In Carlton – Pre-Memorial Day Weekend Vintage Champagne Fest!

The weekend BEFORE Memorial Day weekend has become known as the weekend for special, exclusive events in Oregon wine country. (We love seeing you and a few thousand of your closest friends over the holiday weekend – but for the special treats, come on out the weekend before.)

One day only – Saturday May 19th from Noon ’til 5 in Carlton, we’ll be pouring an amazing line-up of Vintage Grower Champagne. These are wines we’ve never had open for tasting before – a one-time-only chance to taste some micro-production vintage Champagnes from four of the region’s top growers.

We’ll be featuring:

2006 “Mes Vieilles Vignes” Blanc de BlancsJosé Dhondt ($85)

2004 Brut - Camille Savés ($79)

2004 MillésimeMarc Chauvet ($55)

2002 Special ClubMarc Chauvet ($69)

In addition we’ll be pouring the amazing 2009 Nuits-St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale from our hero Frédéric Mugnier (On sale now at $79, from $109!), and we’ll have our new 2009 La Paulée Pinot on the flight too. $25 tasting fee for this special event, refundable with any 6-bottle purchase.