w o rth
1 9 8 4 T u a la tin Vineyards in li t t l e N ow here.
th e ir e xcellen t w ines and location they dn
Oregon had produced the best Chardonnay and
P in o t n o ir on the planet Im pressed0
great events and g ive you an o p p o rtu n ity to get
Althouqh those »wo wines are d if fic u lt to
Few vin e y a rd s in the state equal the sheer
lu a la tin knows how to make it fun and
never befo re been awarded to the same w in e ry
in the same year These tro p h ie s mean that in
w h ile to come « t h e m
Aside fro m
come b y . they do s t i l l have some in the c e lla r ,
w here you got a random sam pling, a lew
so i f you are hot to get ahold of a great b o ttle
beauty o f s u rro u n d in g s , excellence in w ine s,
of w in e , ask ite m
and ta s tin g room h o s p ita lity of T u a la tin
lo sin g out in the least by sam pling and
b o ttle s that is , of some of th e ir c e lla re d w ine
fo r 5 I Any place that is w illin g to let you
walk e w a / w ith w in e for $1 is m y k ind of
p u rc h a s in g some of ’ he m ore c u rre n t
vintag es The Chardonnav and Pino, n o ir a re
place U n fo rtu n a te ly they aren I alw ays
in c lin e d to such am azingly ra tk i a rts but th e /
V in e y a r d s
M a g n ific e n tly situated in the
fo o th ills of the Coast Range, a few m ile s
n o rth w e st of Forest G rove, they o ffe r
top notch
spectacular view s along w ith th e ir a w a rd ­
H ow ever. you are not
The P in o t n o ir is q uite smooth and I
a tte n tio n
On A p r il 1 0 th . ( I hope you p ick th is up in
b o ttle you get om e fin e wine at a g re e ! p ric e
tim e , l k now U s hard to fin d a copy of the
The w ines that s u rp r ised me w e re the
R ie s lin g s , th e ir most popular v a rie ty I have
U pper Left Edge these d e /s , e s p e c ia lly in
P o r t ly * } | wr ite fo r it , vet i, s t i l l often
those places in the w o rld that is blessed w ith
a lw a ys shied away fro m th is par tic u la r
takes me a couple of weeks to ge* ahold of a
some m y s tic a l p ro p e rty w h ich m ares it
s tu n n in g ly b e a u tifu l ,n any weather The
v a r ie ty of w in e
copy
easy flo w in g " ) r e fe r s to the T u a la tin r iv e r
w h ich ru n s n ea rb y The v in e y a rd is one of
vin e ya rd s r o l l down fro m atxzve the w in e r y ,
alm ost 7 5 0 feet above see le v e l, facing
d ir e c tly south so the midday sun beams down
d ir e c tly on ’ hem. and in to the ta s tin g room
And at th is a ltitu d e and p r o x im ity to t f v
m ountains th e / also r e te iv e snows and m is ts
w h ich hang between the ro w s , p ic tu re s q u e ,
fa scin a tin g , andeer ic
I am no, much for swtwt
$ 5 0 - $ 5 0 0 so that you can have it sen; to
R ie s lin g s I undoubtedly tasted a s w e e te r
y o u r d n o r) Tualatin is having an Estate
ver sion of th is w in e
Tasting Reception
R ie s lin g s they a re tasting now
A D ry
A , PFFR
G A L I FRY
Wort A 24 throuith April J
H<4)xau<4 idutliw
Q M A IN G A L L F R Y
Uart A 24 through Way 15
In I he S p ini: Indigenous Inspiration
I su gg r.t sending the Rev H u lls
w in e s and the f i r s , couple o, tim es I tr ie d
Tualatin ties two
EXHIBITION
SCHEDULE
w i ll do some other th ing s to get your
recom m end dr ink ing it w ith som ething and
somerxte c o m p le te ly s in fu l At $ 8 - $ 12 a
w in n in g w ine
lu a la tin (a n a tive w ord m oaning gentle or
