Chicago Wine Report | Tasting Reports | Upcoming Tastings

This week’s Chicago Wine Report focused on tastings: Lainie attended two in the past week and noted that we are at the point where it might be possible to attend a tasting every night of the week!Door 24’s Oregon tasting was a delight, featuring a selection of wines from boutique producers. The standout was American Recordings Pinot Noir, which left Lainie thinking of nights on her back porch, drinking this wine (chilled, if you please) while listening to The Drive’s HD2 “Deep Cuts” channel.Seriously, though, it was a great evening. It was a guided, sit-down tasting that provided information about each wine and its producer. If you are wanting to bone up on your wine knowledge, check out these in-depth tastings at Door 24. Perman Wine Selections hosted a tasting with Christos Zafeirakis, the winemaker at Domaine Zafeirakis. The wines were an absolute delight: Delicious and incredible values!Upcoming wine tastings in Chicago: Joe’s Wine Cellar in Wicker park has wine tastings every Thursday from “6 to 8:30ish” PM. Reservations are required and there is a charge to attend. Below is the schedule through the rest of May:May 12th is Australia and New ZealandMay 19th is RoséMay 26th collaborative dinner with Dimo’s Pizza(773) 303-48842108 W Division StreetChicago, IL 60622Andersonville’s In Fine Spirits offers free wine tastings Wednesdays from 5-7 pm and on Saturdays from 3-6 pm. Occasionally they do Thursday tastings as well. Follow them on social media or subscribe to their newsletter to learn about special events. In Fine Spirits is open seven days a week, a relative rarity among small wine shops in Chicago.(773) 506-94635418 N Clark StChicago, IL 60640Konbini and Kanpai is holding a free Wine Wednesday tasting on May 11th, from 6-8 pm. They are also promoting an opportunity to taste 20 different wines for $20 on May 25th, from 6 pm onward. Incredible wine discounts as well. Reservations are required.312-884-97801433 W Belmont Chicago, ILThat’s all for this week. Tune in to No Chalice Required for in-depth wine reviews or listen to World Perspectives Radio Chicago as we develop our programming! Get full access to Chicago Wine Report at chicagowinereport.substack.com/subscribe