Our sunny Fall weather has taken a turn to the more familiar grey this weekend.  The seasons are changing and here in Madrona the flower baskets are coming down and the Halloween decor is starting to pop up (If you want to take one of the baskets home and put it where it won’t freeze, they’ll be giving them away on  Monday between 1pm and 2pm).  Rain or Shine we’ll be pouring some great wines at the shop this weekend.

Sunday we are featuring two Portuguese wines from Casa Santos Lima.  The Confidential wines are amazing values.  

2013 Santos Lima Confidential Branco      $9
A blend of 10 different local & international grape varieties, this Portuguese white is a  nice lemony citrus wine with notes of thyme and lavender. 12.5% alcohol by volume

2012 Santos Lima Confidential Tinto  $9
A steal of a little Portuguese red that delivers a lot for a little. Nice delicate scents of berries, with underlying tobacco, well integrated acidity with a palate of berries and a soft finish. 13 % alcohol by volume

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.