PORTLAND - The wine industry will kick off Oregon Wine Month with its second annual Vintage Oregon, a tasting event April 28 in Portland. Oregon Wine Month is May. "Last year's event helped us launch Oregon Wine Month in an exciting way for consumers and our industry," said Michael Donovan, Oregon Wine Board chairman and managing director of RoxyAnn Winery in Medford. … [Read more...] about Vintage Oregon kicks off Oregon Wine Month
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Milbrandt winemaker launches own Washington wine
MATTAWA, Wash. - Following in a long line of former Ste. Michelle winemakers, Josh Maloney is making a Washington wine under his own name. Maloney, who spent six years at Chateau Ste. Michelle as its red winemaker, left in July 2011 to take over as head winemaker at Milbrandt Vineyards and Wahluke Wine Co. He produces more than 60,000 cases of wine under the Milbrandt label … [Read more...] about Milbrandt winemaker launches own Washington wine
Forbes writer ‘called out’ about Oregon female winemakers
Editor's note: We continue to work at keeping this list current, so please contact us with additions and revisions. Forbes recently published what is billed as the first of a four-part series about Oregon female winemakers. The list stopped at six, according to the writer, Katie Kelly Bell. "Based on purely anecdotal evidence, at last count I had Veronique Drouhin … [Read more...] about Forbes writer ‘called out’ about Oregon female winemakers
Coyote Canyon roots run deep in Horse Heaven Hills
For the Andrews family, roots run deep in the dry, sandy soils of Washington's Horse Heaven Hills. Mike Andrews, who runs Coyote Canyon Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills and Coyote Canyon Winery in the Yakima Valley town of Prosser, is proud of the family connection that goes back some 70 years. His grandfather started farming the Horse Heaven Hills in the early 1940s … [Read more...] about Coyote Canyon roots run deep in Horse Heaven Hills
Precept reports no sign of winter damage in Idaho vineyards
CALDWELL, Idaho — Precept winemaker Maurine Johnson, who has been part of the Idaho wine industry since arriving at Ste. Chapelle Winery in 1987, is not too worried about the extended cold blast in the Snake River Valley last month. Single-digit temperatures were recorded during a two-week stretch in Idaho's key growing area for wine grapes. However, a variety of factors … [Read more...] about Precept reports no sign of winter damage in Idaho vineyards