Photo by Rob Sydor | digitallatte.com
Wine
Our own college, our own wines
Free weekly wine tastings within walking distance
A crop of new wineries grows in sleepy little Monroe
Therese and Brian Schafer of Tebri Vineyards. Photo by Rob Sydor | digitallatte.com
Broadley Vineyards prove Monroe can produce a perfect pinot
Morgan Broadley of Broadley Vineyards. Photo by Rob Sydor | digitallatte.com
Bodner Wine Co. will make no wine before there’s room
Laura and Micah Bodner at their Pleasant Hill winery. Photo by Rob Sydor | digitallatte.com
The endless war of wings and wine in Willamette Valley
Owner Dean Inman and Tucker Dog of Mason Ridge Vineyards prepare the propane canon, one of several bird deterrents.
About the Author
Music & Visual Arts Editor
Dante Zúñiga-West is an Afro-Latino writer and outdoorsman known to some as “The Backwoods Blaxican.” He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and now makes his home in Oregon. His fiction has been published in various literary journals. His novel Rumble Young Man Rumble is awaiting publication in 2014, on Black Coffee Press.
Pleasant Hill has surprises, delightful and tragic
Truth dare not speak to us, except in wine
Wines in anticipation of outdoor dining
Area wine people have a generous streak
