Month: October 2014
Pairing Italian food with wine
With Italian food the red sauce with red wine rule is about as old school as a corded telephone. I asked Kathy Aikens, owner of Pasta GiGi’s in Battle Ground […]
A LONG list of excellent wine locations and weekend events
I love the classics - an era of jazz I'm too young to be born into, old movies, drinks that would make Sinatra sway. If you're like that, Birch Street […]
An exquisite wine cave in the heart of the Umpqua Valley
Sometimes a unique vineyard feature can make the stop seem almost touristy. That is not the case with Reustle Prayer Rock Vineyards’ well-appointed wine cave located in the Umpqua Valley. At […]
Sparkling wine elevates breakfast to a little something special
Wine with breakfast? Maybe not every day but there are times when the occasion calls for a little something special. At C’est La Vie in Battle Ground, owner Keri Gallagher serves […]
The birthplace of Pinot Noir in Oregon may not be where you think
The Willamette Valley is such a lauded wine region in Oregon that it can sometimes be difficult to look past it to other stellar areas like the Umpqua Valley in […]