Come and enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the Echo West Ranch and Vineyard owned by Lloyd and Lois Piercy. The tour starts at the old historical Cunha Ranch farm house and winds around the Umatilla River and climbs up into Echo West Vineyard. Enjoy the breath-taking view of the city of Echo while riding “your” horse for the day through many different stages of grapes on the vine. After a nice horse …
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Spend a little time with an Oregon winemaker and the conversation will eventually end up in the dirt.
In Oregon, winemakers are farmers, and they get really stoked when talking about soil. They’re also passionate about drainage, heat indexes, and microclimates. It’s all part of the terroir that defines Oregon wine, and why you can spend a day exploring one of our wine regions and never taste the same wine twice. But, whether you’re sampling Pinot and Chardonnay in the Willamette Valley, Syrah and Tempranillo in the Rogue Valley or Cabernet and Merlot in the Gorge, you’ll notice one thing: they all taste like Oregon. Exploring the wine country can take awhile, so why not spend a night or two in an intimate inn?
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Outdoor Adventure Wine Tour
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Oregon Country Trails
A wholesome country experience. The 40-mile (64-km) agribusiness tour includes stops at wineries, alpaca and sheep farms, orchards, artists, antiques, nurseries and Diamond Woods Golf Course. The trail also offers exquisite scenery for bicyclists and horseback riders.
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Long Weekend in Portland
Linger in this epicenter of regional cuisine, where chefs, farmers, ranchers growers and producers bring their bounty so you can enjoy what’s fresh and local and ready right now. Yes, it’s hard to walk a block without the aroma of fresh roasted beans wafting from a corner java joint. In the fall, barely a day goes by without a farmers market bursting to life in one of the city’s neighborhoods. Travel just a bit outside of …
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Wine News from Around Oregon
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Elevage and Thanksgiving
Via Elevage on November 17, 2009
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Book Review: A History of Wine as Therapy
Via The Oregon Wine Blog on November 17, 2009
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2001 Loosen Riesling Auslese Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Via Elevage on November 15, 2009
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Aging beer: Abyss vs. Top Sail, and more
Via Elevage on November 15, 2009
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Cheap (and good) Oregon Pinot Noir
Via Decanterberry Tales on November 15, 2009
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