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Expanding Possibilities, Solid Tradition, December 15, 2011 Evesham Wood Winery has a new owner - Erin Nuccio. Mostly known for his Pinot noirs under his Haden Fig label, he worked with the previous owner, Russ Raney, for several years before taking on the challenges of tradition, expansion, and new directions. |
Minnesota Deer Hunting "Panther Creek - How 'bout One of Those?" Robin Lillehei goes to Minnesota and gets her inner deer hunter on. |
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Three Generations of Strong Women October 20, 2011 Laura Volkman grew up in poverty on a farm in Claremore, Oklahoma, where growing crops was a matter of survival, food was canned in jars and women were the backbone of keeping the house and family together during harsh economic times. There was nothing in Volkman's future that said one day she would be making beautiful Pinot Noir in her own small winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. |
Historical Tasting of Oregon Wine 29 Vintages of Eyrie Vineyards' South Block Pinot noir November, 2011 In the summer of 2011, the owners of Eyrie VIneyards conducted an unforgettable tasting of 29 vintages of their famed South Block Pinot noir. The Lett family opened dozens of cases of their best wines for a guest list of 100 people. Never to be repeated, the tasting was a once in a lifetime experience. |
Champoux Vineyard's Paul Champoux Recovers
With Grit, Determination
By Christina Kelly, Avalon Wine Senior Editor A tiny mosquito West Nile virus toppled his 6-foot-plus frame, shut down his muscles and nerves, and nearly stopped his heart. When the virus left him paralyzed, it initially threatened production of one of the finest vineyards in North America.... Read More... |
Eyrie Vineyards: By Rusty Gaffney, Prince of Pinot |
We ROCK! July 14, 2011
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New Strategy and
Search for a New Executive Director July 14, 2011
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Lullaby Winery
Virginie Bourgue: By Christina Kelly, Avalon Senior Editor Virginie Bourgue is a winemaker's winemaker. With great passion, she creates wines with a delicate touch and subtle nuance - a glass with seamless heft and flavors that spark conversations. |
Earthquake in Oregon Wine Country - What will happen when an earthquake hits Oregon wine country, the heart of the Willamette Valley? Note the when, not if. Two active fault zones run right beneath some of the most densely planted stretches of the Willamette Valley AVA. Are winemakers prepared? |
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Since 1996 Avalon's Wine Club July Selections Oregon Pinot noir Club Wine Club members get 15% off It's easy - join a club, get the discount. Lullaby Winery Lalayee 07 Baer Winery Arctos Red 08 Oregon Wine Reserve Pinot noir Club Ayoub Vineyard Winery Brittan Vineyard 09 Illahe Vineyard Reserve 08 Northwest New Discoveries Club Zenith Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Estate Pinot noir 09 Dineen Cellars Kamiakin Red 09 | |||
Horsetail and Coattails Winery Beaux Frere's Second Generation Jared and Mikey Etzel, two sons of Beaux Freres' winemaker and co-owner Mike Etzel, have released their new vintage of Pinot noirs. The boys have grown up - their wines are better than ever. They're committed to keeping production small, with only 130 cases total! A lot has happened in the year since we sent you the 2008 vintage of Jared and Mikey's wines. Mikey is now vineyard manager at one of the top vineyards in Oregon, Brick House Vineyards. I can't emphasize enough how much it says about his skills. Owner Doug Tunnell's Brick House wines were singled out by New York Times last year for a feature article. He is very involved with the vineyard and only hires the best. More.... |
Oregon Wine Brief - Evening Land Vineyards
Dominique Lafon on Oregon's 2009 Vintage Dominique Lafon is consulting winemaker at Evening Land Vineyards. 
Evening Land Vineyards' 2009 Wines Winery News, 2009 Wine reviews We visited Evening Land Vineyards last week - what a fascinating crew of people - Owner Mark Tarlov, winemaker Isabelle Meunier, Marketing Director Larry Stone, consulting winemaker Dominique Lafon. Oregon Pinot noir is getting a big boost in visibility with Evening Land and its high profile participants. The Evening Land wines are hard to write about. While we were tasting, I kept trying to figure out how to describe them, to come up with something I already know to compare them to, to find a way to resolve my pleasant confusion. I finally came to realize that the key to their beauty is the inability to simplify and pigeonhole them. In keeping with Mark's philosophy of the infinite nature of the tension of opposites, the wines keep changing and evolving, defying categorization. at right, Evening Land winemaker Isabelle Meunier and owner Mark Tarlov |
Oregon Winemaker Tony Soter's Planet Oregon Pinot noir 09 is the first wine from Tony Soter's new project, Planet Oregon Wine Cellars. His mission: to create and bottle delicious young Pinot noir that is fresh, silky, and suggestive of Oregon summer fruits...cherries and berries of all kinds. He succeeds admirably. | ||||
Oregon Wine It is doubtful that New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov knew, but winemaker Brian O'Donnell is a true New Yorker. He was born in Brooklyn, grew up in Queens, went to high school in Manhattan, and attended college in the Bronx. |
Oregon Winemaker Tony Rynders' On His Own |
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Buzziest Winery in Washington State? Pinto and Billo's wines are complex - and mathematician Billo Naravane knows complexity. He's a computer industry guru turned winemaker, and his wines are as perfect a proof as any mathematical formula that something special is going on at Rasa Vineyards. |
