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Learn Your AVAs
Oregon encompasses 16 specific winegrowing regions called American Viticultural Areas (AVAs). Each is unique in its geographic location, climate, soil and topography. When an AVA is designated on the wine bottle’s label, 85 percent of the grapes used to make the wine must be sourced from that AVA. Here's a tutorial on Oregon’s terroir-driven divisions.
Oregon Cheese Festival
Say “cheese” and mean it at this year’s Oregon Cheese Festival at Rogue Creamery in Central Point on March 19. Thousands of visitors will sample cow, sheep and goat cheese from Oregon ...
Choc-A-LOT
The seventh annual Oregon Chocolate Festival, March 4–6, is dedicated to Oregon chocolatiers and their creations. The Ashland celebration will bring together more than 30 local chocolate companies, ...
Tech Talk
Southern Oregon Wine Institute at Umpqua Community College is teaming up with ETS Laboratories and Oregon State University Extension Service to present a technical symposium on March 8, 9 and 10 with expert ...
Flavors of Carlton
Flavors of Carlton celebrates food, wine, art and a caring community. The annual fundraiser event, benefiting Carlton Together Cares, a locally staffed volunteer-based nonprofit organization dedicated ...
Licensed to Wine
Cultivating Communities, a Salem-based nonprofit dedicated to promotion of travel, tourism and economic development, has proposed a wine country license plate to the Oregon Legislature. It would be added ...
Change of Leadership
The Board of Trustees of the Rogue Valley Winegrowers Association (RVWA) elected officers for 2011–2012 at the Feb. 8 Board meeting. Jon Meadors of Agate Ridge Vineyard in Eagle Point has been selected ...
Remember This Evening
Wines from the Willamette, Umpqua and Applegate valleys will be matched with dishes prepared by Rogue Valley restaurants at an almost all-Oregon dinner to be held March 12 at Ashland’s Lithia Springs ...
JBF Celebration
The James Beard Foundation (JBF) will soon announce the nominees of the 2011 JBF Awards, the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America, in Beard’s hometown, Portland. The ...
Sip! in Mac
In its 18th year, Sip! McMinnville Wine & Food Classic will be returning to the Evergreen Space Museum, March 11–13. At this year’s event, 160 vendors will share the unique venue. Oregon ...
Classic Wines Auction
Classic Wines Auction (CWA) not only taps some of the region’s best chefs and winemakers, but more importantly, it raises funds to help more than 42,000 children and adults struggling with challenges ...
North Meets South
Claudia Bowers of Pravia Wines & Events, the producer of the Best of Oregon Food & Wine Festival, is bringing together top wineries, breweries, distilleries and restaurants for a new event, North ...
And Let There Be Wine!
The Umpqua Valley Winegrowers Association (UVWA) will present the 41st annual Greatest of the Grape on March 5 at Seven Feathers Casino Resort & Spa in Canyonville. “It’s an elegant evening ...
Wine Country Kiss & Tell
Make your sweetheart swoon with a romantic rendezvous among the vines. Instead of the predictable boxes of chocolates or tiny candied hearts that say things like “URA QT,” for your beloved, why not take the person you adore and indulge in Oregon wine country for a change?
