Wine Enthusiast Magazine, an esteemed,
internationally-recognized wine publication for oenophiles, announced Oregon’s Willamette
Valley as its 2016 Wine Region of the Year for its annual Wine Star Awards.
It is a well known story, but well worth retelling...
Read MoreA-wiking we will go, a-wiking we will go, heigh ho the dairy-o, a-wiking we will go! OK, so maybe the song won’t catch on. But the hybrid concept of “wiking”—hiking around wine country, that is—has become popular for obvious and understandable reasons. And this ready-made excursion amid the famed Jory soils of Dundee provides a great introduction to a very, very relaxed version of outdoor adventure.
Read MoreThe Dundee Woman’s Club will host a program this week detailing one of the most infamous train holdups in Oregon history.
“The Last Great Train Robbery,” an OPB Oregon Experience program, focuses on an attempted robbery of a Southern Pacific train on Oct. 11, 1923. The train was on its way over the Siskiyou Summit in southern Oregon and was rumored to be carrying a great deal of cash onboard.
Read MoreAngela Estate Winery of Dundee, Oregon recently stepped onto the track in a big way by being the main sponsor of a race car at this year’s Rolex 24 Hours Endurance Race at Daytona, held on January 30.
Read MoreThe drought in California and affordable acreage are prompting explosive growth in the market for Oregon vineyards. Home buyers here opt for homes that blend into the landscape.
Read MoreArgyle Winery, founded in 1987, has opened its new Tasting House at its original winery location at 691 Highway 99W, right along the main drag in Dundee. The winery partnered with SERA Architects and contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis on the project, which was an extension of Argyle's existing tasting room and former winery.
Read MoreIn 1991, Tina’s Restaurant in Dundee was a fine dining rarity. Besides Red Hills Provincial Dining — also started in ’91 and just down the street — the only other northern Willamette Valley restaurant worthy of a serious wine list and white table cloths was Nick’s Italian Café in McMinnville, founded 14 years earlier.
Read MoreHigh in northern Oregon’s picturesque Dundee Hills is a special vineyard and winery run by a small but high-achieving family.
Winter’s Hill Estate was established in 1990, when Peter and Emily Gladhart put their first vines in the ground at the 150-acre family farm that was established nearly 30 years earlier. They crafted their first wines in 1998, producing just a few hundred cases that vintage.
Read MoreWILLAMETTE VALLEY, Ore. — Oregon Pinot Noir has been riding a rising wave of popularity in the USA as well as around the world and there's no better time than now to plan a visit to the new wine country USA.
Read MoreThe more I learn about wine, the more I realize how little I know. Thank goodness there are experts who love sharing their knowledge.
My friend, Lauren Barnes, is the marketing director for Dobbes Family Estate Winery, and she recently invited me to spend an afternoon touring the winery with founder and winemaker Joe Dobbes. I love an excuse for a field trip, so gladly accepted and took the scenic drive to the winemaking facilities in Dundee.
Read MoreMore than 150 wineries and tasting rooms will host special events for Memorial Weekend in the Wine Country, capping off the state-wide celebration of Oregon Wine Month.
Read MoreTerry Richard of the Oregonian/OregonLive brings back popular series "Oregon Wineries with Great Views" and part 1 includes Sokol Blosser of Dundee.
Read MoreBells Up Winery will be open to the public for its Grand Opening on Memorial Day weekend, Saturday through Monday (May 23–25) from noon to 4:00 p.m.
Read MoreIt's no surprise, but more than 10 wineries from the Dundee area make Portland Monthly's list of Oregon's 50 best wines.
Read MoreRead more about Maresh Hills Vineyard in the latest story in the Oregonian.
Read MoreDavid Lett, founder of The Eyrie Vineyards, appeared on the doorstep of Jim McDaniel’s McMinnville granary in 1970. He asked McDaniel if he could buy a building from him near the current site of the Granary District to make wine. McDaniel obliged and sold him a small outbuilding on Alpine Avenue.
Read MoreTHE DALLES, Ore. — This is a good place to start talking about the rippling impact of Oregon's “alcohol cluster,” as a state economist calls it. Right here, on the welding shop floor of AAA Metal Fabrication with foreman Antonio Morales, where a half-dozen stainless steel fermentation tanks stand in various stages of production.
Read MoreCome this summer, visitors sipping on some of Oregon's most renowned sparkling wine will do so in a new wine hospitality center and tasting room at Argyle Winery in Dundee.
Read MoreWhen we think of well-made Chardonnay our minds might take us to the steely wines of Chablis, creamy yet mineral rich wines of Montrachet, or juicy, lively wines of Napa and Sonoma... but now Oregon is in the conversation.
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