CLOVERDALE, Calif. - Eight Northwest wines earned best-of-class awards at the nation’s largest wine competition. The winners were announced Friday morning at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, conducted in the northern Sonoma County town of Cloverdale. Maryhill Winery in Goldendale, Wash., won a unanimous double gold and three gold medals for red wines, three … [Read more...] about Northwest wines win 8 top awards in giant California competition
Oregon wine
Governor appoints 2 directors to Oregon Wine Board
The Oregon Wine Board announced Wednesday that Gov. John Kitzhaber has appointed Steve Thomson of King Estate Winery and Juan Pablo Valot of Silvan Ridge Winery as directors. News of the two Eugene-area appointments was joined by the reappointment Leigh Bartholomew of Archery Summit in Dundee and Michael Donovan of RoxyAnn Winery in Medford. Archery Summit's Bartholomew to … [Read more...] about Governor appoints 2 directors to Oregon Wine Board
Duck Pond Cellars invests in Umpqua Valley Pinot Noir
This spring, the Fries family and Duck Pond Cellars in Dundee, Ore., will celebrate 20 years as a Willamette Valley winery. During those two decades, though, they've expanded their vineyard program to more than 1,000 acres, nearly evenly split between Oregon and Washington, and created Desert Wind Winery in Prosser, Wash. Oregon Pinot Noir in the Umpqua Valley Greg Fries, … [Read more...] about Duck Pond Cellars invests in Umpqua Valley Pinot Noir
Hyland honors pioneers and an unusual Pinot Noir clone in Oregon
One of the least-understood appellations in Oregon Pinot Noir country is McMinnville. Many wine lovers associate it with the city of McMinnville, which is nearby but is not inside the American Viticultural Area that was approved in 2005. In fact, the McMinnville AVA is on a hillside west of town and is home to such vineyards as Meredith Mitchell, Yamhill Valley and … [Read more...] about Hyland honors pioneers and an unusual Pinot Noir clone in Oregon
Top 10 Pacific Northwest wine stories of 2012
By most accounts, 2012 was a year of moving forward in the Pacific Northwest wine industry. After two difficult vintages, the weather cooperated in 2012 with what is expected to be a record-sized crop. New leaders entered the picture in Washington and Oregon, Gallo moved into Washington in a big way, and the wine industry continued to help drive the economy forward. In … [Read more...] about Top 10 Pacific Northwest wine stories of 2012