Oregon Wine Month, like the industry in general, means many things to many people. On the surface, it’s a chance to raise a glass to an impressive mix of know-how, commitment, experimentation and beauty. A deeper dig...

Barnaby and Olga Tuttle of Teutonic Wine Co. reign as Portland’s king and queen of the seafood boil. The Sunday seafood bashes they throw in the parking lot of their urban Portland winery are the stuff of legends. Now, they have...

“I love the intimacy of this beautiful space and the connection to the people coming to enjoy the bounty of Yamhill County,” Jody Kropf.

Tasty, TASTY wines in April's Cellar Selects

W­­­hen Higgins first opened in downtown Portland, locals were throwing back cups of Coffee People to the thrashing tune of grunge music. The Blazers were still playing in Memorial Coliseum and Voodoo doughnuts were still a decade away.

Parrett Mountain certainly represents one of the gateways to Willamette Valley wine country. With its convenient location between Sherwood and Newberg, close proximity to Portland and expanding number of...

Bryum Arnellii likes to laugh about the name of his Maryland hometown: Accident. “We call ourselves ‘Accidentals.’” Accidental perfectly describes how Arnellii became the first person in the world to make a commercial wine from moss.

Ever wonder how bubbles get into that bottle of bubbly? Some say it starts with the base wines, or vins clairs, as they are referred to in Champagne. Like the canvas on which an artist paints, these base wines provide the starting point for the...

For 35 years, the Classic Wines Auction has raised nearly $50 million for local nonprofits. This year, the celebration featured a chic reception, silent auction, multi-course dinner paired with exceptional wines from around the world, live auction...

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In December 2018, The Allison Inn & Spa welcomed Christopher Smith as executive chef. In this new role, Smith leads all culinary programs at the 85-room boutique resort, including the hotel’s signature restaurant JORY.

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Neither snow, nor sleet, nor heat, nor gloom shall keep Oregon bubble lovers from their sparkling. Uncanny in its history of blue-skied February days, Annie Amie Vineyards’ fifth annual Bubbles Fest was hosted against a...

Andy Young is a son of Louisiana who once drummed for a Texas rock trio that sounded like no other. Today, he does whole-cluster solos and riffs on carbonic maceration while making Willamette Valley wines that taste...

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Famous gastronome Brillat-Savarin pronounced truffles the diamonds of gastronomy, which makes sense considering their price, ability to generate excitement and variations in quality. Though commonly found in France and Italy,...

When most people consider South American wine, they think of chewy, steak-friendly reds like Tannat and Malbec. Maybe even a Sauvignon Blanc from Chile or a Torrontes from Argentina. But what of Bolivian Vischoqueña?

Oregon’s wine community recognized its peers at a moving awards ceremony luncheon held the final day of the 2019 Oregon Wine Symposium, which was held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Feb. 12 and 13.

For Jenny Logsdon, fermentation science is her world, her livelihood. After studying food science and fermentation at Mt. Hood Community College, she worked growing liquid cultures for an agricultural company. Eventually,...

Consumers can purchase Oregon Solidarity wines made by King Estate and Willamette Valley Vineyards; they collaborated last fall to help Rogue Valley winegrowers after their grape contracts with the California producer of Elouan...