We have tasted a lot of wine together over the years, often hopping into a car on a Saturday afternoon to head to some fairy-dust sprinkled corner of the Willamette Valley to drink bliss-inducing Pinot Noirs and hedgehog-spiky Pinot Gris. This time, my husband and I were in our living room…… Read More Connections: Landlines Estates
Then The doors glide open and I find myself suspended above a distant floor, staring into a room full of silver tanks the size and shape of missile silos. “This is my favourite part of the whole tour,” says Carrie Kalscheuer, direct sales manager for A to Z Wineworks and Rex Hill. I’m not surprised.… Read More Rex Hill / A to Z Wineworks Then and Now
Growing up, the Van Duzer Corridor was the dividing line (albeit a longish one) between where I was and where I wanted to be; the strand dividing the perpetual sodden glower of Oregon’s central coast and the alien warmth of the Willamette Valley. Even on bright days, the Corridor was dim as the interior of… Read More Van Duzer Corridor AVA
In 2015, Oregon Wine Pioneers (Vine Lives) was published. It told the stories of 15 ground-breaking Oregon wineries and winemakers. After the strangest year in living memory, it was time to reconnect with this heroic souls and find out how life looks now — and what the future holds. Then Fifty-four inches. That’s the perfect… Read More Plum Hill Vineyards – Then and Now