They w i l l release the 91
( the r e a lly good s tu ff) , and 9 2 P in o, n o ir
w in e s y o u w i ll see around at th is tim e The
W h ite however caught mv a tte n tio n because of
fre e , and th e re w i ll also be h o rs d o euvres,
its u n m is ta k a b ly appley fla v o r
Both are
P riv a te Reservc
special dnalson a v a rie ty of w ines and
v e r y c r is p and lig h t and w ould go w e ll w ith
atm osphere a, events lik e th is is alw ays greet
s p ic y foods, lik e Thai
and they do it in the w in e ry , so do no, pass up
Most days k a th y Doans, the ta s tin g room
m arta ge r. w ill be pour ing your w ines fo r you
a chance to see a top q u a lity w in e ry in action
H w i l l s t i l l be Spr mg » b rin g the b in o c u la rs
She is a great person to talk to about what
foods go w e ll w ith the wines Tualatin has
and the cam era the vie w should be
in d u s try is blossom ing. ( mak ing Oregon
know n fo r so m e thin go ttie r than a patootie-
p u b lish e d a cookbook that is a v a ila b le ,n the
the west
o ld c le e rc u fs to
Though sm all by Oregon tim b e r
in d u s try standards, the vie w is an u n fo rtu n a te
vantaqr p oint to re fle c t on the contr aat
between the two industr les The w ine
fo n d lin g Senator andon ice ska ter w ith bad
taste in husbands)
The tre e c u ttin g in d u s try ,
due to th e ir pla n of action over the last 5 0
y e a rs , a re forced to s o lic it federal clearance
to cu t the last old g ro w th fo re s ts , b r r a u v they
ta s tin g room
if you are on a diet do not even
ijn near th is book
The f i r s t r e n p e c a lls fo r
Recommended wine tour for A p ril
t h is c o lu m n is n 't e v e n o ld en o u g h ,0 dr iv e y e t ,
I won ,
moment in each colum n to suggrst a p a rtic u la r
your ver I ice I leap
m oving in opposite d ire c tio n s is in te re s tin g
Or ape vin e s a re s im ila r to tre e s , they take
company and has her own re cip e s throughout
the cookbook She also does the cook ing fo r the
then bop on down Hwv 4 7 to k r amer
decades to m a tu re , and liv e to be o ver 100
per todical W irem a kes D inner s a* the T ualatin
Vineyards on Olson Rd , ju s , south of the
ye a rs o ld The ro o t system in some v a rie tie s
extend 50 feet in to the s o il and they are
W in e ry
in te re s tin g
k a th y fo rm e r ty owned her own cater ing
The m enus fo r these a ffa ir s ,
in tr ig u in g p o s s ib ility
F e stiva l
va lu a b le w ith age Perhaps if we had derided,
ye a rs ago, to let tre e s m a tu re so they could be
cook
m a s o c ia lly acceptable s itu a tio n Hey, I k n o w
most of you out th e re ate a w orm or a fly when
la rg e r vin e y a rd s
8 5 acres produce about
I had lun ch w ith k a th y and V irg in ia
m en tion what we had because of a ll the flak I
rece ive d by in n o c e n tly m en tion m q dow ning a
few o y s te rs in m y F e b ru a ry co lu m n ) If you
have never had, or even thought of h aving.
P in o , n o ir w ith a r ic h chocolate ta ke o r , h e ll,
w ith M
i
M s , then you should d e fin ite ly talk
to k a th y about fo o d /w in e combos
W e ir d , nod in abundance
BREAKFAST ONLY
One of the
f A** • ***»• * «
r y e o p p o rtu n itie s in life to a c tu a lly ea, bugs
you w ere 6 or tn college ( what s the
d iffe re n c e 7 ) but th is tim e the inse rt w i ll be
e.*-.
