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Francis Plowman, Rogue Creamery marketing director and his wife, Gail, give guests samples of the Southern Oregon creamery’s cheese at last year’s event.

The Wedge Returns

Portland’s cheese celebration readies for its third event

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YES to Yamhill

Susan Sokol Blosser begins a new kind of campaign

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Congressman Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon 5th District)

Oregon’s Schrader Co-sponsors HR 1161

By Wine Press Staff U.S. House Resolution 1161 was introduced March 17 at the request of the National Beer Wholesalers of America with the support of the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America. The ...

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Harvey Shafer

A Man of Unassuming Accomplishment

Pioneering winemaker’s life devoted to wine and family

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Harvest Approaches

Growers statewide get ready for a bountiful October harvest

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Joe Dobbes. Photo by Andrea Johnson.

Dobbes Secures Backing

Dundee winery inks agreement with San Fran investment firm

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Thomas Arvid’s “‘O’ What a Night” features three Oregon wine producers, Ken Wright, Archery Summit and Shea Wine Cellars. The 36-by-48 original oil on canvas is $75,000 framed.

“O” What a Sight

Catch a glimpse of Thomas Arvid’s homage to Oregon wine

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$1.25 Million Grant to UCC/SOWI

Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank announced on Sept. 1 a $1.25 million U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to Umpqua Community College and the Southern Oregon Wine Institute ...

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Guests on the deck at Memaloose’s new tasting room located on the banks of the Columbia and Klickitat rivers.

Taste on the River

By Wine Press Staff The McCormick family of Memaloose Winery, located in Lyle, Wash., recently celebrated the grand opening of their new tasting room located on the banks of the Columbia and Klickitat ...

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Cider House Party

Come celebrate pickling season at the third annual Portland Fermentation Festival at the Ecotrust Building. Taste and share homemade fermented food and drinks made by professionals and home fermentation ...

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Change of Hands

By Wine Press Staff Daisy Creek Vineyard and Madrone Mountain Vineyard closed their shared tasting room on Sept. 1. Ledger David Cellars, located in Talent, will be taking over the storefront, 245 N. ...

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“Dishing Up Oregon” (Storey Publishing) by
Ashley Gartland is 288 pages, sells for $19.95
and will be released in November.

Dishing Up Good Grub

Ashley Gartland celebrates Oregon bounty with new cookbook

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Executive Chef Michael Landsberg (right),
Garden Manager Jessie Russell (left) and Sous
Chef Benjamin Nadolny gather organic produce
from King Estate’s 30 acres of gardens and
orchards.

Dining Like a King

Restaurant enhances reputation of Oregon’s largest winery

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When the Time’s Ripe

Vineyards evaluate measures for getting grapes ready for harvest

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The monolith known as Monkey Face rises above its namesake vineyard at Ranch at the Canyons. Photo provided.

WACO’s Crazy for Wine

Winegrowers of Central Oregon discusses region’s potential

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Robert Volz stands in his temperature controlled
cellar above Pour Wine Bar & Bistro in Northeast Portland. Photo provided.

Volz Knows His Vino

Portlander passes test, pinned Advanced Level Sommelier

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Viento’s tasting room will soon be built at the Columbia Gorge winery’s estate vineyard, which is planted to Riesling. Photo provided.

Viento Breaks Ground

Winemaker Rich Cushman to build Hood River tasting room

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From left, restaurant owners Matthew and Katherine Otten with their son, Liam, bartender Chris Churilla and Executive Chef
Hamid Serdani, pose at the bar of the newly opened Terminus. Photo by Ethan Erickson of the Corvallis Gazette-Times.

Terminus Now on Tap

Corvallis couple creates new restaurant on the Willamette

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A participant at the 2011 Wine Blogger’ Conference in Virginia takes notes after
sampling wine. Attendees also toured area vineyards and wineries. Photo by Daane Studios.

Agog for the Wine Blog

Portland to welcome 2012 Wine Bloggers’ Conference

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Sunny Jin, executive chef
at JORY at The Allison Inn
& Spa, picks fresh squash
blossoms at the Newberg
restaurant’s organic garden.

Incredible Edibles

“No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden,” penned the preeminent wine writer Hugh Johnson. The allure of gardens is undeniable. The kitchen garden insatiable. What other world seduces all of our senses so completely? Especially now, as inspired chefs from wine country to city center accent their fare with flowers.

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Draksavana Yoga

Certified yoga instructor and sommelier Jennifer Cossey is leading a series of yoga classes, Draksavana (vineyard in Sanskrit) Yoga, through the remainder of the summer and into the first part of fall. ...

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