Former restaurateur Noel Diaz works out there on Treasure Island, buying from a variety of vines. When he’s able to have his own vineyards watch out, but meanwhile, take a... read more →
Unlike Joe, Hank kept this back a year before release. Even so, I gave my second bottle another five months of time in the bottle before opening it. The wine... read more →
Grapes from Washington, raised in Oregon, released just after disgorging in November when the wine was barely born. When I tasted it in January it did have that primary, barely-made-wine... read more →
Having walked the marquette vines—Vermont’s answer to Alpine nebbiolo—in the Vergennes vineyard this past August, it was obvious, barring disaster, that Deirdre and Caleb would have a crop. And a... read more →
Hank has a thing for tempranillo and grows some in his home vineyard. But this one, his first 100% tempranillo, is made from grapes purchased from Matthew Rorick’s vines. I... read more →
I haven’t had one of Doug Tunnell’s wines in a long time, my bad. He was pretty much the first in Oregon to champion the grape and he had the... read more →
Scott brought me to his romantic cellar in the basement of an office building in Portland where somehow he manages to make really lovely wines that keep getting better and... read more →
“Abandon the burgundy palate,” Scott declared in the office building basement where he makes his wines. Okay, it’s not the romantic, deep burgundy cellar, but it does have an urban... read more →
A mantra of Scott’s is, “I don’t want to make my wine for the rich.” This is an example of his love poem for the people. He fashions a typical... read more →
Trousseau is having an Oregon moment, and Chad Stock is on it for his Minimus. This is the first vintage from the young exuberant vines. It is nice and juicy... read more →