WINO 101

Carpe Vinum!

Welcome to Wino 101! This is, for the meantime, just an archive of the collected newsletters from my old retail shop Carpe Vinum, and a few post-retail musings.

Carpe Vinum was a little wine shop situated in Southeast Portland. I opened the place in July of 2003 with the intention of providing wine to my own neighborhood without the attitude and pretension that normally accompanies the beverage. I think I was a few years ahead of my time at that location, but was fighting the good fight for close to 5 years. Limping along in a sluggish economy, a few dubious decisions made by unscrupulous building managers and a hole in the lease made the final decision pretty easy. We closed our doors on December 31st 2007.

As I continue my explorations in the world of wine through the CarpeVinumPDX wine blog, I’ve moved all shop materials from that site to here. In the archives you’ll find 5 years of my critically acclaimed weekly newsletters in chronological order. Okay, okay. So I had no actual critics acclaim anything I wrote, unless you go by the old adage “Everyone is a critic.” In which case, my point stands!

• Pages

  • Carpe Vinum!
  • Shop Closure Q & A
  • Start Here!

• Archives

  Select Month June 2008 March 2008 February 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003

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