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New Willamette Valley Harvest Website
/0 Comments/in Drink, News, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby Harvest has officially kicked off in the Willamette Valley, and the WVWA’s new harvest website will help us all feel a part of it. Featuring winemaker stories, blog posts, delicious recipes, grape-friendly Spotify playlists, and event listings that all revolve around harvest, it’s like we’re practically in the cellar—except for the punchdowns. The […]
The New Frontier of American Wine
/0 Comments/in Drink, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby PICTURE BREATHTAKING RIVER VALLEYS and rolling hillsides rich with ancient but fertile volcanic soil, the type of soil that results in wines of remarkable character and exceptional quality. There’s only a few places in the U.S. with soil like that, and one of them is Idaho. Understandably, wine grapes probably aren’t your first thought when […]
It’s Time to Savor the San Juans – #savorthesanjuans
/3 Comments/in Events, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby I know it’s not fall yet, but it’s never too early to plan. And if you can’t go this fall, you must put the San Juans on your radar for a future visit. Bigger and better than ever, the 10th Annual Savor the San Juans is a delicious medley of food, farms, and film. […]
Battle Ground: Off the Beaten Wine Path
/1 Comment/in Drink, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby Over the River and Through the Woods? It?s true, I can be something of a wine snob. And a food snob, and a beer snob, and a coffee snob, and a music snob? I?m not proud, but at least I’m honest. What I am a sucker for though is high quality. So, when a […]
The SW Washington Wine Loop…Not Just For Locals Anymore
/4 Comments/in Drink, Food, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby The locals might hate me for letting their best kept secrets out, but I just can’t keep this to myself any longer! Poised at the precipice of Washington’s rugged Gifford Pinchot National Forest and the Mount St. Helens wilderness area lies an unlikely and emerging wine region. Scattered throughout the land and separated by […]
Domaine Divio: A Touch of Burgundy in the Willamette Valley
/1 Comment/in Drink, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby Nestled on a pastoral hillside in the prestigious Ribbon Ridge AVA of Oregon?s Willamette Valley, lies Domaine Divio, a quaint little farm-style tasting room sharing exceptional wines and the stories behind them. She wanted the doors, he wanted the fireplace, so they designed everything around those elements. It might look like a large wooden […]
Get Your Calendars Ready: Announcing the 2016 “Dinner in the Field” Events Schedule!
/0 Comments/in Drink, Events, Food, News, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby If you?re anything like me, you?re already thinking about summer. A time of the year when?long summer days seem to go on forever, and evenings are filled with dinners that encapsulate all the flavors of the season, exciting your senses with every flavor. We?share time with friends and family lingering into the colorful sunset […]
Chaberton Siegerrebe?Don’t Say it, Just Drink it.
/0 Comments/in Drink, Travel /by Tamara Belgardby If you thought gewerztraminer was hard to pronounce, try siegerrebe. Pronounced zee-ga-rey-buh, it literally means ?victory vine? in German. Siegerrebe is the result of cross breeding between Madeleine Angevine and Gewurztraminer in the early 1900s. So, kind of a victory. Today, it is grown throughout Germany, Washington State, and British Columbia. Maybe that’s the […]
An Affair to Remember
/0 Comments/in Travel /by Tamara Belgardby