Wine often expresses a sense of place. Place is attributed to by a number of different factors: layers of mineral deposits and sediments left after millions of years of geologic activity that contribute to different flavor profiles; climatic factors like temperature patterns & annual precipitation that have an effect on vine growth and, therefore, trellising practices and Continue Reading →
Category: Oregon
Crushing It In Oregon – Active Wine Touring, Pacific Northwest Style
The word “crush”, in wine terms, refers to pressing grapes after they have been harvested in order to extract all the lovely qualities out of them for our sipping pleasure. The carbonated beverage, Grape Crush, brings up memories of sweet, candied soda pop…the sticky stuff that makes childhood dreams come true. “Crushing it”, an equally Continue Reading →
Wine’s Sense of Place – The American Viticultural Area
There is a lot of hard work that goes into producing that bottle of wine you are thinking of plucking off the retail shelves for tonight’s dinner…as a libation derived from one of the world’s oldest ways of life, wine is fundamentally a byproduct of farming (and of course, fermentation…). And farming doesn’t just happen Continue Reading →
Sarah Wolcott: Zephyr's Newest Active Wine Tour Guide
We are super happy to welcome Sarah Wolcott to the ranks of Zephyr’s guiding team. We met Sarah at this year’s Wine Bloggers Conference, where she was representing Wines of Uruguay. After a thorough vetting of a large number of guide candidates, Sarah rose to the top. Sarah comes to us with excellent qualifications: She Continue Reading →
Oregon is Awesome for Travel and Wine
I grew up in Seattle and traveled to Oregon as a kid at least once every two years, as my family drove on sometimes-sketchy roads to my aunt and uncle’s ranch in Bend, Oregon for alternating holiday seasons. My impression of the state? Oregon is awesome. It is a wonderful state with an incredible variety Continue Reading →