It’s engrained in us from our time at school that summer is flashy, exciting, and full of joy, but in Oregon wine country, there is no time more celebrated than the fall. The season of the harvest, the leaves begin to change color and gentle rains cool the previous...
It is not uncommon to see a harvest spotlight on this blog, but while we at The Dundee have focused mainly on the process of the winemaking in the past, (what happens once the grapes are picked) what might be overlooked is just how much variation, time, creativity,...
It is a truth universally acknowledged (in the wine world anyway) that wine is art and art is wine. But there is perhaps, no better expression of this connection than Paul Johnson at Satyr Fire Wine. As a winemaker, artist of several mediums, and trained creative...
To live in Oregon wine country is to know that wine is art, but there is one new local winery that is taking that idea to the next level. Artist Block, right here in Dundee, asks the question: if wine itself is art, why can’t a winery also be an art gallery? The...
Perhaps all wines created in the Willamette Valley are born from love. You don’t produce the quality of wines we have in Oregon without pouring love into all aspects of winemaking. But when sitting down and chatting with Lois Cho, one of the founders of Cho Wines,...
