Hello Food & Wine Lovers,

Come and join us in celebrating the current 2008 harvest. While our esteemed winemakers are swamped with backbreaking labor we’ll be toasting the night away. As usual Chef Sean Concannon will be producing 5 great courses that we will pair with 6 outstanding wines. In honor of our home state we’ll feature 3 delicious wines made from Pinot Gris and 3 beautiful wines made from Pinot Noir. Let’s call it an international Pinot tasting.
As always we’ll have several wine professionals on hand to pour these featured wines:

PINOT GRIS (Grigio)

2007 Elk Cove, Pinot Gris – Yamhill-Carlton District, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Rich tropical fruit, bright minerality with a finish of fresh citrus.

Dungeness crab & corn fritter with mango mustard drizzle

2007 Pravis, Pinot Grigio – Trentino, Italy
Dense fruit of pear with racy minerality and crisp acidity.

Brie pear and caramelized onion torte

2007 Domaine Metz, Pinot Gris – Alsace, France
Lush ripe baked apple with steely minerality and a clean finish.

Spinach, grilled marinated chicken & apple salad with creamy peppercorn drizzle

PINOT NOIR

2006 Domaine Drouhin, Pinot Noir – Dundee Hills – Willamette Valley, Oregon
Rich, ripe dark cherry fruit with elegant mineral notes and a fresh clean finish.

Pulled pork & mashed potatoes with fig compote

2005 Aurelien Verdet, Hautes Cotes de Nuits – Burgundy, France
Elegant fruit of cherry and strawberry with a classic gentle burgundian earthiness.

Pan-seared red rockfish with grilled leek & strawberry buerre rouge, served with brown rice pilaf & veggie of the day

2006 Peregrine, Pinot Noir – Central Otago, New Zealand
Bright red cranberry fruit with lively pomagranite acidity.

Individual local berry crisp served warm a la mode

HERE ARE THE DETAILS:

WESTCAFE (third Tuesday of the month wine dinner)
1201 SW Jefferson St.
Portland, OR 97205
$35.00 per person (5 courses – 6 wines) Great Price!
Tuesday, October 21st 7:00 PM
Please RSVP with me.
Craig Hedstrom
503-317-6211
craighedstrom@yahoo.com