One of the leaders of Portland’s urban wine scene, Matt Berson, finally has answered the pleas of his peeps and given them a rosé — and he chose 30-year-old Gewürztraminer from prized Sunnyside Vineyard near Oregon’s state capital. Foot-pressed fruit grown by Lucille Wisniewski and Tom Owens produces an intriguing pink that could at first look be mistaken for a Pinot Gris rosé … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2015 A Frayed Knot Rosé of Gewürztraminer, Willamette Valley, $20
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Love & Squalor 2011 Antsy Pants Riesling, Willamette Valley, $28
Portland Wine Company’s reserve approach to the noble grape of Germany is not your grandmother’s Riesling — unless, by chance, her name is Brunhilda. The greenish hue of the drink comes with heavy vapors of diesel and petrol, joined by gooseberry, lychee nut and Thompson Seedless grapes. Across the palate it takes nerdy, nervy and succulent approach with fresh gooseberry, … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2011 Antsy Pants Riesling, Willamette Valley, $28
Love & Squalor 2011 Antsy Pants Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $38
Portland vintner Matt Berson works with Temperance Hill in the Eola-Amity Hills, Winter’s Hill in the Dundee Hills and Saikkonen Vineyard on Ribbon Ridge for this Pommard-leaning Pinot Noir, and the Antsy Pants reference represents the barrel select tier for Love and Squalor. It’s indeed a more reserved style of Pinot Noir with aromas of ripe strawberry, dried Montmorency … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2011 Antsy Pants Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $38
Love & Squalor 2013 Riesling, Willamette Valley, $18
Matt Berson launched this edgy brand in 2007 under his Portland Wine Co., starting with a mere 65 cases. Now, he’s running at a clip of 1,800 cases, and this Riesling serves as a significant portion of his production. The dry-farmed vineyard sources include Brooks, which is poignant because the late Jimi Brooks helped mentor Berson, as well as other 40-year-old plantings such … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2013 Riesling, Willamette Valley, $18
Love & Squalor 2017 Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills, $64
Portland Wine Company winemaker Matt Berson, headquartered just southwest of Mount Tabor Park, has nurtured these two nicely used barrels of Pinot Noir from famed grower Dai Crisp. It represents an Oct. 8 harvest and a blend from two blocks where the resident clones are Pommard and Dijon 113, 114 and 667. Despite the neutral French oak, there’s prominent nose of black cherry, … [Read more...] about Love & Squalor 2017 Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills, $64