Umpqua Valley Oregon: Spangler Vineyards Umpqua Valley Oregon produces excellent wine. Pat Spangler, a former floor trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, turned a dilapidated Oregon winery into one of the best around: Spangler Vineyards While searching extensively for his dream small family-owned winery, Pat Spangler fell in love with Southern Oregon. The warm weather […]
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Umpqua Valley Wineries Umpqua Valley wineries come from the most diverse winegrowing region of Oregon. Spanning 40 miles in width and 60 miles in length, the Umpqua Valley AVA sits south of the Willamette Valley AVA and north of the Rogue Valley AVA. The Umpqua Valley has been growing wine grapes since 1934, making the
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Columbia Gorge Wineries Columbia George & Mount Hood AVA was one of the highlights of the trip. Twelve lucky Wine Media Conference participants made their way to this unique wine growing region. The Oregon Wine Board arranged the fabulous winery visits and suggested the group hotel, overlooking the Gorge. Columbia Gorge & Mount Hood AVA
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Umpqua Valley Wine: Melrose Winery Melrose Vineyards is located on the bench of the South Umpqua River where once stood an early French Settlement. Umpqua Valley Wine history suggests that it was in the Mid 1800s when the Archembeau family settled and became owners of this settlement by filing a land grant. Through the years,
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Umpqua Valley Oregon Umpqua Valley Oregon: Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards Umpqua Valley Oregon is home to several top tier wineries. We enjoyed a very warm welcome and delicious award winning wine at Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards. Before the Reustle Prayer Rock vineyard and winery, Stephen and Gloria Reustle owned a successful marketing company that taught
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California Coast Amazing American success story today with a webinar presentation from Tribute wine. This is a California-based, family owned and operated winery. The adventure began in the early 1980s when Bruno Benziger, a former Marine, moved his family from White Plains, New York to California. Tribute Wine: Chris Benziger Chris Benziger, who led the
WindRacer Wines WindRacer wines is a delicious venture between two neighbors: Horse racing enthusiast Peggy Furth and Barbara Banke, Chairman & Proprietor of Jackson Family Wines. The women’s’ morning walks led to conversations about their love for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wine. They created a wine brand called WindRacer, to express their love for both
Willamette Pinot Noir from Sokol-Blosser Winery Willamette Pinot Noir is one of the most prestigious wines to come from Oregon. Yet it wasn’t always this way. In 1966, most Stanford graduates would prepare for exciting professional careers in cities like San Francisco, Manhattan, or Chicago. But Susan Sokol and Bill Blosser, both Liberal Arts majors,
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Would it surprise you to discover that many people consider Texas Wine Country to be the “new” Napa Valley of the Southwest? Because wineries appear all around Texas wine country, you won’t find a central wine tourism “village” like the city of Napa or nearby Yountville. Yet you will find several wineries in Texas wine
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Edna Valley Wineries Edna Valley Wineries Edna Valley is one of the coolest climate regions in California’s Central Coast. Between Los Angeles and the Napa Valley,, the Central Coast is famous for grape-growing, agriculture, and tourism – with Santa Barbara being the most famous of its six regions. Santa Barbara was made famous for Cool
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St. Supéry Dollarhide St. Supéry Dollarhide ranch in the Napa Valley is among the most famous for its remarkable terroir. Originating from the 1840s, the St. Supéry Dollarhide ranch was owned by Andrew Jackson Dollarhide. More than a century later, Robert Skalli (scion of the French wine domestic and import business, Les Chais du Sud)
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Pairing Wine with Food at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars When you fantasize about the Napa Valley, two things usually come to mind: Delicious food and wine. Pairing wine with food makes the Napa Valley such a popular tourism destination. Today virtually all the wineries offer visitors the ability to enjoy pairing wine with food experiences.
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