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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 ...

#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.

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.
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, ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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.
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.YC N PDX
“Taste the Place” at the Yamhill-Carlton District AVA tasting in Portland, Aug. 30.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 ...
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 ...