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A Tasting Tour of Oregon Wine Country

February 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Oregon graciously brought parts of its Wine Country to San Francisco on a recent day in March 2020. The event showcased wines from some of the state’s primary wine regions. Over 50 wineries participated in pouring their wines to an appreciative very audience. Samples of Oregon cheeses and charcuterie complemented the large, walk-around wine tasting. […]

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International Pinot Noir Celebration, Willamette Valley

September 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

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For Pinot Noir fans, there is no better event then the International Pinot Noir Celebration or IPNC. IPNC is an annual celebration that is probably the premier global pinot-focused event in the city. Although roughly 60 percent of the hundreds of participating vendors in 2018 were from Oregon, it also has a number of representative […]

Filed Under: Activities, Destination Type, Destinations, Dining, Featured-Trips, Food & Wine, North America, Oregon, Travel, United States, Willamette Valley, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Domaine Serene, International Pinot Noir Celebaration, IPNC, Sokol-Blosser, willamette valley

Willamette Valley Restaurants

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

We love exploring restaurants. We were, however, otherwise occupied during our six-day visit to the Willamette Valley. The International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) kept us full occupied for two and a half days (not to speak of another evening for our Pre-IPNC Dinner at Cristom Winery. And even during our time visiting wineries, we seldom […]

Filed Under: Dining, Oregon, Restaurants, Willamette Valley, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Oregon, restaurants, willamette valley, wine, wineries

Best of our Willamette Valley Winery Experiences

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

We enjoyed (and typically bought) one or two wines from the vast majority of Willamette Valley wineries we visited. In other words. We bought a lot of wine! A number of wineries, however, four stood out: Wineries were we enjoyed virtually every wine we tasted. Among this rare breed were: …

Filed Under: Dining, Oregon, Restaurants, Willamette Valley, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Oregon, restaurants, willamette valley, wine, wineries

Carlton/Yamhill and Eola-Amity Hills Area Wineries and Restaurants

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

Yamhill-Carlton is at the northern end of the Willamette Valley, while Eola-Amity Hills is at the southern end. Given the diversity in the Valley, and among these two AVAs, one might expect the wines from each to differ greatly, as do those from the contiguous Newberg and Dundee Hills AVAs. Surprisingly, while the soil types […]

Filed Under: Dining, Oregon, Restaurants, Willamette Valley, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Oregon, restaurants, willamette valley, wine, wineries

Dundee Hills Area Wineries and Restaurants

July 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

As a reminder form our previously posted Primer on Willamette Valley AVA and Vintages, the Dundee Hills AVA is generally characterized by red volcanic (Jory) soil which holds heat, resulting in deep, red cherry and plum-based fruit-focused wines with iron-based minerality and spices such as cinnamon, clove and cardamom. Of the three vintages we …

Filed Under: Dining, Oregon, Restaurants, Willamette Valley, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Oregon, restaurants, willamette valley, wine, wineries

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