Vin48 is thrilled to host Steve Doerner of Cristom wines for an Oregon Pinot Noir tasting.

Cristom is renowed for utilizing Old World winemaking techniques – whole clusters, native yeast fermentation, and gentle and minimal handling – Cristom handcrafts wines that are smooth, elegant and subtle.

These characteristics have earned Cristom distinction among wine enthusiasts and industry leaders alike, including being named ‘Best New World Red’ by Decanter magazine.

Cristoms’ 65-acre estate in the Eola Hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley offers a long growing season, mild climate, warm winds and ancient volcanic soils that make it ideally suited to grow Pinot Noir and other traditional French varietals.

The vines are closely spaced – 2300 per acre – and pruned back to about 50% of their fruit-bearing capacity. This high-density planting and low yield intensifies the flavor of the grapes. Dry farming further enhances the quality of  fruit.

Please call 970 748 9463 to reserve your glass |  price for the tasting is only $25

Tannin

Technically, a quality of a wine that comes from the skins, seeds and stems of the grapes as well as barrel aging. Tannin will give wine its firm structure, in addition to acting as a preservative, making a wine more age worthy. In real terms, tannin is felt more then tasted. It’s the quality in wine that dries out your mouth and curls your lips up around your gums. To really test the tannin in a wine, try swishing the wine up under your gums and see how much your lips stick to your gums. If you’re having a hard time pulling them back down over your teeth the tannin is medium to high. If it’s pretty easy to wrap those lips back around you teeth then the tannin is lower. At this point you can assess the tannins as low, medium or high. Nebbiolo grapes tend to be higher in tannin, while Pinot Nior tends to be lower in tannin. Come have a few half glasses of wine with your friends and practice assessing tannin in wine.

Vail Valley Wine Picks

2006 Monte Oton-Spain . Made by Borsao, this unoaked Spanish sipper, delivers baskets of clean, ripe berry fruit at an amazing price.

’07 Casalfarneto, verdicchio-Italy/Marche. This Italian white varietal showcases tropical fruit, creamy texture and enough acidity to pair nicely with a patio table on a summer evening.

Come into the bar and mention the Shout Out for 48% off your first glass of either of the featured wines.

vin48 Update

Welcome to the first edition of the Vin Shout Out. In this newsletter, we hope you’ll enjoy learning about our upcoming tasting events, wine dinners, and holiday happenings. As thanks for reading along with us, we’ll do our best to impart a little wine knowledge to enhance future dining and drinking experiences for you.

We’ll start with a recap of our inaugural season as we hit the ground running, opening to the public on Christmas Day. Your support of our endeavors lent us a successful winter. Highlights included our premier of Wine and Swine, a snout to tail dining experience, washed down with carefully paired Argentine wines. If you missed it last year, be sure to keep reading here so you’re in the know when it’s time to make reservations for this year’s celebration of the pig. We were proud to host the Pinot Posse for their annual visit to the Vail Valley which garnered some press from the Vail Daily. We also welcomed the revered French winemaker Xavier Monnot, who treated diners to an intimate evening while he extolled the virtues of Burgundian wines. To cap off the season we joined the Valley’s best for Taste of Vail and brought home first place in the Bar Chef’s Mix-Off.
That brings you up to speed on the last few month here at vin48. You are now officially ready for the summer and patio fun at vin48 (assuming the snow is really gone for good)! The Vin Shout Out will be a monthly newsletter Informing you, dear readers, of upcoming events at vin 48 and around the Vail Valley. If you ever have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact us at info at vin48.com or give us a
ring at 970.748.WINE (9463).

vin48 Events

Happy Hour Daily: 5-6:30 pm Educate your palate with 48% off four selected wines from our extensive by the glass list. Since wine needs food, enjoy 20% off our bar menu during happy hour.

Winemaker Dinner June 11th: Three generations of the Scagiola family have cultivated vines in the Calossa district of Piemonte. Using biodynamic techniques, the wines have won high praise from the wine press including multiple awards from the Gambero Rosso.
THE EVENING: A five course tasting menu paired with six wines, comments by Sylvia Scagliola
PRICE: $70 plus tax and gratuity
Seating is limited to 25 guests. Please call 970-748-9463 as space is very limited.

3rd of July Celebration: Come celebrate Independence Day with us and enjoy front row seats to the town of Avon’s fireworks show, voted the best in Colorado. The evening will include:

Food : Regular dinner service in the dinning room will start at 5:30 with the last seating at 7:30 p.m. For more casual fare on your way to the fireworks, the Vin BBQ will be grilling up your favorite Fourth of July treats. Don’t miss our individual Very Cherry Pies.
Post fireworks: Vin’s monthly S.I.N. will launch with local band Hustle. From 10:00 p.m. till 2:00 a.m. enjoy live music inside and out. We’ll keep our floor to ceiling glass doors open although if you’re arriving after 9 p.m. there will be an $8 cover charge. Your money will go far once you’re inside with our beer and wine specials, and $5 Holy Water shots.
We’ll keep celebrating our guests and friends in the service industry with once a month late night throw downs. Stay tuned for details on our next bash.

vin48 BIG PARTY & EVENT INFO

Vin48 can host your next big event. Rehearsal dinners, baby showers, corporate events and any other need to party with a group of friends can be accommodated. Here are your options depending on the size of your party:
LOFT LOUNGE: Our loft over looking Vin’s wine bar is considered to have the best views of the area in the house. From this perch entertain up to 35 of your closest friends.
WINE ROOM: For the coziest, candle-lit room in town, host your party in the wine room, nestled behind our sculptural wine wall. Up to 20 people can enjoy this space.
THE WINE BAR: Gather your crew at our bar for a special food and wine experience. Have fun tasting more than 45 wines by the glass preserved by our enomatic wine system. High top tables, wrap around windows, and an open kitchen create a stimulating environment for up to 40 people to mix and mingle
BUY US OUT: The entire restaurant can accommodate up to 150 people for any event imaginable(good judgment assumed).

coming soon to our new patio is the Vin48 Friday afternoon wine club, more info to come..