Last year, when we were the MCs at the International Pinot Noir Celebration on the campus of Linfield University in McMinnville, Oregon, we heard that the university was starting a wine bar that would be run by students. The administrator who told us this added that Linfield was a dry campus, so we wondered how that would work.
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November 15, 2024
February 24, 2022Founder, David Lett, began Eyrie Vineyards on a hunch and a dream. Destined for dentistry, David followed a different path after visiting a few California wineries while stationed in San Francisco for the Coast Guard. He was the first to plant Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley, becoming a benchmark to rival some of the best Burgundy.
Cooper Mountain Vineyards is a winery ahead of the curve in the Willamette Valley, being certified organic since the early '90s. Barbara Gross, co-owner and operator, sat down to speak with me about growing up on a Willamette vineyard, finding her place among the vines, and maintaining the spirit of the vineyard through the good times and the bad.
September 25, 2020"Well, we’re doing well, but Mother Nature has stopped sending us gentle hints. She’s really smacked us on the side of our heads to get our attention." Susan Sokol Blosser
February 22, 2019"In the end really great success is when you have the right variety in the right location, where it inherently wants to be magical. " Ken Wright
July 20, 2015It’s an amazing reminder of just how young the American wine industry is to note that 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Pinot Noir plantings in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
May 27, 2015Oregon, together with Stoller Family Estate, brings exciting flavors to the West with its amazing skiing and Pinot Noir to be had.
May 01, 2014Katherine Cole on a unique Oregon winery which makes "knock-you-out gorgeous" Pinot Noir. London is their second biggest market outside of Portland.
December 05, 2013Meet the couple behind some of Oregon's tastiest wines
