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  20% CASE & 10% HALF CASE DISCOUNTS ... includes mixed cases!
with Portalis owner, Jens Strecker |
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  WINE SHOP We're out to be your local wine merchant, hooking you up with noteworthy wines for your cellar, solid table wines under $15, special gifts, suggestions for wine & food pairings, great wines for a special event within budget and so on. Choose from our in-stock selection of 450 world wines or check out our website for a broader selection. Want suggestions? Talk to owner, Jens Strecker & his team or provide us your Personal Wine Profile and we'll be in touch with wines of interest. WINE BAR The atmosphere is cozy, the food is outstanding & the wine selection lets you go exploring. Enjoy dinner, lunch (Sat/Sun) or a snack. Our delicious menu is prepared with wine in mind and allows you get the full experience of many wines that are intended to be enjoyed with a meal. Select from 40+ world wines by the glass, 30+ artisan beers or pick a bottle from the shop for a $15 corkage fee...a steal! PORTALIS WINES We’re here for neighbors, Seattle wine buyers and web customers alike who are into great wine and delicious food and want a knowledgeable local wine merchant to use as a resource when making their wine selections.   The wine mind behind this operation is Jens Strecker, native German and former anesthesiologist & emergency doc, turned wine merchant. Jens has a huge following of people who know he can help them find the wines they are looking for in the no-nonsense, unpretentious style that’s so appealing to his clientele. He’s known by both his fellow wine professionals and his customers as having an impressive depth of knowledge as well as being an early adopter. He doesn’t need anyone to tell him what to buy or what’s good value for the money. When you taste hundreds of wines every week, you have to know exactly what you’re buying, and he does. He then has a great knack for pairing up his customers with what they’re looking for. If you are into wine and are looking for something special or you need wines organized for business colleagues or special events, feel free to contact him directly: jens@portaliswines.com
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At Portalis since opening day 2003 is Gina, our Store Manager. She’s a sommelier, and her extensive wine knowledge combined with her delightful company have earned her a following of her own. In addition to her full-time position at Portalis, she is Scott Carsberg’s wine buyer at Seattle’s prestigious Lampreia Restaurant and she’s in the process of starting her own business, taking groups on wine tours to Italy. (Check out her 
Sky has been with us since 2005 and he may be the only tattooed, surfer-dude from Southern California who’s ever sold you a $100 bottle of Burgundy, but he does it regularly, so look out. In all seriousness, Sky has many other personas (tax accountant, Barça tender, ultimate Frisbee maniac) but at Portalis, he’s a knowledgeable wine buff and excellent server who can get you to the wine you’re looking for as well as anybody.
Erin is a creator, a seamstress by trade. She can repair your leather car interior, design your wedding dress, make you the most kick-ass hand bag you’ve ever had. On the side, she’s an accomplished server with a good sense of wine. She’d be pleased to help you find what you are looking for in the shop or the bar.
Ross really is a surfer dude, so when he’s not at Portalis he’s with his sub-culture friends in Westport riding the waves (which he does every week … 2 hours down and 2 hours back). In his former life he was the wine buyer/manager at World Cup and he knows a ton about wine as well. You can hit him up with wine questions across the board and with his friendly, easy-going persona, he’ll get you what you need.
