It is harder to find a more quintessential representation of the Oregon farm, then at EZ Orchard Farm Market out of the Willamette Valley. First opened in 1929 by Edward Valentine Zielinski, EZ Orchards Farm Market has been offering the “bounty of the Willamette...
Among the wineries of Oregon's Washington County—Willamette Valley's closest cluster of wineries and tasting rooms to Portland—is Forest Grove's Montinore Estate, the 210-acre Demeter Certified Biodynamic and Stellar Certified Organic property and winery. The northern...
Vintage is one of those wine concepts that’s simultaneously over- and under-discussed. On the one hand, vintages are on the vast majority of bottles produced globally, they’re one of the primary ways we differentiate wines, and discussions about whether a given...
The Willamette Valley has become synonymous with world class wines. Ask experts and fans throughout the world, and Willamette Valley Pinot Noir will be on the top of their list. 2015 is set to be the year where Pinot Noir fans, and fans of Oregon wine, raise a glass...
We were running an hour late and needed to get from Newberg to McMinnville, Oregon. On this recent greater Willamette Valley excursion, I had booked appointments according to Google Maps, which, on paper, said that Newberg to McMinnville was 25 minutes. However,...
The steam lifted from my morning coffee to join the dense resting fog that sat amongst the mossed trees surrounding The Allison Inn & Spa. Standing swaddled in a fleece throw blanket on my suite’s balcony—one that trumped most city apartment’s terraces—I had a...
Perched upon a hillside amidst rolling rows of vines facing white-capped mountain tops, Anne Amie Vineyards is the quintessence of the Oregon wine country. The tasting room—appointed with reclaimed wood-beam ceilings, flawless shaker dining tables and windows that...
With more than 150 years of international winemaking traditions in Apolloni Vineyards' family history, the Willamette Valley winery blends Old World Italian-style with New World Pacific Northwest flair to craft some truly unique and expressive wines. Apolloni’s...
It was a herd of 40 Roosevelt elk that gave Pat and Joe Campbell's winery and vineyard a name. In the winter of 1974, after the Campbells (party of three, with daughter Eartha in tow) had set up camp (literally, in a trailer) on an abandoned and overgrown homestead in...
Surrounded by mountain ranges in all but one direction, Oregon's Willamette Valley has long been a Northwestern hub for Pinot Noir and other cool-climate grape varieties. In fact, Willamette Valley grapes account for 89.5 percent of the state's Pinot Noir production...
