It was early morning of our last day in the Willamette Valley and we drove North from (where we were staying) heading toward the Chehalem Mountains. The road into Portland was moving fast and we came up a hill, with the side of the...
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We made the drive toward the southern part of the Willamette Valley to visit Illahe. (ILL-a-he) We were staying in Newburg and took the opportunity to get up early and drive south through the Eola-Amity Hills and then down to Salem. ...
Andrew Beckham has merged his two loves, ceramics and wine. The bottle for this wine lists it as "Creta A.D. Beckham MMXVI Amphora Pinot Noir". This wine was made in a terra cotta vessel. A vessel made right here in his studio on the vineyard. ...
Day 8 of our 12 Days of Wine found us doing a late night pairing. We met Leah Jørgensen of Leah Jørgensen Cellars this summer and had a wonderful conversation with her about her wines, cabernet franc and so many other things. You can find...
On the 7th day…well we rested! Eating Pizza and Sucking Glass with Maloof Wines. Eat pizza, suck glass.The Mantra from RossandBee at Maloof Wines We have been cooking a lot lately, and these 12 Days of Wine are keeping us busy. Today on the 7th day of...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] On the 6th day of Wine we opened our bottle of Joyful Noise Pinot Noir made by Deven Morganstern. 2015 Joyful Noise Pinot Noir We met Deven and Callie of Joyful Noise at the Uncommon Wine Festival this summer and...
It's the fifth day of wine here at CGC this holiday season, and today we are enjoying a wine from the Northwest Willamette Valley, in the proposed Tualatin Hills AVA from Montinore Estate. We have been doing a bit of posting lately about our trip to...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Illahe Vineyards Well, I suppose "simpler" is all about perspective. They have a wine here called 1899 that they do with all the conveniences that could be had at that time. That means no tractors, no electricity, no motorized...
"On the fourth day of wine my true love pulled out of the cellar for me, a Grüner Veltliner from Illahe." Illahe Vineyards ILLAHE, pronounced Ill-Uh-Hee, is a local Chinook word meaning “earth” or “place” or “soil”From the Illahe Vineyards site This summer we visited Illahe Vineyards in...
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....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]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...