Cheers to summer! Join us for an evening in the REX HILL Gardens for a traditional North Carolina Pig Roast featuring REX HILL Pinot Noir & Chardonnay. REX HILL Chef Lilly-Gray Warren will be roasting a Heritage Breed – Red Wattle pig from her own Red Dirt Farm. This is a communal-style dinner and tickets are limited. … [Read more...] about REX HILL Southern Supper Pig Roast
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Oregon stands out throughout Pinot Gris tasting
It's no surprise that Oregon stood out in this comparative tasting of Pinot Gris, which not coincidentally showcased a number of the Northwest's top talents. And this winter will mark the 50th anniversary of the federal government approving the label for the first Pinot Gris produced in the country — The Eyrie Vineyards 1970 Oregon Pinot Gris by the late David Lett in the … [Read more...] about Oregon stands out throughout Pinot Gris tasting
Flora Jane Cellars 2021 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $22
Johnny Brose, the winemaking instructor at Chemeketa College’s Northwest Wine Studies Center in Salem, would be letting down his students if he doesn’t use this Pinot Gris, under his new personal brand, as a lesson plan. Other winemakers could take notes, too. Brose worked a year in the cellar at King Estate before spending two vintages making wine in Washington’s Yakima … [Read more...] about Flora Jane Cellars 2021 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $22
Pete’s Mountain Winery 2021 Stoneridge Vineyard Ceille’s Block Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $24
One of Oregon’s most heralded winemakers — Laurent Montalieu — has been behind the wines for Mike and Kris Thayer along the Mt. Hood Wine Trail since 2005. For the same period of time, the Thayers have been leasing a portion of neighboring Stoneridge Vineyard from Dr. Leigh Campbell, wife Ceille and their family. (The Campbell family’s customers of Pinot Gris, planted in 1986, … [Read more...] about Pete’s Mountain Winery 2021 Stoneridge Vineyard Ceille’s Block Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $24
Chemistry Wine 2020 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $16.99
Best Buy! The Stoller Wine Group describes this young brand as a collaborative effort among the winemakers at Chehalem Winery and Stoller Family Estate, and there’s definitely synergy at play. Bill Stoller’s myriad plantings of Pinot Gris include Corral Creek and four clones at Chehalem Estate Vineyard, so there are options available to Melissa Burr, Kate Payne Brown and Katie … [Read more...] about Chemistry Wine 2020 Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley $16.99