09/19/2026
Saturday is for wine and Cork is Pouring. 🍷
🇪🇸🇵🇹 Cork 14th | 12–3 PM
Karim is pouring A Taste of Iberia: Xarmant Txakoli, Mar de Viñas Albariño, Aphros Orange Wine & Elías Mora Toro.
🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹 Cork Cleveland Park | 2–5 PM
Anastasia is pouring Classic, Aromatic & Wild: Métaireau Muscadet, Pfeffingen Scheurebe & Sabbia Orange.
7 Wines - 5 Countries - Two Corks Every Saturday.
Sip with us today!
Xarmant Txakoli — Basque Country, Spain
A bright, lively expression of Basque Txakoli. Primarily Hondarrabi Zuri, with Petit Courbú, it offers green apple, peach, fresh herbs and floral notes, with vibrant acidity and a slight spritz that makes it especially refreshing. Think crisp, energetic and coastal.
Mar de Viñas Albariño — Rías Baixas, Spain
A classic Atlantic Spanish white built around Albariño's combination of ripe citrus and stone/tropical fruit with bright acidity and saline minerality. The wine is 100% Albariño and is fermented in stainless steel with time on fine lees.
Aphros Orange — Vinho Verde, Portugal
This is where the tasting takes a turn toward texture. Aphros' orange/skin-contact Loureiro is a very different interpretation of Vinho Verde—aromatic and citrus-driven but with the additional grip and savory complexity that comes from fermentation with the grape skins. The Phaunus bottling is made in amphora and associated with biodynamic farming.
Elías Mora Toro — Toro, Spain
The heavyweight of the Cork 14th flight. Made from Tinta de Toro, the local expression of Tempranillo, this is a dark-fruited, structured red with blackberry, violet, liquorice and spice, with oak adding additional depth depending on the bottling.
Louis Métaireau Muscadet — Loire, France
A classic seafood-friendly white: dry, lean and highly refreshing, with lemon/lime, green apple and pear alongside the characteristic mineral and saline qualities associated with Muscadet. Made from Melon de Bourgogne.
Pfeffingen Scheurebe — Pfalz, Germany
A wonderfully aromatic German grape that deserves more attention. Pfeffingen's dry Scheurebe emphasizes grapefruit and lime, backed by mineral character and a fuller, more expressive palate. It sits somewhere between the familiar freshness of Riesling and something more exotically aromatic.
Sabbia — Piemonte, Italy
This is the most textural and unconventional of the Cleveland Park trio. Demarie makes Sabbia from white grapes using extended skin maceration; it is associated with Arneis and develops an amber-gold appearance and savory, spicy character. It is a great example of how dramatically skin contact can change the personality of a white grape.