Vineyard’s and Winery’s
We have been talking with Leah Jørgensen of Leah Jørgensen Cellars about her inspirations as well as Southern Oregon. We begin with her 2017 Sauvignon Blanc. We’ve discussed how her love of the wines from the Loire Valley in France...
feature photo: Drew Bledsoe’s Doubleback winery summer solstice party at McQueen Vineyard overlooking Walla Walla, Washington Courtesy of Washingtonwine.org #wbc18 Michael and I will be heading north again in October. This time visiting Washington for WBC18. The Wine Bloggers Conference...
“Tour Rain” It’s a play on words and a bit of an inside joke on the label. Note the rain, the umbrella, the boots… Tour Rain speaks to the Touraine region of France as well as to Oregon Climate and...
Leah Jørgensen makes wines from grapes in southern Oregon, primarily from the Rogue and Applegate Valleys. In our previous post (link here) we discussed the soils of the region. Now we get into the grapes she is growing and why...
Leah Jørgensen – Pirate Princess and Winemaker, that’s what it reads on her business card. Leah Jørgensen – Pirate Princess and Winemaker I had heard about Leah Jørgensen. There was a post of a great wine label on Instagram by...
The brains and the brawn, the science and the passion…the perfect pairing for making wines. Ross and Bee consider themselves to be a “true yin and yang team.” Ross & Bee Maloof of Maloof wines exude joy when you speak...
Maryhill Winery hit my radar as we planned to head north for WBC18, which was to be held in Walla Walla. We had looked at the pre and post tour offerings and settled on a post conference tour to the...
Joyful Noise…it’s the sound of family and friends coming to table, chairs being pulled up or maybe milk crates, scuffling with a cacaphony of conversation, squeels of children being hoisted up onto seats, clanking of dishes as they are passed,...
Ariel Eberle is a native Oregonian, and the founder/winemaker for A Cheerful Note. She spends her days as the winemaker for Yamhill Valley Vineyards, so you would think she would have been a shoe in to the wine industry, but...
We met Ryan Pickens of Esther Glen Farm and Winery at the Uncommon Wine Festival at Vista Hills Vineyard, and had a chance to taste his wines. The Uncommon Wine Festival gave us an “uncommon” occasion to meet and speak...
Oregon’s Willamette Valley …You picture green hills, rain, and beards, don’t you? Well as we visited in July, we found lots of the first, very little of the second, and enough of the third to keep the myth alive. After...
While we are visiting the Willamette Valley we will be attending the Uncommon Wine Festival at Vista Hills Vineyard. Vista Hills Winemaker and GM, Dave Petterson took a little time out of a busy day in the cellar to talk...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
Tempting Spoonfuls - small bites paired with wines from around the globe
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