Posts in Willamette Valley
Stuff Their Stockings with Booze: The 2020 Holiday Newsletter

Whether you’ll be spinning a dreidel, rockin’ around the Christmas tree, lighting the Kwanzaa candles, or simply enjoying Winter Solstice, we have something that can make your celebration special, and, though the times were strange in 2020, the wines were superb.

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The Golden Age of West Coast Wines

There’s no doubt that the wines coming out of California, Oregon, and Washington State these days are better than ever. With an influx of new talent and well-honed skills from the veterans, the wines are not just a departure from the “go big or go home” model, they are in fact some of the most pure expressions of the specific and varied terroir that the West Coast has to offer.

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New Winery, Classic Wines from Willamette's Nicolas-Jay

This year marks Nicolas-Jay’s seventh vintage of making beautiful Pinots and Chardonnay in Willamette Valley. Despite fires and pandemics, these two longtime friends—Jay Boberg and Jean-Nicolas Meo—have managed to open a brand-spanking new winery this year, just in time for harvest. It may be weird times all around, but the future is looking bright for this winery, and for Oregon wine as a whole.

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Oregon's Hundred Suns Wine

With winemaker bona fides and access to some of the best fruit in the Willamette Valley, Hundred Suns’ limited-edition cuvées showcase the amazing juice coming out of Oregon these days—and they’re racking up critic scores to prove it. Made in micro-quantities with lots of love by Grant Coulter and Renée Saint-Amour, they’re wines to snatch up while we have them in stock. Our Magic 8-Ball says they won’t be around long!

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