If you are looking to impress with a special bottle for the wine enthusiast on your holiday list, look no further than Stoller Family Estate. Wines to Impress for Holiday Wine Gift Ideas When I gift a wine to someone special — whether a loved one, a client, a teammate, a boss, whomever — I…
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Oregon Pinots are far from boring. Meet Stoller Family Estate.
About a month ago I read an article where the writer expressed some very critical opinions about Oregon Pinot Noir. She asserts that you can’t find a decent Oregon Pinot for under $20 and generalized that most others priced above $20 weren’t very interesting anyways, using terms like “meh”, “lackluster” and “overpriced” to describe them….
Rosé Wine — And the best of 2020 Rosé
Rosé has a reputation of being the quintessential summer wine. But rose is something to drink year-round and pairs with an incredibly wide range of food. Find out about the many styles of this delicious and refreshing wine along with my top picks of 2020 wines. Rosé is an amazing expression of winemaking that takes…
Thanksgiving Wine Guide
Trying to figure out what wines to serve with Thanksgiving Dinner this year? You’re not alone. Below is a fool-proof guide to finding great wines in all budgets for your holiday meal. I am a traditionalist when it comes to this meal, and my advice has remained the same year after year. The most important…
Rosé Wines (mostly from Oregon) for the Summer of 2019
12 Rosé Recommendations Perfect for Summer. From light to bold, find out about rosé wines and some of our current favorites. I like to review wines the way most people taste them, with food. Many of the wine reviews you’ll see on this site are accompanied by a recipe. When we test recipes we usually…
Smoked Sausage and Hatch Chile Beer Cheese Dip
Smoked Sausage and Hatch Chile Beer Cheese Dip is the greatest thing to happen to cheesy beer-infused dips since cheddar. Smoked Sausage + Smoked Hatch Chile Peppers + Beer + Cheese = pure bliss. My husband has a thing for cheese. He can’t resist buying a few fancy cheeses whenever he goes to the supermarket,…
12 Wines to Keep Summer Alive!
I like to review wines the way most people taste them, with food. Many of the wine reviews you’ll see on this site are accompanied by a recipe. When we test recipes we usually open a few different wines of various styles that we think will work, then write about the best pairing. But often…
Weekend Wine Love – Fall Wine Finds
Well this post is a bit overdue! Originally intended as my “September Wine Highlights” and then look what happened. It’s now nearly the end of Oct-friggin-ober. How did that happen?! That being said, it’s never too late to share some great wine finds, and I’m sure most of these wines are still hanging around waiting for…
Traveling Wine Country with Twins – Article in Wine Enthusiast
I have some exciting news to share.I’ve been published in Wine Enthusiast Magazine! My piece, which can be found in the “Last Drop” section of the print magazine, is about a topic I’m all too familiar with — Traveling to wine country with my 5-year old twin boys. Now, without giving too much away (stop…
8 Rosé Wines to Kick off Spring
‘Tis the season for rosé! Now let’s be honest, I love love love me some rosé year-round. I drink it while cuddled by the fire, alongside my Thanksgiving dinner, eating grilled steak, and even while shoveling the snow off my driveway. Just kidding, I live in Portland. It snows barely once a year here (but…
3 Course Grilled Salmon Dinner at Home
How to create an easy and elegant 3-Course Salmon Dinner Date Night at Home for Valentine’s Day, or any night. I have friends in the restaurant industry who jokingly consider Valentine’s Day “amateur night,” because some folks will shell out a ridiculous amount of money for the special Valentine’s Day multi-course menu, getting suckered into…
2015 Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon — the scoop!
I knew I wasn’t entirely ready for the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon, even though it’s been on my calendar for nearly a year. Summer, work, travel, kids, they all got in the way of a perfect training schedule, or really any consistent training schedule for that matter. I hadn’t had a long run (and…
¡Salud! Oregon Pinot Noir Auction Raises Over $725,000 at Annual Event!
The Oregon wine industry has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. (Photo: Andrea Johnson Photography) Last weekend hundreds gathered to support ¡Salud!, a project through Tuality Healthcare Foundation that provides healthcare services for seasonal vineyard workers and their families, raising more than $722,000 at its 23rd annual Oregon Pinot Noir Auction. The…
Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon Recap
Last month, hubby and I decided spend a rare “date day” running a half marathon. Some couples choose to go to a movie and dinner when they get away from the kids; we chose to run 13.1 miles together. I guess you could call us weird. The race was the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon….
July Favorites
A roundup of my favorite things from the week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. It’s been awhile since I posted my weekly favorites. This month was a blur, involving lots of travel, visitors, and toddlers who aren’t in preschool for the summer (eek!). So here are a few favs from the…
The 2014 Oregon Chardonnay Symposium – What is the future of Oregon Chardonnay?
One thing I learned this past weekend is that Oregon Chardonnay is definitely not your mother’s Chardonnay… that is of course, unless your mother drinks super clean, vibrant, Chardonnays with remarkable acidity and a very promising future. Over the weekend winemakers, press, and Chardonnay lovers gathered at the gorgeous Stoller Family Estate for the third…
Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon — Before and After
Exactly seven hours prior to catching a plane to Bordeaux (which consisted of three different flights totaling 20+ hours of travel) I ran the Oregon Wine Country Half Marathon. Inconvenient timing for both of these events to occur on the same day, but sometimes when life hands you an opportunity you don’t turn it down….
Meeting Abacela Winery — 3,000 miles east of Oregon
Just 12 hours after arriving home from a trip to Croatia and Italy I jumped on a train en route to NYC for the Snooth People’s Voice Awards (PVA). After two weeks of intensive wine, food, and traveling I was admittedly jet lagged, full, and tired, but I wouldn’t have passed this opportunity up for…
2010 Wine Bloggers Conference, part 2… most memorable moments and wines tasted
Now that I have shared what inspired me the most from the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference, I wanted to share (on a more light hearted note) some of the highlights of the trip as well as the most memorable wines I tasted during the conference, and the days leading up to it. Highlights from the…