Wine Tastings

Hey wine lovers,

Tomorrow is Friday so you all know what that means. Yep. Wine Tasting at The Wine Behren.

Friday Night we have Wines from Herdade do Esporão, Alentejo, Portugal

Alandra White: Very bright modern herby edge to the nose. Herby and fresh on the palate, this is interesting, modern stuff. Successful. Very good $10.00

Reserva White :Very attractive full, nutty nose with some well integrated oak. Attractive nutty palate is quite rich and ripe with a coconutty edge. Very attractive stuff, if a bit oaky. $14.00

Aragones (Tempranillo): The resultant Aragonês is a rich, full bodied wine with strong varietal character. It shows complex fruit and spicy oak flavours on the palate, with good depth and a firm tannic structure. $17.00

Touriga Nacional: Enticing nose of ripe, sweet plummy blackberry and raspberry fruit, with some spicy oak notes. Palate is concentrated with lots of pure, sweet blackberry and raspberry fruit, together with high acidity and some more spicy oak. Quite tannic at the moment, this is a forward, attractive wine that should age well. $17.00

Reserva Red: Made with Trincadeira, Aragonês and Cabernet Sauvignon, with 20 yr old vines, this is the flagship wine of the company, matured in new American oak barrels for 12 months, followed by 12 months in bottle. $19.00

Private Selection: Made with Alicante Bouchet and Aragonês, 30 yr old vines, this top red wine is matured in new French oak for 18 months, followed by 12 months in bottle. $51.00


Saturday Night, The Wine Behren is hosting North Berkeley Imports. Chris will be pouring Italian wines.

2003 Colleceto Brunello di Montalcino $55.00
2005 Fucci Titolo Aglianico $50.00
2005 La Rasina Rosso di Montalcino $26.00
2006 Laila Verdicchio dei Castelli de Jesi $15.00
2004 Villa Carafa Casavecchia Terre del Volturno $25.00
2005 Torre Quarto "Bottaccia" Nero di Troia Puglia IGT $17.00

Come on down and enjoy the vino. Thanks.