A Gourmand’s Weekend in Newberg, Oregon

Andy Hayes
Features
2 min read
With so much on offer just blocks from my home in southeast Portland, sometimes it is easy to forget the bounty that surrounds our fine city. The Willamette Valley AVA is Oregon’s largest wine producing region, and home to a majority of the state’s wineries, and yet it is only

2009 La Rochelle Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose shows black cherries, strawberries, and cream soda. The palate has red fruit that shifts, attack to finish, from sweet to biting, leading with strawberry, shifting to rhubarb, and ending with unsweetened cranberry. An underlying earth and spice, cinnamon and allspice, give it body and depth. Drink with rabbit

2010 Trinitas Cellars Pinot Noir

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
The nose has plum, cherry cola, and black tea. Black cherry, black tea, and cola lead on the palate. There is a real earthy umami that comes out on the mid-palate, a soy-sauce richness that lingers with cigar-box spices. Moderate tannins match moderate acids. Drink with anything made with lentils.

Côte Mas Crémant de Limoux Rose

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Strawberry bubbles! The nose has aromas of dried strawberries and rose water. The palate opens with strawberry. Sweeter cherry comes out on the mid-palate, with a touch of salinity and rosemary. It ends with a twist of lemon, which lingers with the mid-palate flavors. Drink with potato pancakes with sour

2011 Emil Reichart Reisling Spatlese

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This wine is a very pretty blend of sweet and tart. Apples waft up from the glass on the nose. Soft pears and honey swim in a silky palate. Just a touch of Meyer lemon provides a citrus zing of balance against the sweetness on the finish. Drink with pork