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Perfect Day: McMinnville

Perfect Day: McMinnville

A historic downtown plus a new crop of tasting rooms and restaurants make this the perfect base camp for a wine-country pilgrimage.

Sunset Magazine | October 2017

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Recent Work

Peninsula Wayfarer: A detour through Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in the pursuit of cider

Peninsula Wayfarer: A detour through Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in the pursuit of cider

  • Publication Name: Cidercraft Magazine
Drink, Travel
Finding Camaraderie and Courage on Two Wheels: Any Oregon Sunday documentary explores three Oregon womens’ extreme motorcycle adventures

Finding Camaraderie and Courage on Two Wheels: Any Oregon Sunday documentary explores three Oregon womens’ extreme motorcycle adventures

  • Publication Name: Travel Oregon
Oregon, Travel
Profile of Pierre Kolisch, Juniper Grove Farm

Profile of Pierre Kolisch, Juniper Grove Farm

  • Publication Name: Portrait of Portland
Food, Oregon, Travel
Sea-salt Kiss

Sea-salt Kiss

  • Publication Name: Edible Portland
Environment, Food, Oregon
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📚Co-Author @figure1publishing Oregon Wine + Food
Contributor @1859oregon @1889washington @traveloregon + more
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Where I send adventurous wine lovers daydreaming a Where I send adventurous wine lovers daydreaming about country living: @antiquumfarmer. 

Grab your Grundens and head to the state’s most idyllic wine farm for a storybook afternoon. 
🍇🐓🐖🐑

Located about thirty miles from Eugene, @antiquumfarmer’s entire ethos centers around grazing-based viticulture and regenerative agriculture. 

That’s why your wine tasting includes a rambling tour of the farm and vineyard, where you’ll mingle with a herd of perky Kunekune pigs and a gaggle of happy-go-lucky geese and ducks. 

You’ll also meet the crew’s loyal livestock guardian dogs, majestic Maremmas. The reservation-only tastings take place in a Cotswold-like cottage (or garden tables in warmer months). 

Try This: Perpetua Album IV, Pinot Gris

#oregonwine #traveloregon #oregonwinemonth #regenerativefarming #oregonwinecountry
Another favorite to celebrate Oregon Wine Month fr Another favorite to celebrate Oregon Wine Month from @sip_magazine’s It’s a Vibe
feature — @ambarestate 🌲✨🍷

VIBES: Sublime Serenity 

At this sophisticated new wine estate in the Dundee Hills, serenity is rooted in nature. It’s the ancient redwood tree, shrouded in an ethereal mist each hour, surrounded by moss-cloaked basalt rocks. 

The harmonious gardens, designed by renowned landscape architect Hoichi Kurisu (he also created the Portland Japanese Garden along with other internationally acclaimed projects). 

It’s the elegant tasting room, modern Japanese-inspired architecture with soaring glass-walls and doors that evoke traditional shoji screens. And it’s the intimate tasting experience, set in a private suite that overlooks a sea of vineyards and sky-high evergreens. 

Just as memorable, chef Heidi Whitney-Schile’s hyper-seasonal, wine-paired dishes (from silky sōmen noodles flecked with wild greens to umami-packed tuna tataki nicoise), each one more revelatory than the next. 

Try This: 2022 Ambar Estate Lustral Chardonnay, Dundee Hills 

#oregonwine #oregonwinecountry #regenerativefarming #dundeehills #oregonpinot 

@oregonwineboard
From @sip_magazine’s annual print issue last sum From @sip_magazine’s annual print issue last summer—loved contributing to the “It’s a Vibe” feature. 

Here’s a peek behind the cover @antica_terra’s fabulous Table in the Trees surrounded by towering oaks. 🌲🍷✨

VIBES: Quiet Luxury

There’s a dream wine experience for every personality — and Antica Terra’s new hospitality center is for those who seek quiet luxury. 

Designed by the architectural firm @west_of_west, the atmospheric Barrel Hall offers multiple immersive experiences. For A Very Nice Lunch, expect a sequence of impeccable wine-paired dishes (from succulent pink singing scallops en papillote to hearty cassoulet with foraged green garlic and truffle jus). 

Book the Collective Tasting to try Maggie Harrison’s wines alongside inspirational bottles from around the world. Add on the Rarities Flight for something transcendent (recent 
wines included Guillaume Selosse Largillier champagne and 1985 Giacomo Borgogno Barolo Riserva). 

Come summer, taste at a 200-foot-long concrete table that swirls under leafy oaks, where guest artists install thought-provoking pieces in and around the trees. 

Try This: Angelicall Rosé

#1859oregon #oregonwine #oregonwinecountry #willamettevalley #oregonpinot 
@wvwines
Recently covered @lightwellhotel for @1859oregon, Recently covered @lightwellhotel for @1859oregon, the new (and very stylish) addition to downtown Hood River. 

An ideal location for any Gorge adventure, it’s the perfect retreat for peak wildflower hikes along the Mosier Plateau Trail, especially if you want to capture the flowers at golden hour. 🌼

Other highlights, the hotel’s Adventure Lounge by @firstnaturetours, dedicated to helping guests design seasonal excursions that showcase the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. 

Choose from waterfall hikes, evergreen cycling routes, paddling the Columbia or rafting its rapids with top-tier guides. 

Not pictured, the fabulous rooftop bar and subterranean spa and soaking pools, also ideal for post-hike relaxation. 

For food and wine lovers, don’t miss @analemmawines in Mosier. 🍇

#hoodriver #columbiarivergorge #columbiagorgewine #traveloregon #hoodriveroregon
Seeking cozy sleeps with vineyard views? A recen Seeking cozy sleeps with vineyard views? 

A recent @traveloregon story I wrote covers the state’s top vineyard and winery stays, from secluded vineyard cottages to refined countryside estates. 🍇

For quiet luxury and wellness, look to the North Willamette Valley. In the Central and South Willamette, you’ll find cool airstreams and upscale lodging with a chef’s kitchen. 

In Southern Oregon—stay surrounded by vine-covered hillsides in farmhouses, bungalows and historic homes. 

Click the link in bio to read about where to take a deeply calming getaway at the state’s coziest wine-country retreats.

#traveloregon #oregonwine #oregonwinecountry #winecountryliving #oregonexplored 

@traveloregon 
@oregonwineboard
In addition to cozy vineyard cottages, the Willame In addition to cozy vineyard cottages, the Willamette Valley is home to idyllic wine country farm stays. 

One spot that has it all is @abbeyroadfarm, where you sleep in stylish grain silos and can mingle with photogenic farm animals including highland cows, mini donkeys, goats, pigs and a flock of chickens—all named Betty.

The robust culinary gardens feed both the bed-and-breakfast and @82acrespdx, their sister restaurant in Portland. Here’s some spring moments from a stay at the 82-acre farm and vineyard. 
🐝🐄🐓🐐🍇🌸🐖

📍Abbey Road Farm
Carlton, Oregon 

#traveloregon #oregonwine #oregonwinecountry #oregonwinemonth #farmstay
Went to @palswithus for the legendary kettle-crust Went to @palswithus for the legendary kettle-crusted trout sandwich and got distracted by the largest, most enchanting maze of riverbank lupine and the movie set marina. 

This nostalgic spot set on the banks of the Columbia River is prime for summer nights—but I’d head there now to catch this wondrous swath of purple blooms! 

🪻🍃☀️
@palswithus @earth.ecology @columbia_crossings 

#pdxeats #willtravelforfood #1859oregon #summervibes☀️ #portlandeats
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