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Harvest the Opportunity
Experience the upcoming harvest during the North Willamette Vintners’ Harvest Trail on Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Get a glimpse into all that goes into making your favorite wines. Enjoy a guided ...
Fair Game
This year’s Oregon State Fair Amateur Wine Competition, sponsored by Chemeketa Community College’s Northwest Viticulture Center, announced its winners Aug. 24 during the fair’s main wine ...

A Real Dandy
Courtney Taylor-Taylor, co-founder and frontman of The Dandy Warhols, has joined the Oregon wine industry, not as a rockin’ tasting room musician, but as a winery owner. His label’s ...

2013 Superior Cellar Awards
Iconic coastal resort, ravived Gorge treasure and Ashland's coolest steakhouse join the list.
In late 2011, OWP formed a partnership with the Oregon Wine Board to create greater awareness for the state’s wine industry by showcasing Superior Cellar Awards recipients.

10-Mile Dinner
Chef, winemaker and nearby farmers go the distance for a fresh-picked feast.
Chef Paul Bachand has been cooking in the Willamette Valley for more than 20 years. Buying local is one way he honors his wine country roots, supporting the local growers and ranchers.
Guests were treated to rare seared beef with wine pickled onion, heirloom carrot-squash salad and pommes de terre robuchon paired with Natalie's Estate 2008 Zinfandel at the "10 Mile Dinner" held at Recipe in Newberg.
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.