FRI 11/8 Importer Tasting: Black Lamb and the Wines of KABAJ, $15
Founders of import company Black Lamb, Stetson and Kristyn are nationally recognized for their pioneering efforts in preaching a vinous gospel concerning the wines of Georgia and Central Europe. And get this…they just moved to the Portland area from New York City. We’ll be hosting Stetson for a tasting of four wines from a unique Slovenian producer. Read about Stetson, his import company Black Lamb, and KABAJ below!
My wife and partner Kristyn and I started our wine import company Black Lamb in 2018 in California. Most of our professional wine experience has been with indigenous wines from Central Europe and Georgia: we are attracted to low-technology, grower-produced wines that range from the dogmatically traditional to the new and unknown. KABAJ is an estate in the Slovenian wine district of Goriška Brda whose wines exemplify both.
We are excited to announce that winemaker Jean Michel Morel of KABAJ will visit Oregon for the first time this November. Caught between the Alps and the Adriatic Goriška Brda, this is the most northerly position where olives are grown and home to some of Europe's tastiest stone fruit. It is also one of the places where orange wine is old-fashioned, and KABAJ has long been dedicated to this style of vinification. The diverse selection KABAJ produces establishes that, at least in Brda, vinfiying white wine with the skins results in wines of greater drama, longevity and specificity than those vinified without the skins. Come meet one of the most experienced and opinionated professionals making the best of contemporary skin-fermented white (and red) wines.
$15 for a tasting of four wines, with your ticket credited toward a purchase of two bottles.
Founders of import company Black Lamb, Stetson and Kristyn are nationally recognized for their pioneering efforts in preaching a vinous gospel concerning the wines of Georgia and Central Europe. And get this…they just moved to the Portland area from New York City. We’ll be hosting Stetson for a tasting of four wines from a unique Slovenian producer. Read about Stetson, his import company Black Lamb, and KABAJ below!
My wife and partner Kristyn and I started our wine import company Black Lamb in 2018 in California. Most of our professional wine experience has been with indigenous wines from Central Europe and Georgia: we are attracted to low-technology, grower-produced wines that range from the dogmatically traditional to the new and unknown. KABAJ is an estate in the Slovenian wine district of Goriška Brda whose wines exemplify both.
We are excited to announce that winemaker Jean Michel Morel of KABAJ will visit Oregon for the first time this November. Caught between the Alps and the Adriatic Goriška Brda, this is the most northerly position where olives are grown and home to some of Europe's tastiest stone fruit. It is also one of the places where orange wine is old-fashioned, and KABAJ has long been dedicated to this style of vinification. The diverse selection KABAJ produces establishes that, at least in Brda, vinfiying white wine with the skins results in wines of greater drama, longevity and specificity than those vinified without the skins. Come meet one of the most experienced and opinionated professionals making the best of contemporary skin-fermented white (and red) wines.
$15 for a tasting of four wines, with your ticket credited toward a purchase of two bottles.
Founders of import company Black Lamb, Stetson and Kristyn are nationally recognized for their pioneering efforts in preaching a vinous gospel concerning the wines of Georgia and Central Europe. And get this…they just moved to the Portland area from New York City. We’ll be hosting Stetson for a tasting of four wines from a unique Slovenian producer. Read about Stetson, his import company Black Lamb, and KABAJ below!
My wife and partner Kristyn and I started our wine import company Black Lamb in 2018 in California. Most of our professional wine experience has been with indigenous wines from Central Europe and Georgia: we are attracted to low-technology, grower-produced wines that range from the dogmatically traditional to the new and unknown. KABAJ is an estate in the Slovenian wine district of Goriška Brda whose wines exemplify both.
We are excited to announce that winemaker Jean Michel Morel of KABAJ will visit Oregon for the first time this November. Caught between the Alps and the Adriatic Goriška Brda, this is the most northerly position where olives are grown and home to some of Europe's tastiest stone fruit. It is also one of the places where orange wine is old-fashioned, and KABAJ has long been dedicated to this style of vinification. The diverse selection KABAJ produces establishes that, at least in Brda, vinfiying white wine with the skins results in wines of greater drama, longevity and specificity than those vinified without the skins. Come meet one of the most experienced and opinionated professionals making the best of contemporary skin-fermented white (and red) wines.
$15 for a tasting of four wines, with your ticket credited toward a purchase of two bottles.
