English Estate Winery will host it’s 5th Annual Chili Cook-Off, October 25th, 2-5 p.m. in the Loafing Shed Tasting Room, 17806 SE 1st Street. This is a FREE event, with the winner chosen by a “People’s Choice” vote.
Enjoy tasting Chili, Estate wines and if you’d like, bring your own pumpkin to carve and participate in the Estate’s over 21 Pumpkin Carving contest. Music will be performed by local musician Laura May from 2:30-4:30 p.m. First place on either event receives a $50 English Estate Winery gift card.
Currently English Estate Winery is pouring 2013 Rose de Noir, 2013 Sauvignon Blanc, 2013 Pinot Gris, Marguerite Metis (White blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Gewuzraminer & Semillon), Pinot Noir and more Estate grown, vinted and bottles wines located in Vancouver. There is a $5 tasting fee, but waived when a bottle of wine is purchased.
They invite you to stop by and enjoy wines by the bottle or by the box. The late Carl D English, founder of the winery, started boxed wine for the tasting room in 2003 to slow down waste. Eventually the customer’s demand created a whole new way of selling wines for English Estate.
Clark County’s oldest winery is located in East Vancouver and is known for its pure Estate Pinot Noirs and their sweet fortified Nectar dessert wines. Other varietals grown at the Estate include, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer & Semillon.
In 1980 the English Family planted Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon vines on the gravelly ridge located at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Gorge winds keep the vineyard dryer and sunnier than the Pinot growing lands to the North and South. This unique micro climate gives the grapes a character all of their own. The wines are now being crafter by Carl’s children, Carl S English and Jennifer English Wallenberg.
