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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.

Torii Mor’s Big Score

Dundee winery one of 10 companies chosen for USDA program

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 ...

Shake Things Up!

Willamette Shakespeare, under the artistic direction of Daniel Somerfield, presents a new vision of William Shakespeare’s most beloved romantic comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Featuring ...

Bite of Oregon Awards

On July 11, Bite of Oregon judges gathered at Pacific NW Wine Club in Tigard to evaluate 108 entries from 24 wineries. Here are the winners: Pinot Noir: Foris 2008 Pinot Noir, Rogue Valley Pinot Gris: ...

SOWI Gains More Solid Support

The Umpqua Community College Foundation has raised an additional $525,000 from three new sources for the capital campaign to build the Southern Oregon Wine Institute’s Danny Lang Teaching, Learning ...

Discover Mac Wine

Discover the wines of the McMinnville AVA, Aug. 14 at Maysara Winery.

Red, White and Greens

Looking for Oregon’s best fest this summer? That’s easy. It’s all in the name.

Essentially Excellent

Danehower’s new guide successfully celebrates the Northwest

Evesham Wood Sells

On July 14, Russ and Mary Raney announced the sale of Evesham Wood to Erin and Jordan Nuccio of Haden Fig Wines.

OLCC Kills Amateur Contest

Wine and beer competition dumped at state fair

WOW: It’s a Party

Southern Oregon celebration wows wine lovers with local labels

Roundtable Wine Discussion

Wu and Oregon winemakers discuss immigrant labor

#2 STORY of 2010: HR 5034 Update

Wholesalers try lost sales tax argument to influence legislation

It’s All About October

Fate of Oregon vintage hinges on weather at season’s end

Vineyard-Viewing Pedal Pushers

Bike Oregon Wine Country tours a hit at Eola Hills

#3 STORY of 2010: Land Use Dispute

Events on vineyards safe with Senate Bill 1055

Remaking Oregon's Image

OWB needs to overhaul its marketing of the state

A Lot to Like about Little Lyle

As the Columbia Gorge wine scene exploded during the last decade, the McCormicks planted their dreams about the same time and the same place as those of three other young wineries: Luke Bradford of COR Cellars, James and Poppy Mantone of Syncline Winery, and Alexis and Juliet Pouillon of Domaine Pouillon. The four wineries all grow and press and share gear within a cork's toss - or a crow's flight - of one another, up on what they call the "Lyle Bench."