COMMENTARY

Auctioneer Fritz Hatton leads the live segment at last
year’s Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction. ##Photo provided

Lots to Discuss

WVWA 2020 auction goes online, adds charity, promotes 2018s

 

 

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The maple the morning after being struck by lightning.

Calm after the Storm

Rain to soothe the wearied spirit

 

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Kate Bolling ##Photo by Kathryn Elsesser

Q&A: Kate Bolling

Owner, Oregon Wines on Broadway

 

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Riders stop at Remy Wines in Dayton for tastings and tacos. ##Photo provided

Vespas and Vines

Slow Ride Wine Country tours via scooter

 

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Sarah Heller MW ##Photo provided

Q&A: Sarah Heller MW

Somm, artist, writer, educator and more

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OWP editor Hilary Berg (right) with her twin sister, Jessica McHughes, at the  kitchen table of their youth.

If Tables Could Talk

More seats at the table = deeper conversations

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Dyson and Susan DeMara of HillCrest Vineyard in the Umpqua Valley. ##Photo provided

Giggling Good

HillCrest rosé is the glee we all need

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Aquiles Onecimo Giron Sanchez chats with Miguel Lopez. ##Photo by Andrea Johnson

Elevando Voces

Q&A: Aquiles Onecimo Giron Sanchez

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Neal Hulkower records his Slow Wine Guide interviews via Zoom with Josh Bergstrom of Bergstrom Wines. ##Photo provided

Zooming into Slow Wine

Slow Wine Guide persists with interviews despite pandemic

 

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Inside his studio/winery outside Sherwood, winemaker and professional potter Andrew Beckham stands among his amphorae, clays vessels for fermentation. ##Photo by Michael Alberty

Skin in the Game

Amphora Gewürz illuminates ignored grape

 

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André Mack ##Photo provided

Q&A: André Mack

Sommelier, winemaker, educator

 

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All Phubbed Up

Unplug and seize the day

 

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All Wet

In the wrong too long

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Winemaker Michael Claypool ##Photo by Joshua Chang

Pardon the Disruption

Jura-style Chardonnay a delicious diversion

 

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Plum of a Job

Winemakers have it made in the shade

 

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Jonathan Cain ##Photo provided

Q&A: Jonathan Cain

Recording artist, winery owner 

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David Adelsheim ##Photo provided

Q&A: David Adelsheim

Oregon winemaker, leader, advocate

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LEFT: “Pinot Girl: A Family, a Region, an Industry” by Anna Maria Ponzi. RIGHT:  “Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations and Triumphs of America’s Youngest Sommelier” by Victoria James.

Tale of Two “Girls”

New memoirs offer contrasting views of a challenging industry

 

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Masked Americans during the Spanish Flu of 1918.

Masking in the Glory

Tasting rooms finally reopen; grab your mask

 

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Devium winemaker Keith Johnson. 
##Photo by Kathryn Elsesser

Gonzo Sparkler

Devium pét-nat Malbec a high-elevation hit

 

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Nathalie Fevre and her daughter, Julie, present wines at their Chablis winery, Domaine Nathalie et Gilles Fevre. ##Photo by L.M. Archer

Bourgogne Before Lockdown

One virus, four journalists, five regions, seven days

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