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Wine

April Showers

Climate change and weather affect your beer and wine

Drink 4 years ago

First there was the late February snowstorm with almost 19 inches of snow recorded at the Eugene airport. Then there was the early April rainstorm … Continue reading →

Farewell to Sleuth and Mole

Eugene educator and EW wine writer Lance Sparks remembered

News 4 years ago

After longtime Eugene Weekly wine columnist Lance Sparks retired, the paper briefly searched for another wine writer.  Then EW stopped the search, because it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Sleuth & Mole Turn Out the Lights

Our longtime wine writer and his bosom buddy bid a fond farewell

Drink 6 years ago

On the 15th floor of Eugene’s most decrepit high-rise, I dragged my feet down the hallway littered with pieces of broken tiles and remnants of … Continue reading →

Rosies

Summertime heat is perfect for sipping ice-cold rosés

Drink 6 years ago

On the 17th floor of Eugene’s creakiest high-rise, behind the pebbled-glass door marked “Wine Investigations,” my pal and partner, Mole, set out a display of … Continue reading →

Into the Weeds with Wine

Can two growing industries coexist?

Drink 6 years ago

“Vineyard owners sue over pot operation,” reads an April headline in The Register-Guard. Thus begins a story we might have foreseen like a blip on … Continue reading →

Women in Wine

Women are vital to survival, and to wine

Drink 6 years ago

Years ago, staffers at EW were invited to Portland to sample the quality of some craft brews in Beer-vana. As a lark, clever staffers decided it might be fun to include on the trip — and into the story — a known “wine guy” and recognized beer-phobe, namely me. Continue reading →

Warming Wines

Beyond the northern Willamette Valley

Drink 6 years ago

Across the wine-y world, Oregon is recognized for its cool climate, hugely hospitable to growing the pinot noir grape, considered by many wine-lovers to be … Continue reading →

Washington Wine Month

Head north young (or old) wine drinker, head north

Drink 6 years ago

March is Wine Month in Washington (that state north of ours). Unless you have a passion for wine, that fact is not very important. If … Continue reading →

Alternative Facts? No. Alt-Wines, Yes.

Wine truth as we know it

Drink 6 years ago

In President Benito Tweety’s post-truth, “alternate-facts” world, it probably doesn’t matter if we reported a story with some misleading information in January’s “Wine Label Whimsy,” … Continue reading →

Wine Label Whimsy

Fun labels can wrap around a good wine

Drink 6 years ago

Must be global weirding: A carny barker-snakeoil hustler gets elected president of the U.S.; ice forms on December rosebuds; and in the wine world, someone … Continue reading →

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