Wine Styles Corvallis

Although it's been open for over a year, we hadn't gotten around to visiting the Corvallis Wine Styles until this last August. Located in the Timberhill Shopping Center (Walnut at Kings), the store offers a selection of 150-160 different wines. The reds are grouped into "Bold", "Mellow" and "Fruity" categories and the whites into "Crisp", "Silky" and "Rich". Sparkling wines appear under the "Bubbly" banner, and dessert wines under "Nectar". Oregon wines are well-represented, though not to the degree as one finds at Wineopolis or Avalon. 

In addition to being a retail wine store, the establishment doubles as a wine bar. A small dining area at the back offers a half dozen or so small tables, and there are a few stools at the bar itself. At any given time there are about four or five reds and a similar number of whites available by the glass, the cost for which ranges from $6 to $9. You can also select a full bottle from the shelves and have that opened; if it's one you want chilled, just dunk it into the chiller, whose swirling, frigid waters will bring the wine to serving temperature in just a few minutes.

To accompany your wine there are a variety of "plate" offerings, ranging from bread and cheese to an antipasto platter. This makes the establishment a good choice for a light meal, or an alternative location for an appetizer on the way to dinner at a local restaurant.

In addition to wine, the store offers a small-but-growing selection of craft beers. Currently there about 15 offerings, but Bryan Traylor (co-proprietor with Stephanie Gwin) hopes to increase this to 50 or so (I've already sent him a list of ones I'd like to see).

The combination of wine store, wine bar and beer store is, I believe, unique in Corvallis. Enoteca combines wine sales (at rather high prices) with a wine bar (with rather meager food offerings), and Corvallis Brewing Supply has a good selection of both wine and beer, but I know of no other establishment which covers all three bases. It's thus a valuable resource to those of us who like to have as many choices as possible in our little community.

Wine Styles Corvallis Website