Every year, there’s one tasting I will not miss, no matter how busy life gets – Portland’s Deep Roots Coalition tasting. Besides hosting a membership that includes at least half of my favourite Willamette Valley producers, the drc (lower case to avoid confusion with DRC) take it upon themselves to advocate for dry-farming and sustainable practices.
When this group began in the Willamette Valley in the 1990s, the vast majority of...
