7 Oregon wineries promote diversity, one barrel at a time
Updated 2:47 PM;
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By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Can seven barrels of wine change the Oregon wine industry? Seven local wineries hope their One Barrel Challenge starts a conversation about accessibility and inclusivity to answer that question.
The One Barrel Challenge is seven wineries, each selling a barrel’s worth of wine for an important cause: diversity. The wineries plan on using the money to make their industry more accessible to people of all colors, races and creeds. Their efforts could generate over $100,000, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Maurice Lucas Foundation.
PORTLAND, Ore. (March 31, 2021) – Kate Norris and Thomas Monroe, owners of SE Wine Collective and Division Winemaking Company, along with their team, will host the final three weeks of tastings at their current Portland, Oregon urban winery and tasting room between April 1st through 17th. It’s your last chance - for a little while - to book your own Private Tasting Experience and bid a fond farewell to the groundbreaking urban winery’s original location. Come summer, the winery and crew will move into a temporary home in southeast Portland, where they’re laying plans for tastings and wine club features hosted on their new patio overlooking downtown, as well as special events at their home base vineyard in the Willamette Valley.
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Fizzy wine has undergone a transformation of late. It’s becoming more popular and being made in new ways. Plus, such bottles are more often popped outside the confines of the “celebrations” that traditionally call for sparkling wine (specifically Champagne).
And while we would never write off proper French Champagne (in fact, one of us aged spirits correspondents celebrated a milestone birthday last week with a bottle of Moussé Fils Blanc de Noirs, which has taste and refinement a person can only ever hope to have), another sparkling wine we’ve loved lately was not so formal: a bubbly rosé from Lieb Cellars. Barely blush in color, tasting of stone fruit and mushrooms, it couldn’t have been more different than Champagne. Unexpected, crisp, subtle, and truly special, it would’ve been just as welcome at a celebration dinner as it was to day-drink on a pleasant afternoon.
Wine gift ideas guaranteed to surprise and delight
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLIve
Fans of the grape aren’t exactly known for resisting instant gratification. They have a reputation for snapping up coveted wines on sight. This list is designed to help you find bottles and adventures that will please even the most experienced wine fanatic in your life.
Real Good Food
Real Good Food’s website has a wonderfully geeky collection of wines to peruse for gift ideas.
My favorite conversation-starting wine from Real Good Food is the “La Santa” from Bici Winery in Baja, Mexico. It’s a red wine made with obscure Rosa del Peru grapes grown on century-old vines. I call it “Bad Santa” because of its risqué label, so be sure your gift recipient will appreciate the artwork. It sells for $30.