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We arrived at TeSóAria a half-hour before it was
scheduled to close on a Thursday evening. We figured it would be a quick
visit. Two hours, 10 wines and one conversation about how to prepare
the perfect poached egg later, we finally left. Roseburg winery
TeSóAria's butternut-walled tasting room is more likely to draw your
mom's book club than the terribly hip crowd at the Box Social across the
street. The narrow space is airy and pleasant, Simon and Garfunkel pour
out of the speakers and servers have no interest in rushing you. A
tasting (10 pours for $10) can take a couple hours, the chef might sit
down at your table with a glass of his own, and you're likely to get an
earful about their earthy and full-bodied Bull's Blood, a
Hungarian-style red blend that dates to the mid-16th century and whose
name has something to do with Ottoman troops and the drunken Hungarian
soldiers who successfully repelled them. Most astonishing revelation of
the night? Tip is included in the prices. How European.
Happy hour: Just get a $10 tasting. You'll be happy, and it will take an hour.
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