MAY is OREGON WINE MONTH

We’ve got quite a lineup happening over the next few weeks:

Wine Club Pick-Up and Open House

Spin the Bottle
&
Memorial Day festivities

Our Friends with Benefits Wine Club + Open House Party is this weekend

• Saturday, May 18 1-7pm

• Grazing Table with snacks

• Complimentary Tastings for members

• 20% off all add-ons to your box

• Friends Welcome

  BENE-FACTS about the CLUB:
  🥸This 2x/year club is 10 years strong (and counting)
  💅🏻 Perks include $20 shipping for LUXE members
  🍷Locals get 4 flights for 2 per year complimentary
  🍾 15% on all bottles year-round
  🎁 We Ship!
  🕺🏻We throw a mean party 🤗

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Spin the Bottle - Guest Winemaker Series in the tasting room

Lolati Winery

• Saturday, May 25 2-6pm

• Complimentary tastings

• Flights $15

• Bottles for sale in Tasting Room

Lolati, named after Leigh Brown's great-grandfather's farm near Cape Town, means "back and forth". Similarly her journey to becoming a winemaker was a culmination of years of experience with several twists and turns along the way. In 2019, Leigh started her brand with a taste towards the South African wines she has grown to love from her heritage. She focuses primarily on Washington fruit but makes the wine in Oregon.

You can learn more about her here

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

Come celebrate the unofficial start of summer next weekend at Portland Wine Co with wines, sunshine, vinyl, and patio lounging.

Weekend Hours:
Thursday and Friday - 4pm to 7pm
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday - 1 to 7pm

On Monday, we will pull out all the stops for a Memorial Day bash. We'll welcome our great friend and winemaker Jess Pierce and pour all of her offerings in addition to our new Spring White releases and some library Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs.

The Love & Squalor lineup:
2022 Sauvignon Blanc
2023 “Walks on Gilded Splinters’ Skin Contact Pinot Gris
2023 “A Frayed Knot” Skin Contact Gewurztraminer
2023 Garageland Rose of Pinot Noir
Library and Single Vineyard Pinot Noirs

Plus Jess Pierce’s:
2022 Riesling, Van Horn Vineyard, Columbia Gorge AVA, 500 ML
NV "Hedgerow", Van Horn Vineyard, Columbia Gorge Ava 500 ML
(20% discount for 6 or more Pierce Wine bottles)

Pierce, a certified sommelier, worked for some of the finest restaurants and wineries in Oregon. She makes her Riesling at Walter Scott Wines in Salem, where she works as the General Manager. Jess is also an adjunct professor at Linfield University’s Evenstad Center for Wine Studies and is very close to completing her WSET Diploma program.

The cost is $20/ person for the whole shebang, and Jess Pierce will be making Paella...yes, making Paella.
No RSVP is necessary, just come on in!

HARVEST GAMAY RELEASE PARTY OCT 14TH

Looking for a fun and exciting way to spend your weekend? Look no further than our

Seasonal Harvest (& Gamay Release) Party on Saturday, October 14th from 1pm to 7pm!

Join us for the unveiling of our brand spanking new 2022 Love & Squalor Gamay Noir, along with an assortment of past-vintage library Gamays and other rare wines. The 2021 Gamay Noir got a great reception in the press and we are sure this one will, too. This crowd favorite usually goes to our Wine Club first, so this is a sneaky chance to get in on it early (and before it inevitably sells out)

In addition to the fantastic wine selection, we'll be featuring MINNOW PDX , a newish chef collective specializing in local, delicious, fresh, and seasonal fare. You won't want to miss out on this tasty experience. Plates will be available for purchase.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month (and Angie kicking the big C this year, yay!) we'll be donating a portion of the day's proceeds to the cause. Come out and show your support while enjoying great food, wine and friends.

We're all about keeping it fun around here, so bring along your furry friends for the patio, your kids, and even your bikes! It has been a crazy harvest and we miss seeing your faces, so come join the festivities. You might even be able to jump in on the harvest – we hope to see you there!

THE TASTING ROOM AND WINERY ARE AT 3201 SE 50TH AVE. PORTLAND OREGON

OUTSIDE PATIO

TASTING ROOM

THREE BOTTLE THURSDAYS

Hello wine lovers!
Want a little skin contact?
You're probably thinking, "How did this email get through my spam filter with such dirty language!"
Well, fear not! We are talking about Gerwürztraminer, the "A Frayed Knot" skin-contact Gewürztraminer to be exact.
You see, it's our featured wine today at the tasting room.

