Montinore Estate: A Picturesque Winery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
If you’re interested in wines and plan to be in or around the Portland, Oregon area, take the scenic drive to Montinore Estate, located about 30 miles west of the city in the northern Willamette Valley. The estate houses a striking mansion built in the early 1900’s along with a nearby contemporary tasting room, picturesque […]
Comfort Wines: Consistent, Reliable, Well Priced
Vic Hubbard, wine buyer for Bellingham’s Community Food Co-Op, likes to refer to something he calls “comfort wines.” Comfort wines, he says, are “familiar, fairly consistent…wines that are made in enough quantity to have good availability.” In addition, “these wines are not too expensive to enjoy at least occasionally.” I like that concept. The fairly […]
Wine Class at BTC
2:00 to 4:30 pm – Pairing Food With Wine. Explore the basic elements of taste for food and wine and take the guesswork out of your wine purchases when planning for meals, dinners out, or social occasions. Click on the Wine Classes Page for more information.
Washington Wines Provide Good Quality at Reasonable Prices
From one side of Washington State to the other, there are good wines – and good wine bargains – to be had. The 2004 whites have been hitting the shelves in full force and both the 2005 reds and whites have started to creep into the market; although most of the reds won’t be released […]
Old World vs. New World Wine Styles
People in the wine industry sometimes refer to wines as Old World versus New World. What’s the difference? Old World wines come from the classic grape growing countries of Europe including Italy, France, Spain and Germany. The New World consists of the United States, Chile, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The wine styles of […]