NEWS / FEATURES

Wineries Deal with Crush of Charity Requests
Each year winery owners sort through hundreds of requests for donations.Greatest of the Grape Turns 40
Wine tour shares Umpqua Valley’s wine and food with friends and neighbors.Sweet Ashland Fest
A sweet blend of chocolate, art and wine in downtown Ashland on March 5-7.Gorge-ous Wines Help Hospice
Gorge winegrowers include fundraiser in Passport Weekend April 9-11.Oregon Land Rush 2010
There's a bumper crop of winery and vineyard listings, but sellers are rarely stressed.
Essential Oils
Mint. Filberts. Tart cherries. Strawberries. Fine wines and liqueurs.Now, to its already extensive list of premium agricultural products, Oregon is adding culinary liquid gold — oil, that is.
A handful of farmers in western and southern Oregon, including the winery-famous Red Hills, are experimenting with growing olive trees for oil production.

Under One Innovative Roof
When Eric Hamacher and his wife Luisa Ponzi teamed up with Ned and Kirsten Lumpkin back in 2001, the business they decided to launch hadn’t been done before.
On Your Marks, Get Set…
Carlton lands Oregon’s first wine country half marathon on Labor Day weekend and is expected to attract more than 1,500 runners.
Land-Use Dilemma
Wineries' growing on-site commerce clashes with Oregon's land-use laws. The debate is heating up in Yamhill County and stating to spread across the state.
Willamette Winemakers at Portland City Club
Pat Dudley, Lynn Penner-Ash and Susan Sokol Blosser present Oregon wine industry overview at City Club of Portland.