ice wines

[duckduck]

I love ice wines! Anybody know the best places to buy it in Portland?

[melkor]

Your best bet may be online at premier cru. They are in California but they have a pretty good selection.

[Nevan]

You might try calling Liner & Elsen in Portland: 800-903-WINE. About a year ago I called a few Portland stores to see what they had in the way of BC icewines and was told that there were basically only two labels available in Oregon, one was Inniskillin and I cannot for the life of me remember the other one. When I was recently in BC some producers told me that they have a very hard time getting any wines into the Oregon market. It was never clear to me just quite why. I did bring back a pinot noir icewine, which I haven't tried yet, but am planning to this summer.

[KNorthrup]

I usually go to Liner & Elsen too. Much knowledge. Pastaworks has a tendency to have unexpected odds and ends if one's handy too you. Until Jim Dixon chimes in with advice, his website may have something.

Edit because pasta usually has a t.

Edited June 23, 2003 by KNorthrup (log)

[trillium]

one. When I was recently in BC some producers told me that they have a very hard time getting any wines into the Oregon market. It was never clear to me just quite why. I did bring back a pinot noir icewine, which I haven't tried yet, but am planning to this summer.

Because the guberment is in charge of what alcohol is allowed here....

regards,

trillium

[Jim Dixon]

While I try to remain blissfully ignorant about wine (I'm in the 'I know what I like' camp, and in good company I discovered after finishing Jacque Pepin's The Apprentice last night), I also love ice wines and other late harvest, concentrated sugar, dessert-type wines (some of which go very well with non-dessert foods). My favorite local version is Andrew Rich's late harvest gewurztraminer, which most wine stores carry and runs about $20 I think.

I typically buy wine at New Seasons while grocery shopping, but if I want something special or just happen by, I go into Great Wine Buys on NE Broadway and 15th. Another place with a good wine section, including quite a few dessert wines, is (man, I hate to say it) Fred Meyers, or at least the one off Broadway around NE 30th. I think FM pretty much sucks for food, but when I'm there (like to pick up a prescription), I'll usually check the wine section to see what's on sale.

Jim

[duckduck]

I keep looking at Great Wine Buys but I never go in. I really need to. I tend to cruise the wine aisle at Fred's too and oddly enough Albertson's as well. Tends to get me in a lot of trouble...I wind up witha full cart. It's one thing to be in a store where you have a bottle in your hand but when you have a cart...