You can swing by, have a sip or a glass, and then take home any three bottles of any of our wines for 10% off. It's the perfect way to have wine on hand for your weekend.
 

10% OFF THREE OR MORE BOTTLES TODAY ONLY IN THE TASTING ROOM.
OPEN 4-8PM.

Our seasonal packs (six or twelve) are the perfect way to celebrate this gorgeous NW summer we're having.

This pack is not your regular, "hey I have Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay, and a so-so Pinot Noir" summer pack...no...this pack is loaded with delicious, unique, and fun wines. These wines are conversation starters and sentence finishers (like, "Wow, that's so...good.").

From the bubbly and vivacious "Pet Matt" to the luscious and jammy "Marty The Behemoth," you will not be disappointed.

Oh, and a little secret. We only have four bottles remaining of the Gamay Noir 2018 that is included in this pack. That means this particular pack will not be around for long!

C'mon indulge a bit and drink the good stuff.

Beaujolais Nouveau in Portland? Oh là là

Beaujolais Nouveau in Portland, Oregon? Well, I don’t mind if I do!

Gamay is Awesome. That's why Love & Squalor Gamay Noir (and the fabulous Corey Schuster) will be at the wonderful annual soirée hosted by ST. JACK restaurant & bar on November 16th.

Visit stjackpdx.com to get your tickets

Here’s the link to the Facebook Event page

Join Us at These Summer Events

SUMMER 2015 Events

(you can join any of these events by clicking on the event name)

Corks & Forks
June 11th
Castaway
Portland  OR

L&S White Wine Dinner
June 29th
Irving Street Kitchen
Portland OR
wines paired with dinner by the amazing Chef Sarah Schafer

Uncommon Wine Festival
July 12th
Vista Hills Vineyard
Dayton OR

International Pinot Noir Celebration
July 24th-26th
Linfield Campus
McMinnville OR

Plate & Pitchfork
August 15th
Sun Gold Farms
Forest Grove OR
with Chef David Sapp and Scott Dolich of Park Kitchen

Feast Portland
September 18th & 19th
Various Locations
Portland OR

Plate & Pitchfork Dinners 2014

Love & Squalor is proud to sit at the table again this year. The featured restaurants at our August 3rd Zenger Farms dinner are Racion and Avaiary - two of the most lauded and adventurous spots cooking in Portland today.  

For tickets look here

Tip Top Taps

The new Cask Cuvee Riesling is pouring freely from top taps throughout Portland. You can currently find it at Irving Street Kitchen, Kir wine bar and Riffle NW. More kegs will be tapped and I will tell you about it here.

Spring Has Sprung

The warehouse is getting emptier and emptier. The blends in the cellar are getting closer to their bottling date. In the meantime there are plenty of opportunities to get out and taste some Love & Squalor. This Friday from 3-6pm I will be pouring at the brand new Zupan's store in Lake Grove. I look forward to surprising the crowds with the Fancy Pants Riesling and other treats.

Next month marks the 10-year anniversary of the original eastside wine spot - Noble Rot. The Rot has been my hang since they opened, long before I was a winemaker. They were the first place to put Love & Squalor on the list and the first to pour it in a flight. I got all sorts of warm fuzzies for them. The Rotten Girls plus Leather are putting together a bash that is open to the public. 11 wineries pouring, mouth-watering snacks, some live tunes. If it is even half as memorable as the first anniversary, well . . . I guess I'll remember some of it.

Hope to see you all out there this Spring.

Summer of (Oregon)Riesling

I am happy that Paul Greico's obsession with all things Riesling has spread out from it's New York home and has become a national epidemic. Here in Oregon, nine restaurants are participating in the Summer of Riesling by pouring three Rieslings by the glass all summer long, with many others restaurants highlighting Riesling as well.The following are signed up:

Bar Avignon, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Clyde Common, Portland

Gruner, Portland

June, Portland

Le Pigeon, Portland

Heathman Restaurant and Bar, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Metrovino, Portland

Ned Ludd, Portland - featuring Love & Squalor

Olympic Provisions, Portland

Love & Squalor Riesling is showing up at these fine spots and is additionally ON TAP! at Kir and St. Jack. This is a special one barrel 2010 cuvee that I created for these guys. When it's gone, it's gone.

Check out more in this recent Portland Monthly article.