»< n «>
p re pa re d as gourm et food, so give them
another shot R em e m b e r, buy a b o ttle of
w in e . ( at least one, what have you got to lose)
w h e re v e r you taste, and te ll them you read
about them in the Upper le f t
2 0 ,0 0 0 cases of w in e , 2 4 0 ,0 0 0 b o ttle s , each
year
KttOHfìy
ttw
s p ra w lin g m e tro p o lis of Oas,on. Or fo r th e ir
w in e for each co urse, come d ir e c tly fro m the
cookbook (T a ke it fro m m e, she ta n REAl IY
F u lle r , one of the o w n e rs, and I won , even
Dun ( Xhume A A l Shitnoda
On Sundev A p r il IO th
in c re a s in g ly v ib r a n t, p u lc h r itudm ous and
c u ttin g has gone too far
T u a la tin is one of the state s older and
M A IN (¡A , I FRY
June 16 through July 5
Saints Series: A Works In Progrrvs
heed over to T ualatin s Estate Release Tasting
Chardonnay t overs Weekend and w e ir d Fond
people losing th e ir "w ay of l if e “ b e t a u t h e
$
This m onth p r r e n t s you w ith an
g e n e ra lly fiv e course meals w ith a d iffe re n t
in to p roducts that could be made of m ore
e a sily harvested p la n ts , we w ouldn t have
S H IM O D A RF A P IN G R O O M
Way 2d through June 12
Guerilla Art: A Works In Progress
to ur of tw o or th re e w iner ie s *ha, w ould he
any
of gre ate r va lu e, ra th e r than tur m nq them
$
S uffice to say the, I wanted to take a
have cut down e v e ry th in g else
The p a ra lle ls between these two in d u s trie s
a m a zin g ly large and co m p le x, becoming
M A IN G A L L F R Y
Way 26 rAzoagA /uzie (2
I he Artist As Student
Artists as Students A Students As Artists,
with k*.ai and regMWul artists A students
in both caiegines
I
w ould c a ll th is a new fe a tu re hut seeing how
and w h ile it w i l l nodoub' be in c re d ib ly good
m*
Q
sp e cto ru la r
over tw o pounds of ctaddar and b r te cheese,
it cer te in ly won t mcr
S ill M O D A RF S H IM . R O O M
Wort A 24 rA/eatA Wa> 15
Featured artist« Fred Dwello. Joyce O
Hnllingswiaih. Asher Donaldson,
A Andre Fk»in
The last mg as alw ays is
sum m er foods lik e salads or w ith p o w e rfu l
The o n ly drawback to the IB O dB gree
0
C hardonnay. '91 Chardonna* P riv a te Reserve
R ie s lin g and a W h ite R iesling T h e D r y is
in te re s tin g because it is one of the few 19 9 5
p ro b a b ly a chance to b uy w ine that has been
hidden a w a /in the c e lla r fo r ye a rs The
panoram a is a couple of year
OSBORNE
a
GALLERY
1994
W O H M M . M T l'D IO
some great bargains Last y w , o n th e ir ?O th
ann i ver sar y . thev did a W ine Or a t Bag
Edr
A ll of the w in e is "estate v in ta g e ",
m eaning the w in e is made e x c lu s iv e ly fro m
grapes g ro w n on the p ro p e rty , w h ic h is s t i l l
f a i r l y r a r e in Oregon
In fa c t, e v e ry th in g is
done r ig h t at the w in e ry
c ru s h in g , b o ttlin g ,
label inq, etc
If you g o a t the r ig h t tim e , weekdays, slow
•< (to m f*
weekends in w in te r or e a r ly s p rin g , you
m ig h t get a t o u r , and if you have never to ured
hurt« d
LW irOCt Tte wy bM ir/IW y W»«
a w in e ry I recomm end the experience As
w e ll as being in te re s tin g , th e re is som ething
ftaaea » «a— (■«•
adhaU, —e—
"Me didn't »ay '«I dente, ' did Ae’ "
peaceful and ca lm in g about hundreds of casks
of fle d g lin g w ine w a itin g to tu rn into
som ething w on de rful
If you need to be im pressed by s ta tis tic s and
T ù * j _ a t . s V i W t f U o l « T6» SNOW
aw ards before you a llo w y o u rs e lf to be
im pressed by the fla v o r of the w in e , t r y
these
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(a m « ba»A y a r n ! by taamd H a d
DON PETRIE'S
ITALIAN FOOD COMPANY !
I 613NW Third 265 FOOD ;
I Nye Beach, Newport
L aurel's
C annon
B each
W ine Shop
I
an awards lis t that f i l l s tw o pages,
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u rw*«—■••dwwm
2 b ) N . Horn lock
(S O I) 4 3 6 -1 6 6 6
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over 6 0 d iffe re n t awards th e W in e Spectator
( THE w ine magazine, if you know what I mean
Also THE h ig h ly p ro v in c ia l C a lifo rn ia w ine
ribv
magazine, i f you know w hat I m ean) in 1 9 9 2
selected the 19 8 9 Reserve C ha rd o nn y/ as one
of the top tOO w in e s of the ye ar fro m a fie ld
of over 5 ,7 0 0 w ine s around the w o rld
The
NEHALEM BAY VID EO
3 6 8 5536
c ro w n ie w e ls came in 1 9 8 4 at the
In te rn a tio n a l W in e and S p ir it s C om petition
held in London
HWY 101 A M o ru o V ta Ava
M a ru o s ta , OR 9 7 130
That year th e ir 19 8 1
Chardonnay took th e John S u tc life Trophy
(d o n 't ask I don t k n o w ) and th e ir 1 9 8 0 P in ot
n o ir won the R obert M ondavi Trophy (y o u
shouldn , have to a sk)
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