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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Has everyone finally recovered from the big wine festival and barrel tastings of two weekends ago? Good. There’s plenty of pouring scheduled for the coming
week. Put your drinking shoes on and consider the following:
» Champagne tasting (Tonight): The bubbly from Moet et Chandon will flow as part of the Venetian Bar tasting series at Mie N Yu restaurant. The event, which includes appetizers, is hosted by Professionals in the City. 3125 M St. NW. Tickets are $35 in advance. Call 202-686-5990, e-mail dc@prosinthecity.com or go online to www.prosinthecity.com/index.cfm?trackid=localwineevents&cityid=1
» Bordeaux and Napa – for free (Friday and Saturday): The Wine Specialist will be popping the corks on three bottlings from Bordeaux on Friday (5:30 to 8 p.m.) and three merlots from Napa Valley on Saturday (4 to 7 p.m.). All value-priced wines, and the tastes are free. 2115 M St. NW. Call 202-833-0707.
» Barrel tastings in Virginia (Saturday and Sunday): ‘Tis the season to start sampling the local wines. For $25 apiece, you can taste the works in progress at the Winery at La Grange and Pearmund Cellars. 1 to 5 p.m. each day at the Winery at La Grange, 4970 Antioch Road in Haymarket. Call 703-753-
9360 or go online to www.wineryatlagrange.com. At Pearmund Cellars, 6190 Georgetown Road in Broad Run, the sampling runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 540-347-3475 or go online to www.pearmundcellars.com.
» Paso Robles takes its show on the road (Tuesday): More than 30 wineries from the up-and-coming Central California region (about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco) will be pouring their wares. From 6 to 8 p.m. at Jurys Washington Hotel, 1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Tickets at $45, and include samplings of regional foods. Call 813-251-4242, ext. 233, or go online to www.pasowine.com.
Are you a restaurant, wine group or charity that’s hosting a wine event in the Washington area I should know about? Send your information via fax to Keith St. Clair at 202-459-4994 or e-mail to kstclair@dcexaminer.com.
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Examiner Reader said:
Ripple Grande is served for $.99 at the local grocery and then you can drink it joyously for nothing standing on the street corner while getting ripped. It's taster's choice, there will be newer wines later. It never ends. What is chic now, becomes beak later.
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Well...just wait until you taste Abacela from Southern Oregon. The best Albarino in the US? Hmmm, taste and you decide. Fred Gunton
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If you want to try a few of the more 'upscale' wines I would recommend Casa De Peidra and/or Mogor Badan. Both have wines worth of any cellar. And the food! Some of the best chefs are making trails to Valle De Guadalupe.
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