Oregon Wine
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Ganna Federova and Jody Petit are Certified Sommeliers on opposite U.S. coasts, sharing beverage director titles, as well as a love of Oregon wine. While Ganna serves as the national beverage director of City Winery in New York, with seven eastern locations offering music, food and wine, Jody is the wine director and assistant restaurant manager at the stately [...]Read More
By now you've likely heard the tale of the Portland duo who met when a man poured his neighbor a glass of Ovum's Big Salt an entire floor beneath him, out the window in NW Portland in April. There's no shortage of acts of kindness among Oregon winemakers, too, as chronicled here in Wine Enthusiast in late March 2020, and more creative measures Oregon winemakers [...]Read More
There's no clever turn of phrase appropriate here. We can all simply agree it's been a startling few days and weeks. When life and work are nearly one and the same - as they are for so many vineyard farmers and small business owners in Oregon's wine community - it's especially difficult to find balance and relief amidst this crisis. And while Oregon Governor [...]Read More
Fresh off the heels of a January 2020 tasting of more than 450 Oregon wines, Nick Stock, executive editor of JamesSuckling.com, has published his Oregon report with glowing reviews of the state's Pinot noirs and Chardonnays. Of note and nabbbing the top score is Antica Terra’s Pinot Noir Antikythera 2017 and library wine Cristom Jessie Vineyard 2005, [...]Read More
Oregon wines claimed a special part in Australian wine reviewer Nick Stock's heart in his latest Oregon report. For his second visit to our region, Stock tasted and reviewed 451 Oregon wines for the highly acclaimed James Suckling website, titling his report Oregon's Best and Brightest Offer Great Pinots and Chardonnays. "The quality of wine coming out of [...]Read More
SUMMERTIME ¡SALUD! E-AUCTION | JULY 16-18 Each year a select group of 40 Oregon vintners release a rare and tiny cuvée of their best barrels for the annual ¡Salud! Auction in November. In July, an E-Auction allows wine lovers around the country to raise a digital paddle from home and vie for cases of some of the best Pinot noir in the Willamette Valley. New [...]Read More
On May 6, 2019, the Oregon Wine Board hit the trail with 60 Oregon wineries and friends from Olympia Provisions, Jacobsen Salt Co., Oregon Cheese Guild, and more for a grand happening of Oregonian wine, food and personality. Want to join us next time? Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll keep you in the loop. If you work in the wine trade, sign up here. [...]Read More
On April 9, 2019, the Oregon Wine Board hit the trail with 35 Oregon wineries for a grand happening of Oregonian wine, food and personality at the Globe & Mail Centre in Toronto. Want to join us next time? Sign up for our newsletter and we’ll keep you in the loop. If you work in the wine trade, sign up here. [...]Read More
May, and Oregon Wine Month, have progressed into June but the celebration isn't over. Order your complimentary Oregon Wine Touring Guide and start planning your wine country trip today. OREGON, pronounced OR-UH-GUN, became a state on Valentine's Day 1859. Volcanoes, dense forest, high desert, abundant water, filberts, pears and 19 distinctive wine [...]Read More
Start planning your trip to Oregon wine country with a complimentary copy of the Oregon Wine Touring Guide. Get your copy here >> [...]Read More
