Features

Bill Hatcher

Remaking Oregon's Image

July 01, 2010
OWB needs to overhaul its marketing of the state

Summer Music Schedule - Day by Day

July 01, 2010
2010 Summer Music Schedule for every day of the week.

2010 Summer Music Schedule for July

July 01, 2010
2010 Summer Music Schedule for July

2010 Summer Music Schedule for August

July 01, 2010
2010 Summer Music Schedule for August

Small Plate Primer

June 02, 2010
"Swirl, Sip & Savor" inspires alfresco feast

CNC Hits Its Stride

May 03, 2010
The Carbon Neutral Challenge is one of the first collaborative efforts in the world by a bloc of wineries measuring and reducing their impact on the environment. Fourteen wineries, representing approximately 20 percent of the wine production in Oregon, have completed their first year.
Boris Wiedenfeld is general manager of Sundance
Wine Cellars-Oregon Wine Merchants in Eugene.

Buying South in the North

March 31, 2010
Smaller southern wineries are witnessing the inroads made by their large-producing neighbors. The Northwest Wine Brokers’ warehouse is stocked with labels that rarely found their way onto the areas’ wine lists in the past but are in 200 places today. And many owners of wine bars and wine shops in the top half of the state are now genuinely excited about telling their customers about the full slate of the state’s offerings.
Oregon-grown olives and truffles are
classing up local cuisine with delicious 
and distinctive flavors.

Essential Oils

March 01, 2010
Mint. Filberts. Tart cherries. Strawberries. Fine wines and liqueurs.

Now, to its already extensive list of premium agricultural products, Oregon is adding culinary liquid gold — oil, that is.

A handful of farmers in western and southern Oregon, including the winery-famous Red Hills, are experimenting with growing olive trees for oil production.
Matt Brown of Bladen County Records relaxes with a glass of wine in front of a massive CD collection belonging to his roommate, Issac Brock of Modest Mouse.

Vinyl & Vino

July 01, 2010
Portlander Matt Brown is more than your typical label owner. Behind his mischievous smile and nonchalant swagger lurks a plethora of knowledge on wine, both domestic and international, and a hunger for quality, simplicity and accessibility in what he drinks.
Hannah’s Bench is one of five estate vineyards
owned by the McCormick family of Memaloose Wines.

A Lot to Like about Little Lyle

July 01, 2010
As the Columbia Gorge wine scene exploded during the last decade, the McCormicks planted their dreams about the same time and the same place as those of three other young wineries: Luke Bradford of COR Cellars, James and Poppy Mantone of Syncline Winery, and Alexis and Juliet Pouillon of Domaine Pouillon. The four wineries all grow and press and share gear within a cork's toss - or a crow's flight - of one another, up on what they call the "Lyle Bench."
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