It is lovely weather this weekend here in Madrona — pleasantly perfect by our Northwestern sensibilities.  Here at Madrona Wine we are topping it off by drinking some very pleasure soaked wines from the Iberian Peninsula.  It’s Spain all weekend with a quick dip into Portugal.  Stop by and join us.

Saturday we’re pouring:
2016 Kentia, Albarino Rias Baixas  $12
2015 Avancia, Cuvee de O  Godello $15
2016 Bodegas Muga, Rosado $16
60% Garnacha, 30% Viura and 10% Tempranillo
2013 Bodegas Alto Moncayo, Veraton, Campo de Borja Garnacha  $28
Cossart Gordon Madeira  5 year old Bual  $25

Sunday, we continue our Spanish adventures with two Summer Sunday Spanish Sippers — a Verdejo from the Rueda region, and a Garnatxa Negra from the southernmost portion of Catalunya. 

2016 Bodegas Shaya Arindo Verdejo  $11
A nice little wine with lemon, peach and fragrant floral aromas, a refreshing lemon pucker and notes of pear, melon, and apples.

2015 Altés Garnatxa Negra  $9
Terra Alta is located in the southernmost portion of Catalunya. The wine has dark cherry aromas with hints of hot stone lead to a tasty palate, full of fleshy fruit, with balanced tannins and a mineral thread running through the wine.

Madrona Wine Merchants offers free wine tastings featuring 4-5 selections on a theme every Saturday from 2 until the bottles run out and on Sunday we offer a mini-tasting of two wines all day from 11-5.