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3/11/04-
Oregon 2002-
Parker Rates Vintage 94 points, Wine Spectator releases
High Scores
3/5/04 Owen Roe and Sineann
Spring Releases- Huge and Special Wines
2/25/04
Trend to Blend-
New Releases show how far NW Wines have Come
2/24/04 Northwest White WInes
That must not Be Missed!
1-12-04
Top Ten Lists of 2003 -
Wines, wineries, trends, and more
12-9-03
Yamhill Thanksgiving Recap- The Highlights, the trends, the Hot Spots
The brochure for the Thanksgiving weekend in Yamhill was mammoth this
year-
hundreds of wines to taste and things to do. How'd it go? Here's
a recap.
12-1-03
Shea Wine Cellars 2002 Pinots- not to be missed!
Also, K Syrah is Killer,
and Beautiful Sparklers that celebrate Oregon's History
Stunning wines from the former winemaker at Archery Summit, plus Syrah
from the wild man at "K",
and last call on Patty Green as they sell out
over the weekend!
11-20-03 Holiday Releases
Joe Dobbes
Update, Ken Wright Wines for the Holidays, Bergstrom Releases,
Trends
at the Platinum Awards Judging
10-23-03
Preview of The Season
Fll means a lot of new wines- here's our reviews of some favorites
also,
Photos of the North Willamette this week-
the vines are beginning
to shut down, and the colors are beautiful- Oregon's version of fall
leaves!
10-8-03
Squishing grapes with your feet means lots of seeds between the toes
Harvesting grapes in the Yakima Valley
9-28-03 Big Big Trucks are Rattling Past
my House
Harvest is underway- Rick Mafit on Mystic Wines- Fielding Winery in the
Columbia Cascades
9-18-03 Washington's Harvest 2003,
the Irish Perspective
Owen Roe's David O"Reilly
reports
from the Vineyard with a cell phone and purple teeth
9-18-03
Drizzle Drizzle go away- and it Did!
Willamette Valley Harvest Report
9-11-03 Harvest is relentlessly bearing down on
NW Winemakers
Help!
What winemakers are up to today to get ready.
8-27-03 What my Family
Devoured This Summer
THe redcycling bin proves revealing.
8-19-03 Seeking out new wines and new civilizations
Exploring Central Washington
and getting a little "Trekky" about it.
7-30-03 Seriously Hot
Wines that Taste great in the Heat
The Heat made me do it!
7-19-03 Wine Vinegars and Fresh Herbs
Using summer herbs to make great flavors.
7-10-03 Walla Walla Sweet Onions Rule
Walla Walla winemakers and what they do with their local gourmet delight.
6-26-03 Lots of Empty Bottles
New wineries and new vintages all must be tasted- it's a tough job!
No,
really.
5-26-03 Shallots and Cat Fur
The Shallots here in Oregon are exceptional, and no one seems to know about
them...
About Jean Yates
Jean first worked with the Oregon wine industry in 1989, when she helped develop marketing brochures for wineries in the South Willamette. She then started Avalon, and has supported the industry through her wine shop and web site ever since. Jean enjoys promoting Oregon and Washington wines and bringing Northwest wines to the notice of the wineloving public.
Jean used to work in the computer industry, where she worked in market research on the UNIX operating system and co-authored several books on UNIX. She built and manages the Avalon web site and writes the newsletters and instructional materials for the store.
Jean has also written for Wine Today, Organic Gardening Magazine, and Byte Magazine. She has nine cats and lives out in the country in an old farmhouse with a big garden, a bunch of computers, and a lot of telephone lines. Heaven.