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Before Dinner Drinks

Our Critic's Top Wine Picks

08/17/2012 By Condé Cox

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Tap Dance

What's on tap? Wine! Enjoy premium Oregon vino straight from the keg.

05/24/2012 By Condé Cox

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The Chameleon of Wine

04/27/2012 By Condé Cox

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Wine & Dine

The Willamette Valley’s best meals to pair with your local bottles

03/23/2012 By Condé Cox

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Place Matters

Our critic's guide to the subregions of the Willamette Valley, home of the world's finest pinot noir.

02/24/2012 By Condé Cox

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French Connection

A winter dinner at Noisette offers the perfect pairing opportunity.

01/26/2012 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: Keeping Wine Weird

12/23/2011 By Condé Cox

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Pinot Pioneer

Oregon’s first producer of pinot noir, the Eyrie Vineyards, opens its library of ethereal wines to the public.

09/21/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: September 2011

Sip and savor a trio of wines with a holy history.

08/19/2011 By Condé Cox

Pour

7 Delicious Beers from Belgium

For a truly continental taste, you must discover suds from a truly obsessed bastion of beer.

07/22/2011 By Condé Cox

Wine

Cellar Notes: July 2011

Cabernet Sauvignon is a wine style closely associated with California. Of course, we've got our own cabs here in the Northwest.

06/29/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: Best buys for spring/summer

05/20/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: May 2011

Barbera wines masterfully walk the tightrope between Old World food-friendly restraint and New World flavor-forward exuberance.

04/22/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: April 2011

A look at the nebbiolo, a red wine from the Piedmont region in the northwestern corner of Italy.

03/09/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: March 2011

Find a superb Oregon white wine to complement your next fresh seafood or crab dish.

02/18/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: February 2011

Despite what some critics say, the Oregon 2007 vintage pinot noir has matured into a quality wine. Notable 2007 pinot noirs include Cristom, Erath, Bethel Heights, Lemelson, and Et Fille.

01/14/2011 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: January 2011

There are deals to be had with winter wines.

12/22/2010 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: December 2010

Silcox Hut chef Jason Stoller Smith’s Winemaker’s Dinner Series pairs his sous vide-prepared black truffles, wild boar, short ribs, duck, and wagyu beef with Oregon’s best wines: Bergström, Chehalem, Cristom, Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Lange, Ponzi, and R. S

11/18/2010 By Condé Cox

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Cellar Notes: November 2010

While Oregonians have (understandably) acquired a taste for high-quality pinot noir, our neighbors south of the border in California are a step ahead when it comes to the brawnier worlds of cabernet sauvignon and zinfandel.

10/18/2010 By Condé Cox

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Tasting Notes

WINE WISDOM

09/16/2010 By Condé Cox