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Portland Monthly Magazine 50 Best Wines 2013

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Portland Monthly Magazine 50 Best Wines 2013

"Matt Berson wears many hats: he’s the owner, winemaker, and chief bottle washer at Love & Squalor. With this bottle, Berson’s multitasking abilities are on display with sophisticated flavors of red earth, spicy cloves, and cinnamon."

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Wine Is Serious Business 198

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Wine Is Serious Business # 198: Blind 2011 Oregon Pinot Noir Around $20/$30

Published on Sep 16, 2013

Dan picked out a bottle he had enjoyed at tastings over the summer, and Chas picked out two that he hadn't tried yet but wanted to. We put them into bags for a single blind tasting and are happy to say that we enjoyed all 3! They're all reliable local producers that are always worth checking in on. We get a little bit of A.V.A. education from the experience as well. In the show, we taste the following 2011 Crowley Laurel Hood Pinot Noir, the 2011 Love and Squalor Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, and the 2011 Matello Durant Vineyard Pinot Noir. What is the best blind tasting you've been to?
 

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Portland Monthly Magazine’s 50 Best Wines 2011

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Five of the city’s top wine connoisseurs sampled more than 400 Oregon wines to select the best the state has to offer. Now it’s your turn to sample the results!

Portland Food & Drink Blog Review

Portland Food & Drink Blog Review

2008 Behemoth Wine “Columbia Valley” Red: "This wine has amazing body and texture. Combine that with its intense dark berry, cocoa and cherry tinged flavors, and its smooth, voluptuous finish, and you have a wine that is begging to be served with something off the grill."

Beyond the Bottle Blog Review

Love & Squalor 2007 Riesling Willamette Valley

Posted by Thad W. on September 24, 2009 09:00 PM | Permalink

What a terrific wine the Love & Squalor 2008 Riesling Willamette Valley (12.4%) is to enjoy with spicy Asian cuisine. This Oregon riesling was a very light straw color in the glass, providing slight hints of petrol and citrus notes.

Citrus fruit flavors, crisp acidity, light texture and a long finish made this wine very enjoyable. There was just enough residual sugar to make this wine shine, without the usual viscous, cloying nature of some rieslings.

We paired the Love & Squalor riesling with beef tenderloin yakitori marinated in miso, sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic, salt and pepper. At $17, this was a very nice wine in terms of its quality to price ratio. I would definitely buy more of this Oregon riesling.

It's unfortunate that the folks at Love & Squalor don't offer more information about who they are and the wines they offer online. I would have placed an order immediately had they offered wine to sell on their site.

http://beyondthebottle.com/blog/2009/09/love-squalor-riesling-2007.html