Dear Oenophile…

  • 2013 Castillo de Monseran Garnacha

    Dear Oenophile Here it is! Your next house wine! A bold robust Grenache from Spain. Big flavors, big fruits, dry, a touch rustic and the price, wow! It comes in wood boxes with no up charge. Frankly, I can’t see how they ship this up here for the money. Wait till you taste it! Castillo

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  • Ridge Vineyards Spring Releases

    Dear Oenophile Ridge Vineyards is an American Gran Cru. They own their own vineyards and practice organic farming. In fact all of their vineyards should be organic by 2017. The vineyards are carefully tended by hand. Much of their vines are head pruned and dry farmed. Many of their vineyard sites date to the 1840’s

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  • Grahm’s Special Old Vines Edition Six Grapes Porto

    Dear Oenophile Every once in a while a wine just stops me in my tracks. Like this Graham’s Six Grapes Special Old Vines Edition. It really blew me away! So I ordered up right then and there, that was five months ago. I wanted you to have it for Thanksgiving and Christmas but hey that’s

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  • Marietta Cellars Suite 100

    Dear Oenophile Wednesday, March 18th at 6pm will see us back at Suite 100 for a dinner and tasting with none other than Chris Bilbro owner and founder of Marietta Cellars! I am so excited to have Chris do an event for us! I have sold Marietta almost since it’s inception. All through the 80’s

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  • Winery of the Year Charles Smith Dinner and Tasting at CampoBello Bistro

    Dear Oenophile Yes, you read that right. In 2008 Wine & Spirits magazine named Charles Smith’s K Vintners “Winery of the Year”. In 2009 Food & Wine awarded Charles “Winemaker of the Year”. Not bad for a self taught winemaker. Charles came to wine via a nine year stint producing rock bands in Denmark and

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  • King Estate & Suite 100 Everyone Wins!

    Dear Oenophile. Kelly (Chef/Owner Suite 100) loves challenging himself and his crew by creating delicious matches to the wines I bring him. This time it’s King Estate. Once the hallmark of Oregon Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Today they have a respectable line up of Chardonnay, Cabernet, Riesling and Rose! Mark my words the world

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  • 2012 Andrew Hardy’s Little Ox Shiraz

    Dear Oenophile Ok, here’s the story. Andrew Hardy’s great great grandfather is Thomas Hardy founder of the famous “Thomas Hardy and Sons Wine Company”. Very talented, Andrew started his career with Brian Croser over at Petaluma, but that’s another story. Every year Andrew makes about 200 cases of Shiraz from cuttings off the original 1877

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  • Unibroue Ales Tasting at Suite100 with four course dinner

    Unibroue Beer Dinner     Is beer as complex as wine? Find out with Unibroue’s bottle conditioned Ales. Dinner and tasting at Suite 100. Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend    How It Works Tariff for this soirée is $60.00 per person. Reservations can be made by email at mike@anchoragewinehouse.com or by

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  • Bodega Bouza’s B6 & A8 Tannats

    Dear Oenophile Wine writers around the planet are starting to wake up to Uruguay’s potential. Fortunately for you we are on the cutting edge, even up here. Bouza’s regular Tannat’s are killer and we have the kick up versions! Not familiar with Tannat? It’s a Cabernet like wine from the Southwest of France. Tannat is

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  • Ayala, Guigal and Ch Montelena Dinner and Tasting at Campobello Bistro

    Dear Oenophile Fall is under way and that means comfort food. So lets get comfortable! Thursday, Oct 23rd, 6:30 pm at Campobello Bistro we are going to eat and drink like the gourmands we are. Our guest speaker is Patric Will Vice President of Vintus. He is positively encyclopedic and passionate on the virtues of

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