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Intercambio Educativo
International education at Umpqua Community College is receiving a significant boost with the help of Roseburg’s Sister City Program and UCC’s viticulture and enology, and world languages programs. May ...
The Pink Sip
In honor of summer’s blush, The North Willamette Vintners will host Rosé in the Rose City, a new wine-tasting event held in conjunction with Portland’s annual Rose Festival. On ...
OWN the News
On May 9, the Oregon Wine Board introduced a new feature on its website (www.oregonwine.org) called the Oregon Wine Newsroom (OWN). Users can access it by clicking on the Newsroom tab on the site’s ...
More at Maryhill
By Stu Watson Maryhill Winery started big, expanded, and now it’s getting larger still, with the addition of a 3,000-square-foot tasting room designed for reserve and library wines. The ...
Gris Gathering
Once again, winemakers and growers in Oregon will assemble to discuss “Oregon’s Other Pinot” at the second annual Oregon Pinot Gris Symposium on June 7 at Oak Knoll Winery in Hillsboro. Greg ...
Eastward Bound
June 15–16, the East Willamette Valley Wine Association will host its third annual New Release Festival at St. Josef’s Winery, featuring the latest wines from 11 Marion and Clackamas county ...
2012 Astoria-Warrenton Crab Seafood & Wine Festival Wine Competition Results
Best of Show White: J. Scott Cellars 2010 Viognier Best of Show Red: Flying Dutchman 2007 Cabernet France Riesling Gold: Vitis Ridge 2011 RieslingSilver: TeSóAria Winery 2011 RieslingBronze: ...
Murder Mystery in Wine Country
Review by Starla Pointer “A Murder of Crows” takes us into the world of Cade Blackstone, a self-deprecating private dick with an eye for leggy ladies and a nose for clues. He hasn’t ...
Wine-Minded Ales
The relationship between brewing and winemaking has always been an especially flirtatious one thanks to shared processes, equipment, additions and locations. ••• Yet, now more than ever, local beer is being treated more and more like fine wine in every facet. Brewers are walking hop rows pre-harvest like a winemaker studies his fruit just before crush. They’re including old Pinot Noir barrels in their oaking regiments and are staunch supporters of sustainability and seasonality. ••• They’re playing with new yeast strains and bottle-conditioning ales, so they can evolve for years to come.
Thirsty Pastime
Toss away that thought of building an expensive wine cellar to age and protect your precious vintages. Eric Weisinger has a better idea. He buries bottles in the ground. One at a time. And thousands of miles apart. ••• Weisinger spends half the year in the Rogue Valley and the other half in New Zealand, making wine and serving as a consultant to grape growers. In between, he creates his own wine and stashes cases of it in his Ashland home, the crawl space under a friend’s house and, for a few dozen special vintages, in the woods, on an island, in various countries, on different continents.
Fighting Hunger with Food
In an effort to fight childhood hunger, Portland’s best chefs, restaurants, wineries and distilleries will contribute their talents to Share Our Strength’s 25th annual Taste of the Nation Portland ...
Jazz and Wine
As certain as daffodils and cherry blossoms blooming are definite signs of spring, so is the Silverton Wine & Jazz Festival. In its sixth year, the East Willamette Valley festival, May 19, appear ...
Get All Loopy
The Fruit Loop Wine Celebration will mark its fifth year of honoring the world-famous fruit orchards and award-winning wineries of Oregon’s Hood River County Fruit Loop, June 16–17. Wine ...
For the Birds
Youngberg Hill Vineyard in McMinnville has teamed up with George Fox University students and staff to address the issue of invasive introduced bird populations’ effect on native species and grape ...
