Thanksgiving Triple Header
We decided this year to do Thanksgiving weekend tastings at wineries that we hadn’t visited before. It was a gamble; the...
After the Cork is Pulled
A note from Neal — What do you do with the corks from the bottle? I know there are many wine makers now using sc...
You Can't Judge a Wine by its Label
A note from Neal, Master of Adventure — Too often we judge things or people by how they look. The same can be sai...
Current Favorite Winery
A Note from Neal: Roughly a year ago, we were headed up to one of our wine club pick ups west of Salem, Oregon. Wine cl...
It’s never just about the wine
Yesterday we visited Benton Lane, the first wine club location we joined nine years ago when we came to Oregon. We were...
It's all about the winery experience!
While the experts and wannabe experts focus on the wine, the vintage and the varietal, we are more interested in the exp...
It’s grape harvest time in Oregon!
Imagine seeing beautiful, deep purple grapes hanging from row after row of vines, filled with sweet, rich juice. Then im...