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Oregon enters its bubble era
The fine sparkling-wine producers of Oregon are getting organised. Above, Lytle-Barnett’s Windfall vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon (credit: Lester Tsai). Given the state’s facility with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay...
Alder Yarrow
Friday 5 December 2025
• 11 min read
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Germany's tiny 2025 vintage, Oregon wildfire payout, Ram's Gate Winery goes ROC
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 25 October 2025
• 1 min read
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X marks the spot in the Willamette Valley
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Monday 15 September 2025
• 3 min read
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Samantha bids farewell, for a while. Snow-covered Mount Hood in the background of this view from the Oregon winery. I...
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24 October Today we are republishing free this seventh illuminating episode of Sam’s behind-the scenes harvest diary.
21 October Samantha...
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Samantha explains hoses, presses and barrelling this week.
I don’t know how wine was made before hoses. They’re literally everywhere...
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10 October 2019 There’s so much fascinating insight into winemaking in Samantha’s harvest diary that we couldn’t resist republishing another...
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3 October 2019 We're republishing free this illuminating inside account of winemaking in Oregon this year.
30 September 2019 Samantha...
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Samantha reports on some welcome fine weather. Eventually.
Ah winemaking! How romantic…
I just soaped my hair and watched a...
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First-picked 2019 Chardonnay grapes shown here. Fingers crossed for drier weather. Click on the tag to find last week's despatch...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, who submitted the recently published Portland for wine lovers in our 2019 wine travel writing competition ( vote...
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Tim Jackson MW reports on the latest adventures of a Canadian wine power couple.
Back in 2014, Jancis went Around...
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Donna Moyer, a Seattle resident, guides us round this region that straddles the Washington–Oregon border. See this guide to all...
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Samantha Cole-Johnson, who supplied this picture of wine country in Willamette Valley, makes our mouths water for Portland, Oregon. You...
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Update on the many recent developments in Oregon wine – not least those heatwaves. Josh Bergström was in London last...
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Our second compilation of wine reviews from the whole team on a geographical theme concentrates on the US. See also...
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I present to you today the current Pinot Noirs of two very different American producers. Sonoma-based Jamie Kutch is a...
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Happy New Year! Feast your eyes on one dynamic British importer's current range of American wines. This week London importer...
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President Trump approves another official wine appellation. The Van Duzer Corridor AVA in Oregon’s Willamette Valley has been officially approved...
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