All right. My sense of smell is coming around. Tonight we uncorked a bottle of Springhill Cellars 2003 Willamette Valley, McClain Vineyard, Pinot Noir with friends Joseph and Ann. While I wasn’t able detect any notes of tumbleweed or barbecued meat, a few extra seconds hovering around my taste buds really brought out the wine’s oak and smokey flavors. The Pinot was so […]

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It’s pushing 90°F today, and I feel compelled to warn my four loyal subcribers to drink plenty of liquid. No, not wine like a dear friend of mine enthusiastically imbibed a few weeks ago. “Wilst” working on the grounds outside his estate, he reports, his wife brought him a nice chilly glass of Pinot Gris.
Apparently, the […]

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Fellow wine enthusiasts. Just to wet your appetite, here is a taste of what’s in store for you as this blog takes shape in coming months.

Winery and Wine Reviews from the Pacific Northwest and Around the World
The Latest in Food-Wine Pairings (from Chefs, Restaurateurs, and You)
Expert Intrerview/Q&A posts
Fact or Fiction Column (e.g.: Wine Glasses and their […]

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Back from a brief visit to the Big Apple, we decided it was time for another scouting trip to a few of the wineries that dot Oregon’s back roads. There are so many to choose from, over 350 by some estimates.
Cruising Old Highway 99 past Monmouth and up through Rickreall, we make our first stop […]

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On Mother’s Day we made a little discovery. No, it wasn’t a long lost child. Two is plenty for us. What we found was a little winery/vineyard little more than a mile away - practically in our own back yard.
We’ve lived in (North) Albany, Oregon for 16 years and had heard of Springhill Cellars, but […]

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Welcome to my Wine Memoirs blog. This is the first of what I hope are many entries to this online journal. I’ve been a wine enthusiast for a few years now and a writer for many more. The two passions met when I started writing for Main Ingredient and other magazines.
What I hope to accomplish […]

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