Brook Horse Legend Continues at Bayer Family Estate – by Ashley Cates
Bayer Family Estate is the newest family-owned vineyard and tasting room on the Upper Rogue Wine Trail just outside Medford. Driving into the estate with its vine-covered walls, expansive iron gates, and Italianate buildings, you might feel as if you’re...
The Grape in Your Glass: Pinot Gris – by MJ Daspit
Pinot Gris is one of the seldom seen, when speaking of US wine grape varieties. Other than a small group of producers in Oregon and minor plantings in the Napa Valley and Monterey, there isn’t substantial vineyard acreage of Pinot Gris in the United Sta...
Master of Hospitality: Chef Platon Mantheakis – by Sarah Lemon
Immersed since childhood in eating, cooking and the art of hospitality, Platon Mantheakis claimed homes on three continents before serendipitously settling in Southern Oregon. Influenced by East Africa, Australia and Britain, Mantheakis’ unique Greek st...
A Year in the Life of a Winery: Harvest – by MJ Daspit
HARVEST MAKES US THINK OF PICKING DEEP PURPLE, LUSCIOUSLY-RIPE BUNCHES OF GRAPES. It’s the joyous time of gathering-in, reaping the fruits of a season’s work in the vineyard. The grower, who has spent sleepless nights worrying about frost, and long da...
The Big Cheese: Tom Van Voorhees of Rogue Creamery – by Kate Williams
A sense of place. Can you taste it? We are fortunate to live in an area where, not only can you see the beauty and uniqueness that is Southern Oregon, but you can also taste it. It’s in our local wines, reflecting our soils and climate. Likewise, it’s...
De-Vine Couple: Rob & Jolee Wallace of Del Rio Vineyards – by MJ Daspit
COMING FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH NINE GENERATIONS OF FAMILY IN AGRICULTURE, you’d have to say Rob and Jolee Wallace had deep roots in California farming. So what made them opt for viticulture in Oregon? Had they dreamed of owning a vineyard and wine...
Paint Your Barrel: Paula Guzzo and the ART of Winemaking – by MJ Daspit
There are two striking features of the tasting room at Guzzo Family Winery, a reds-only producer in the Applegate Valley. First is that you could accurately insert ‘micro’ in front of ‘winery.’ The cozy space that doubles as the tasting room will ...
Small Team, Big Results – by Amira Makansi
Ashley Myers, Jacob Colmenero, and Sarahanne Driggs,the talented trio behind Oregon Wine Experience. From August 22 through August 25, 2019, Jacksonville hosted the 5th annual Oregon Wine Experience, a destination wine event for which all proceeds go dire...
The Grape in Your Glass: Petit Verdot – by MJ Daspit
Winemaker Rob Folin of Belle Fiore Winery. Petit Verdot is considered one of the five principal Bordeaux grape varieties that go into the traditional blended red wines made under that French appellation. The other four are Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvign...
Sleeping Around: Stay Among the Vines in Southern Oregon Wine Country – by Peggy Dover
The Rogue Valley offers a wide array of top-notch bed and breakfasts, guest cottages, and hotels. But if you’ve ever wondered what it would feel like to sleep in a vineyard, the following select Southern Oregon wineries invite you to experience unique a...