Best Buy! At 830 acres, making it one of the largest family-owned vineyards in the Northwest, Airport Ranches continues to pay homage to its history as a West Coast base for the Army Air Corps during World War II. Travis Maple now orchestrates the winemaking for...
Among the underappreciated legacies of the Fries family of Duck Pond Cellars fame is Coles Valley Vineyard near Sutherlin, Ore., in the Umpqua Valley. Second-generation grower Greg Fries took a special sense of pride in this planting, which is viewed by some as...
Best Buy! Ted Gerber invested in Oregon's Illinois Valley back in 1971, and 2021 also marks the 35th anniversary of Foris Vineyards as a wine producer — marked by its bond of No. 110 in the state. One of his first grape plantings was Early Muscat in 1976, and Bryan...
Best Buy! Soon after Bill Stoller took over ownership of Chehalem Wines, his tasked the winemaking teams at both Chehalem and Stoller Family Estate to create another project that could range beyond the Dundee Hills. Chemistry is one of those. This marks the third...
Best Buy! A Swiss researcher, Hermann Müller, crossed Riesling with Madeleine Royale in 1882. A century later, it rivaled Riesling among Germans in terms of popularity, and its ability to ripen early inspired this Cascade Foothills producer to build a fan base....
Best Buy! Seattle restaurateur/winemaker/distributor Peter Dow became infatuated with Italy in the early 1970s, and his connection continues thanks to his relationship with Precept Wine. Their Pinot Gris collaboration gathers up fruit from two legacy vineyards in...
Best Buy! Here's a Chardonnay that's as flamboyant as Little Richard and leads with a sense of tropicality in its tutti frutti, piña colada and banana Laffy Taffy notes, joined by pineapple and a slice of gooseberry pie. The tasty approach comes with a nice bit of...
Best Buy! A prime example of Precept Wine's success as the Northwest wine industry enters its Roaring 20's can be found in its Pendulum program. Two years ago, Wine Spectator ranked the Pendulum 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon ($19) at No. 82 on its Top 100 list. This...
Best Buy! This 11-acre site in the Cascade Foothills east of Salem, Ore., is home to five aromatic white varieties, and grower/vintner Pete Buffington blends them all — Pinot Gris, Müller-Thurgau, Gewürztraminer, Early Muscat and Riesling — into a complex and...
Best Buy! This brand's visionary namesake founder — Joe Dobbes — saw the beauty and potential of Seabreeze Vineyard, which explains why he acquired the 214-acre site, now in the Van Duzer Corridor AVA near Amity, Ore. The planting, established in 1987, is an ideal...
