery at IPNC (International Pinot Noir Celebration) this year, we are showcasing several of their wines over the weekend. The regular flight will feature the 2007 Chambolle Musigny and the 2007 Nuits-St Georges, les Fleurières alongside our

We are thrilled to announce the details of this year’s Pre-IPNC dinner in the winery - which is shaping up to be the best yet! (IPNC is the annual International Pinot Noir Celebration - bringing together 50 of the top Pinot Noir producers from around the world and 500 Pinot lovers for a weekend of [...]

Yes, we are finally doing a tour of Burgundy, and we’ve locked in the dates - June 19-25, 2011. This will truly be the ultimate Insider’s tour of Burgundy, with private tours and tastings at our top estates, lunches in the vineyards, dinners at the top restaurants on the Côte, and comfy lodging at a [...]

It’s the best week of the entire glorious Oregon summer - the 24th annual International Pinot Noir Celebration, commonly known simply as IPNC. 60 of the top Pinot producers from around the globe converge on Oregon wine country for four days of great tastings, seminars, dinners and general hedonistic delights. All told

… for parties in the vineyards (and IPNC, lots of cold Champagne, and more parties…) With the sun finally shining on a regular basis and the grapes growing strong, we are now in full-on summer mode and enjoying it immensely. Our party deck is nearing completion at Azana Vineyard. We plan to test-drive it with t

Oh, the garden.  The GARDEN.  Have I mentioned how fruit I am for the little veggie plot I tend?  I’m separated from it for a week at a time, and occasionally two weeks.  The 9-year-old and I literally jump out of the car to see what has happened.  The potato plants have [...]

Well, from soup to popsicle weather…in 3 days.  On July 4th, we wore jackets. Three days later, the thermometer hit 100, and we needed relief.  With the lavender fest going on last weekend in the town of Yamhill, and the new shaved ice stand in the park in Carlton offering up herbal infusions alongside the standard

… at least when it comes to “normal” summer weather patterns here in the Willamette Valley. One of the coolest and wettest springs ever was quickly followed by a nasty heatwave (la canicule in French) in the hi 90s, only to be followed by a dip back in to the mid-60s! Those poor vines don’t [...]

A first for Scott Paul Wines!!  As many open houses and special flights as we’ve offered in the last few, we’ve never put a well-deserved spotlight on the wines of Nuits-St. Georges.  The time has come!  This will be a rare chance to taste some Village and Premier Cru wines from Burgundy stars Frédéric Mugn

As of today, summer has now arrived in Oregon. The rest of the world started 4-6 weeks ago. Here, we start AFTER the 4th of July. Where are we - Sweden?  Go figure. And now we’ve got three or four straight days in the 90s on the way to kick us into high gear. Flowering [...]

1-5 p.m. We just can’t say enough about some of our favorite, best-value white Burgundies, including some crisp and mineral-ly offerings from Chablis ($18) and rich full-throttle bottlings from St. Véran ($24) and Pouilly-Fuissé ($30).  On any given day in our tasting room, our flight starts you out with one whit

There are two spots open on an amazing one-week tour of Burgundy this fall - Oct. 31st-Nov. 6th - this is a once-in-a-lifetime trip with private visits at the top domaines and amazing wines from the private cellars of a top collector. Our friend Kim Gagné of Journeys in Wine will be your guide - and [...]

Sun today?  Really?  If this is a dream, it is a great one.  With this cool, wet spring, our vegetable gardens are behind, just as the vineyards are.  It can be frustrating and humbling, but Nature rules and we have to roll with it.  Yes, the slugs got way too much of a head start.  [...]

… is one of the most beautiful things on the planet. I hear we might even get something resembling summer this year. Perhaps in August, they tell me. Yikes! Where is the sun? Longtime Oregon residents swear that summer starts here on the 4th of July. I hope they’re right - we need all the [...]