Several chances to taste Vincent wines in Portland coming up.

Friday, May 16 – 6-8pm – pouring at the SE Wine Collective tasting bar with my mentor John Grochau of Grochau Cellars, as part of Oregon Wine Month and the Collective’s guest winemaker series. Special tasting flights available for purchase. I’ll be pouring the 2012 Eola-Amity Hills and Bjornson Vineyard bottlings.

Saturday, May 24, 4-8pm – #Vinlandia tasting at the SE Wine Collective. This is our annual Memorial Day spectacular, with nine producers from the Collective pouring their wines and our chefs whipping up some excellent BBQ. Advance tickets $18, or $20 at the door. I’ll be pouring the 2012 Eola-Amity Hills and Zenith Vineyard bottlings.

Sunday, June 8, 4-7pm – 3rd Annual Portland Urban Wine Experience gala tasting and wine sale at Refuge PDX in SE Portland. This event features all members of PDX Urban Wineries, our local association of most wine producers fermenting grapes and making wine right here in the city limits of Portland. Eleven wineries pouring, with food by Crown Paella, Jacobsen Salt, Portland Creamery, Tabor Bread and more. Advance tickets $32, or $40 at the door.

Note: For the PDX Urban Wine Experience, we’ll be pouring library wines from 2010 – the Vincent Ribbon Ridge and Zenith Vineyard bottlings – and offer 24 bottles of each for sale at the event. We’ll even have a few 1.5L magnum bottles available for sale. Don’t miss out on this one time only opportunity.