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2013 ALMANAC:
2012 Year in Review
Wine Spectator Nod Call it validation, verification, substantiation or confirmation. The vast majority of experts are now in agreement about the truth, reality and accuracy of a longstanding Oregon claim. Since ...
2012 OREGON WINE INDUSTRY PERSONS OF THE YEAR
In OWP's first ever annual publication, 2013 Oregon Wine Almanac, OWP has announced this year's top honors to Ken and Karen Wright, who share a commitment to industry and community.
Donation of Dialogues
Janis Miglavs, an Oregon wine writer and photographer, recently donated recorded interviews of 82 wine industry members to the Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College in McMinnville. The ...
Wine Country Home Tour
Soroptimist International of McMinnville, an organization with the mission to help women in education, training, work status and personal safety, presents its 24th Wine Country Holiday Home Tour on Sunday, ...
Walnut City Kitchen Opens
Community Plate’s owner, Scott Cunningham, and chef, Jesse Kincheloe, will open a new restaurant, Walnut City Kitchen, located at 2580 S.E. Stratus Avenue in McMinnville. The restaurant will open ...
Triple Digit Delights
Since pioneers like Richard Sommer, Charles Coury and David Lett started planting Pinot vines armed with only hope and well-informed intuition, the grape has transformed not only the agricultural landscape of Oregon but also the way the world sees our state.
Oregon Pinots with prices of $100 or more mark a coming of age. In the last few years, just over a dozen wineries have released products with prices ranging from $100 to $250.
Thanks for Thanksgiving
Of all the promotional efforts undertaken by Oregon wineries to entice potential customers to their doorsteps, none has seen greater success over time than Thanksgiving Weekend.
The first official Thanksgiving Weekend dates back three decades. It begin with the founding of the Yamhill County Winery Association in 1982. Wine Country Thanksgiving was the Yamhill County Wineries Association’s largest single promotional project from the time of its inception.
Willful Wine Co.
Daedalus Cellars, the partnership between Aron Hess and Pam Walden, has given way to a new wine brand sourced from a seven-acre estate in Oregon’s Dundee Hills. Willful Wine Co. has released ...
