By Molly Allen
You may have first heard about mead from reading “Beowulf” or watching “Game of Thrones,” or perhaps you stumbled upon it at a roadside fruit stand. Mead is a beverage…
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Wine
4 Questions with CJ McCollum of McCollum Heritage 91
The word “legacy” has serious significance for CJ McCollum. The 29-year-old shooting guard for the Portland Trail Blazers strives for legacy on and off the basketball court — recently launching…
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Candy Mountain Becomes Washington’s 16th American Viticultural Area
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published the final rule for the Candy Mountain American Viticultural Area (AVA) on September 25, 2020, making it the 16th AVA…
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Three Black Women of Wine Blaze a Trail
Marcia Jones, Donna Stoney and Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein are “first” ladies in their own respective ways. As Black women, these three trailblazers are using their voices to lay the groundwork…
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Erath Winery Opens New Tasting Room in Portland’s Pearl District
Erath Winery, one of the pioneering wineries of Oregon’s Willamette Valley and the region’s leading producer of pinot noir – Oregon’s signature grape variety, today announced the opening of its…
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Pack these Canned Wines for Your Labor Day Weekend
Leave your wine key and fragile glasses at home. Lugging around a wine bottle in your hiking backpack or beach tote isn’t necessary with canned wines. Not to mention, you’ll…
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Royal Slope is Washington’s Newest AVA
Royal Slope is the newest American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Washington. The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published the final rule for Royal Slope today, September 2,…
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Walla Walla Valley Voted America’s Best Wine Region by 2020 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards
The Walla Walla Valley has been named America’s Best Wine Region in the 2020 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice awards following a month-long nationwide public vote. Walla Walla Valley has…
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Oregon’s Hispanic Winemakers Unite for Inaugural Celebrating Hispanic Roots Event
From across Latin America – Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico – the six representatives of the inaugural Celebrating Hispanic Roots event forged their own paths to arrive in Oregon’s lush…
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Willamette Pinot Auction Raised Funds for James Beard Foundation
When auctioneer extraordinaire Fritz Hatton virtually “hammered” the final lot of the Willamette: the Pinot Noir Auction, cheers could be heard throughout the Willamette Valley. Not only were critical funds…
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