Hi Everyone,
You’ll remember last time I provided you with some of my favorite books about pairing wines with food. Well, this week I wanted to share some of my favorite wine pairing websites. I think these are really useful in better understanding wine and food pairings, but also a lot of them offer free recipes [...]
Last week, we heard from Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard’s wine maker. This week, Dean Underwood, our vineyard manager weighs in. In addition, check out Olsen’s new “harvesting machine.” We are testing this new machine this year, and will ask Dean to give us all the details. Personally, I think it looks like something out [...]
Bill Kremer, Olsen Family Vineyard’s expert wine maker gives us his take on the harvest so far:
The harvest began on October 1, 2008 with both Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir harvesting. The PG came from the NW section of our vineyards ZigZag and East section of Entropy block 3, both were 146 clones. The PN [...]
Olsen Family Vineyards would like to take a moment of pause to acknowledge the passing of Oregon wine industry pioneer David Lett, from Eyrie Vineyards.
David Lett, along with his wife Diana, came to the Willamette Valley in the mid 1960s. Settling in the beautiful Dundee area, the Lett’s set an early standard for quality Pinot [...]
