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Say YES to Yum
In commemoration of Yamhill County’s culinary bounty, the Yamhill Enrichment Society has created Bounty of the County, a multi-course dinner at Sokol Blosser Winery in Dayton on Sept. 9, at 5:30 ...
World Of Wine 2012 Winners
This year’s World of Wine competition in Southern Oregon featured 182 wines from 47 wineries. Nineteen gold medals and 82 silver medals were awarded this year, both all-time highs. Of the 19 gold ...
Wild About Game
Timberline Lodge will host this year’s Wild About Game and a winery dinner in conjunction with Nicky USA’s 12th annual signature meat-centric event. Staged at Timberline’s Wy’East ...
Southern Oregon in the Rose City
North meets south at this year’s Savor Southern Oregon, Sept. 16 at Director Park in Portland, when four Portland chefs team up with the region’s farmers and fisherman to create unique, ...
Sandor Hired
Chemeketa Community College has hired Gregory M. Sandor as the college’s new director of the Department of Agricultural Sciences. Sandor replaces Craig Anderson, who retired last year. “I ...
Mural Model
By Molly Walker When artists John Stromme and Eddie Johnson finished complex murals on the outside of the tasting room of Yamhill Valley Vineyards of McMinnville — complete with stones framing windows ...
Carlton Crush
In celebration of Yamhill County’s most exciting time of the year, the city of Carlton will host a new event, Carlton Crush Harvest Festival, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Staged downtown, the inaugural ...
Sunny Site Up
Solar panel installations increase, giving more wineries substantial energy savings
If you’ve read anything about solar energy, you know its long-term benefits can be significant. Save energy. Save money. Save the earth. It’s a win-win-win all the way around.
What makes the installation of solar energy particularly appealing is federal rebates. Whether for home or business use, these incentives to install solar substantially shorten the break-even recovery time.
Eco-Consciously Inspired
Wineries innovate sustainability in field, facility and beyond
Oregon wine is one of the greenest industries in the state, if not the country. Composting, recycling and earth-friendly farming are customary throughout Oregon wine country.
While Mother Earth is the ultimate teacher, Oregon wineries have cultivated some innovative practices that she’d surely approve of.
WOW, 10 Years!
Southern Oregon’s World of Wine Festival, the Rogue Valley’s premier wine festival, will celebrate a decade of good times and fine wines. This year’s WOW, Aug. 22–25, in ...
Weddington Joins OWB
The Oregon Wine Board has named Dewey Weddington director of marketing and education. “We are very fortunate to have identified a talent of Dewey’s caliber in our own backyard,” ...
¡Salud! Sip
Celebrations for the 21st anniversary of ¡Salud! The Oregon Pinot Noir Auction will begin Aug. 11 with ¡Salud! Sip, a day for collectors of ¡Salud! cuvées to open their bottles ...
OWA Insurance
Effective Aug. 1, Oregon Winegrowers Association will offer its members access to a robust employee benefits package at low association rates through Hagan Hamilton Insurance. Beth Acevedo and Dawn ...
For the Farmers
Johan Vineyards, located in Rickreall in the Central Willamette Valley, has released its first vintage of a special project, Farmlands Wines. The new label is a concept geared towards wine savvy, ...