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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.lecadeauvineyard.com Fewer things in life can be more frustrating than falling in love with a wine, only to have it ripped out from under you – such a tease. This 2009 Le Cadeau Red Label Pinot Noir is such a wine – it’s as if these wineries like messing with [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://ayoubwines.com For winemaker/owner, Mohammad Ayoub, making the best possible wines starts with sparing no expense on the fruit and necessary equipment.  He’s one of those kinds of winemakers who really does put his money where his mouth and heart are – making great wines that reflect the terrioir, no matter [...]

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By: Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.canasfeastwinery.com While most wineries in the greater Willamette Valley are squarely focused in on Pinot and other great Oregon varietals, Canas Feast is trying its best to make good wines from many regions – namely Washington State fruit. 2009 Cana’s Feast Sangiovese – W.E.P. Rating: 60% Technical Data: Vintage: 2008 Varietal: Sangiovese [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.roxyann.com All too many people outside of the Rogue Valley / Applegate Valley in southern Oregon know about the great wines that are coming out of that region. Viognier – when done well – is one of my favorite white wine varietals as I’m a huge sucker for aromatics. RoxyAnn is [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.argylewinery.com/ Located in Dundee Oregon, Argyle winery has not only built up a loyal following and fanbase, it’s nearly turned cult-like and for good reason. Its wines have a pedigree of showing very well in regards to terroir, flavor and balance – not to mention its great-tasting bubbly. This “Nuthouse” [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.lecadeauvineyard.com Le Chadeau is a winery in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and has a somewhat unique way of producing tasty wines from its estate vineyards – they have a different winemaker for each bottle. Additionally, each winemaker picks different blocks of the vineyards in an effort to showcase what [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.sevenofheartswine.com When I first met winemaker, Byron Dooley, at a wine event in the Yamhill area of Oregon last year, I knew right away he was dead-serious about making kick-ass wines. This “Special Reserve” is his flagship Pinot that brings a lot of prowess to it – it’s a Pinot that [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.alexanawinery.com Alexana Winery was started by the same Dr. Revana who started Revena Family Vineyard winery in Napa but clearly this winery’s mission is all about burgundy varietals. He hired winemaker, Lynn Penner-Ash, to produce world class wines from the fruit of the Willamette Valley. Technical Data: Varietal: Pinot Noir [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.sevenofheartswine.com/ While so many Oregon wineries focus in on the grapes that they can grow well, there are a few that source fruit from neighboring Washington State to make some very interesting blends.  This bottle of Seven Hills captures a common blend of Syrah and Grenache to make a very [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.sevenofheartswine.com/ Oregon has been known to many here in the northwest for making outstanding Pinot Gris so I was excited to try this one from Seven of Hearts as I know their winemaker is extremely passionate about producing Oregon varietals that express the terroir of the vineyards and regions they are [...]

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