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Record Number Wows Judges

World of Wine contest impresses worldly panel
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With the mill, James Martin hopes to create an artisan community in The Dalles. Photo provided.

Sunshine Daydream

Old mill, new packaging has local thinking in the clouds
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Dick Ponzi (left) and Dick Erath chat before the dinner begins. Photo by Marcus Larson.

#6 STORY of 2010: Ponzi Celebrates 40

Pioneer Oregon family winery founded in 1970.

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Dana Campbell Vineyards takes root in the Rogue

By John Darling How does a career as Ashland’s public works director prepare you to create a beautiful vineyard and start marketing some tasty red wines? For engineer/Navy officer/waste-water treatment ...

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Laurent Montalieu of Soléna Estate and Cole
Danehower of Northwest Palate magazine
compare winemaking with vineyard at the Cellar
Crawl tasting of 25 Pinot Noirs from the 2006
vintage. Photo by Marcus Larson.

Terroir or Technique?

Five vineyards + five winemakers = 25 distinct wines
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#8 STORY of 2010: Oregon Wine Press 2010 Superior Cellar Awards

Oregon Wine Press expresses our appreciation to restaurants that have already made the commitment to featuring local wines. We look forward to seeing many more follow their example in the near future.

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Chickens of many breeds leave the homemade coop at Big Table Farm.

Coop Scoop

The most sublime Pinot Noir to grace your glass may be one of the hottest topics of conversation at the International Pinot Noir Celebration held every July since 1987 in McMinnville. But also swirling around the Riedels this year were the cast of characters at one wine country luncheon that had guests all aflutter.

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Celebrate Oregon!

The Oregon State Fair once again played host to Celebration Oregon!, the awards ceremony and tasting event for the only all-Oregon wine competition in the Beaver State. Held opening night of the fair, ...

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Jonah’s Just Begun

Jonah’s Just Begun, a foundation targeting a cure for a rare childhood syndrome, recently held a fundraiser at Methven Family Vineyard in Dayton. Willamina native Jill Wood started the nonprofit ...

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Premeditated Pictures

New work by Sherwood-based photo artist Janis Miglavs will be featured in the Art of the Vine gallery show Aug. 26–Sept. 25 at Art Elements Gallery in Newberg. Art of the Vine will be displaying ...

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Iron Chef Crowned

There is a new king of the kitchen in Oregon and his name is Gabriel Gil of Rabbit Bistro in Eugene. During The Bite of Oregon, Aug. 6 and 7, Gil went cleaver to cleaver against some of the best local ...

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Helioterra Is Here

Formerly employed by Apolloni Vineyards, Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch has struck out on her own to create Helioterra Wines. The name Helioterra was inspired by the Oregon State gemstone, Heliolite, or sunstone. “My ...

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Compassion and Crayons

Dobbes Family Estate continues its philanthropy with its Charitable Giving Program. Each quarter, a different employee selects a cause that has special meaning to him or her. During that quarter, the Dundee ...

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Explore, Tour & Taste!

More than 30 vineyard and winery members of the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers will participate in the third annual Explore, Tour & Taste!, a Labor Day weekend filled with special pre-harvest vineyard ...

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Earth Day, Every Day

Earth Day, Every Day
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A panel of 12 tasters determine if they can detect a difference between Doe Ridge Vineyard s Biodynamic and LIVE blocks at Grand Cru Estates near Yamhill.

Holistic Taste Test

Is it possible to actually taste a difference in the wines coming from Biodynamic vineyards as opposed to more traditionally farmed ones? According to a panel of 12 sophisticated tasters involved in a triangular blind tasting, the answer is: Yes.
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Russ Raney of Evesham Wood plays in the dirt at Le Puits Sec Vineyard in Salem.

Digging for a Better Wine

A loosely assembled advocacy group of 12 wineries makes up the Deep Roots Coalition and sticks to a grape growing manifesto that stresses dry farming over irrigation, and place over yield. Burgundy set the standard long ago, well before the advent of agricultural irrigation.
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Torii Mor s Gold LEED-certified winery was completed in 2007.  Annual production capacity is 30,000 cases.  Photo provided.

Torii Mor’s Big Score

Dundee winery one of 10 companies chosen for USDA program
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YC N PDX

“Taste the Place” at the Yamhill-Carlton District AVA tasting in Portland, Aug. 30.
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The Winner Is…

San Francisco International Wine Competition, the largest, most influential international wine competition in America, just released its 2010 results. This year, SFIWC’s judges — a 46-person ...

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Home Stretch

Time to do some stretches. Destination Races’ Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon is around the bend. Scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 5, the 13.1-mile race will start at Stoller Vineyards in Dundee, wind ...

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