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Mary Cressler
Staff Writer
Mary Cressler is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, and proprietor of Vindulge: Wine Education & Consulting. She conducts wine classes and events and offers consulting for individuals, wineries, restaurants, and event planners. She also writes freelance about wine, food, and travel and also on her blog Vindulge. She has a special affinity for pairing wine with smoked meats and loves all things sparkling wines. Mary resides in Portland, Oregon. For more information, send Mary an e-mail at mary AT vindulge.com

Best of 2015: The Oregon Chardonnay Clone Wars

Mary Cressler
Features
7 min read
Staff writer and Pacific Northwesterner Mary Cressler explores the controversial nature of discussing Oregon's clones of Chardonnay in this piece from March. Oregon’s controversial history with chardonnay clones culminated into one question earlier this month: do clones matter when it comes to chardonnay? We were there to find out at the fourth

Comté and the terroir of cheese

Mary Cressler
Features
9 min read
I’d only been in the region a few hours. I was tired and jetlagged after twenty hours of travel and a nine-hour time difference. But our guide at the museum, our first stop, decided to wake us all up by giving us a playful quiz – an activity to awaken our

The Oregon Chardonnay Clone Wars

Mary Cressler
Features
7 min read
Oregon’s controversial history with chardonnay clones culminated into one question earlier this month: do clones matter when it comes to chardonnay? We were there to find out at the fourth annual Oregon Chardonnay Symposium held at Stoller Family Estate in the Willamette Valley. Those who attended the technical panel titled

A Sparkling Wine Movement in the Pacific Northwest

Mary Cressler
Features
9 min read
There is a wine movement happening in the Pacific Northwest and it’s probably not what you’re thinking. It’s not pinot noir in Oregon. That happened years ago. And no, it’s not merlot in Washington. It’s sparkling wine. Though there are no exact numbers to show how many producers are currently

Donnafugata and the New Western Sicily

Mary Cressler
Features
7 min read
I’m not going to lie, before heading to western Sicily earlier this month I had my reservations. There seemed to be a prevailing opinion on the region reflected in comments like, “enjoy those volcano wines,” to “does Sicily even make quality wine yet?” to “you’ll just find lots of bulk