Tualatin Hills AVA Archives | Crushed Grape Chronicles

It’s Oregon Wine Month

May 9, 2019

It’s Oregon Wine Month! Here are a few of the great Oregon wineries we have visited. Take a road trip, visit for yourself, or at least grab a great bottle of Oregon wine and celebrate.

Barrel Tasting with Rudy Marchesi at Montinore Estate

Jan 24, 2019

After a wonderful interview with Rudy Marchesi of Montinore Estate discussing the Missoula Floods, the history of Montinore estate and their wines as well as Biodynamics in the vineyard and garden, Rudy invited us to the cellar for a barrel...

Montinore Estate – About the wines

Dec 13, 2018

Continuing our conversation with Rudy Marchesi at Montinore Estate After looking over the Willamette Valley AVA map and having Rudy give us some background on the soils and the impact of the Missoula floods we sat with him to talk...

Montinore – the deeper history

Dec 9, 2018

We spoke with Rudy Marchesi of Montinore Estate in Oregon’s Willamette Valley about the Missoula floods and the soils of the proposed Tualatin Hills AVA.

Montinore Estate – a recent history

Nov 30, 2018

It was overcast the morning we headed out to Montinore Estate. That’s not unexpected in Oregon. What was unexpected for me was how vivid the colors were under the cloudy sky. We headed out from Newberg, through a bit of...

explore Oregon Wine Country

Nov 29, 2018

Oregon Wine Country Join us on our exploration of Wine from across the Oregon Wine Region. Interviews with winemakers. Wine Festivals. Explore the AVA’s and discover the Terroir, The stories, The Wine, all across Oregon Wine Country beginning in the...

Oregon’s Willamette Valley AVAs – a Primer

Aug 2, 2018

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...