Event

Saturday - Hop N Wine brings Oregon and South Africa

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Time: 01:00pm - 05:00pm

Type: Wine Tasting

Location: The Wine Cabinet

Event Free

Every weekend we have free tastings of wine and beer that give you a chance to explore the wide world! Come in this weekend and visit with us!

Saturday afternoon, a time for chores and yard work and running to do all the things that have waited all week! Take a break! Come by the shop and sample new wines and microbrews that will be certain to bring a smile to your face. Just relax with friends and neighbors.


The Wines!!

 

HelioTerra Pinot Blanc, Willamette $19.99

Our 2013 Pinot Blanc offers fresh, bright aromas of orange blossom, eucalyptus, Meyer lemon, and new rain on wet concrete alongside subtler notes of yeastiness and minerality. The focused, lively palate of lemon zest, shaved fennel, and spring breeze round out this cool, clean white.

Harvested at Helioterra’s signature 21.5 brix to capture Pinot Blanc’s natural, racy acidity and fermented at an aroma-capturing 60 degrees in 60% stainless steel and 40% neutral oak barrels.

Yamhill Valley Vineyards
Alcohol: 12.6%
pH: 3.26
272 cases produced

Whoa Nelly Pinot Noir, Willamette $18.99

A wine as rich on the nose as it is spirited on the palate. This is a playful yet elegant Pinot made from a variety of Pinot Noir clones and a mix of vineyard sites in the Willamette Valley. This deliciously light, bright, tantilizing wine will knock your boots off.

100% Pinot Noir

Always fun. Always affordable. Whoa Nelly is a side project of Helioterra Wines, a small, artisan producer of Oregon wines made at an urban winery in SE Portland. Everyone knows a Nelly. She's the girl who grew up to be a kickass chef, ship's captain, rock star, literary goddess, organic farmer, roller derby vixen, or tattoo artist. Our own Nelly grew up to be a winemaker. Today, she wears more dirt on her brow than powder, but when she cleans up... Whoa, Nelly!

HelioTerra Mourvedre, Willamette $37.99

Harvested early to preserve acidity and restrain over-ripe fruit characteristics, the 2012 Mourvédre is a deeply colored, full-bodied delight characterized by dark fruits and dried herbs. It balances the honeyed aromas of blueberry preserves, cranberry, and brandied cherries with a strong savory bouquet of cigar box, black pepper, and herbs de Provence. The layered palate echoes this interplay with notes of blueberry pie, marionberry, sarsaparilla, and fatigued leather.

Using 100% native yeast fermentation, the wine was aged 16 months in neutral oak barrels and kept on the original lees for added mouthfeel and juiciness. A single once-filled barrel was used to help round out the wine’s mid palate, and just four barrels were produced overall.

Heart of the Hill Vineyard
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.45
98 cases produced

Boer & Brit "The General" Red Blend, Stellenbosch $15.99

The General 2009 – Launching an offensive on tradition

Bordeaux-blend without Cabernet Sauvignon! Generous, full bodied red wine with “wild” dimension only possible from combining Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc &Malbec.

Back label:

Early in the Boer War this inscription was scrawled on a Boer farmhouse wall: “We are bound to win this war, Kruger has 90,000 burgers, that means 90,000 Generals, and the English have 200,000 soldiers but only one real General, General French.”

General John Denton Pinkstone French, later Field Marshal and the first Earl of Ypres, led the cavalry charge that relieved Kimberley, where Cecil John Rhodes and Lord Baden Powell were incarcerated. He was also involved in many other epic battles with the Boers.

Over the years bitter memories fade. Now 110 years later, two direct descendants of President Kruger and General French have combined forces. The motto of Boer &Brit winemakers Alexander Milner and Stefan Gerber is living proof: “The war is over… let’s party!”

Big Flower Cabernet Sauvignon 2009, Stellenbosch $20.99

A world-class Cabernet that doesn't show off. This wine displays a restrained nose of red and black berries, a graphite texture, brambly, woodsy herbs, and fine-tuned tannins. Acidity is clear and it finishes nicely with notes of licorice. This is a great selection for grilled lamb, hamburgers, and vegetables. The Big Flower is named for the King Protea flowers farmed at the winery. This is a project of American ex-pat Jenny Powell, who is living out her dream halfway around the world. The grapes are raised on steep slopes, 1800 feet above sea level, which necessitate hand-tending. This Cabernet Sauvignon spent 18 months in used oak.