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Photo Friday: Tasting the Umpqua

June 11, 2010

Down in the valley, where the green grass grows, there are over a dozen small, family-owned wineries whose creations range from spicy Syrahs to deep-noted Pinot Noirs. Oregon’s Umpqua Valley wine region is not just one valley, but comprises several small valleys and undulating hills. It’s drier than the Willamette to the north, and cooler [...]

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Okanagan Ho!

September 27, 2009

Sunset magazine’s Sunset Traveler blog (you can always get to it from the link in my blogroll) recently posted about crossing the U.S. Canadian border with alcoholic goods in hand after a visit to British Columbia’s Okanagan wine region. In the planning stages of a trip there myself (for wine tasting of course) I was [...]

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Photo Friday: Barrel Tasting

April 24, 2009

There’s nothing quite like a glass of good rosé on a warm spring day. Especially if it’s been kept nice and cool by the thick walls of an oak barrel. Blackwood Canyon is a unique winery on Red Mountain, near Washington’s Tri-Cities. By the way, a visit there is like no other tasting room experience [...]

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Wine, Hops, and a Baby in Yakima

April 17, 2009

When I had a baby last year, there were a few revelations that went through my head about how our life as a carefree traveling couple had suddenly changed. For example, those lazy days of tasting our way through wine country were probably over. Not so! Meet Jodie and James, an Australian couple living in [...]

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