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AVA Modifies Name
The Yamhill-Carlton District AVA (American Viticultural Area) has been changed to Yamhill-Carlton. “It was simply too long to fit on a number of producers’ labels,” said Ken Wright, ...
Rogue Chefs Up North
Already the successful owners of Underground Café & Coffeehouse and Subterra – A Wine Cellar Restaurant, both located in Newberg, Janet and Martin Bleck have formed yet another culinary ...
Bottled Up at SOWI
The Southern Oregon Wine Institute at Umpqua Community College received $9,000 worth of donated wine bottles from O-I (formerly Owens-Illinois), the world’s largest glass manufacturer, in mid-November. ...
Corked Excursion
Willamette Valley Vineyards sent Tom Owen and Luci Wisniewski on Nov. 7 to Portugal on behalf of the winery and its support of Cork ReHarvest, a local nonprofit cork-recycling program. The couple won the ...
JPR Toasts 30
By Janet Eastman Thirty years ago, the economy was hurting, Southern Oregon was a viticultural mystery and the region’s national public radio was starved for operating income. The crazy idea to ...
Pre-Thanksgiving Weekend Tastings
Applegate Valley Wineries Fall UnCorked TourNov. 21: Join us for the annual Fall UnCorked Event. Applegate Valley Wine Trail wineries will open their doors for barrel tastings, and wine and food pairings. ...
First Blush
“If man were meant to be nude, he’d have been born that way.” - Oscar Wilde In a private setting, it’s all good. But tasting room staffers report witnessing recent acts of escapades au naturel.
