Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape
Just fifty years ago, Oregon had no wine industry of consequence. Today, the state teems with a wine culture that matches the fecundity of its land and the vital spirit of its people. The pioneers who dared that tradition into being, from astrophysicists to cherry farmers to harpsichord makers, stand poised to pass on their legacy to an eager new generation. The bold experimentation of urban wineries now joins the steady contributions of outstanding producers like Bethel Heights, Cerulean Skies, Eyrie and Honeywood. Kenneth Friedenreich, a noted Oregon wine writer and an equally ardent Oregon wine devotee, seizes this moment of transition to probe the state's fascinating oenological frontiers and evaluate the repercussions of the industry's dramatic success. Based on dozens of interviews and even more glasses of wine, this drinking companion volume traverses the full range of Oregon's viticultural areas, providing useful AVA maps, historical photos and extensive winery listings.
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Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape
Just fifty years ago, Oregon had no wine industry of consequence. Today, the state teems with a wine culture that matches the fecundity of its land and the vital spirit of its people. The pioneers who dared that tradition into being, from astrophysicists to cherry farmers to harpsichord makers, stand poised to pass on their legacy to an eager new generation. The bold experimentation of urban wineries now joins the steady contributions of outstanding producers like Bethel Heights, Cerulean Skies, Eyrie and Honeywood. Kenneth Friedenreich, a noted Oregon wine writer and an equally ardent Oregon wine devotee, seizes this moment of transition to probe the state's fascinating oenological frontiers and evaluate the repercussions of the industry's dramatic success. Based on dozens of interviews and even more glasses of wine, this drinking companion volume traverses the full range of Oregon's viticultural areas, providing useful AVA maps, historical photos and extensive winery listings.
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Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape

Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape

by Kenneth Friedenreich
Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape

Oregon Wine Country Stories: Decoding the Grape

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Just fifty years ago, Oregon had no wine industry of consequence. Today, the state teems with a wine culture that matches the fecundity of its land and the vital spirit of its people. The pioneers who dared that tradition into being, from astrophysicists to cherry farmers to harpsichord makers, stand poised to pass on their legacy to an eager new generation. The bold experimentation of urban wineries now joins the steady contributions of outstanding producers like Bethel Heights, Cerulean Skies, Eyrie and Honeywood. Kenneth Friedenreich, a noted Oregon wine writer and an equally ardent Oregon wine devotee, seizes this moment of transition to probe the state's fascinating oenological frontiers and evaluate the repercussions of the industry's dramatic success. Based on dozens of interviews and even more glasses of wine, this drinking companion volume traverses the full range of Oregon's viticultural areas, providing useful AVA maps, historical photos and extensive winery listings.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625858757
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 04/09/2018
Series: American Palate
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 633,424
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kenneth Friedenreich liked Oregon wine well enough to leave sunny southern California to move to Oregon in 2012. A man of various careers always inviting prose, he has contributed widely to magazines on topics from business to healthcare, travel and music, wine and food. He continues as wine editor for California Homes Magazine, for which he has worked for many years. He now lives in Portland.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 13

Prologue. Christmas Season at the Close of the Twentieth Century 17

1 The Corvair, the Critic and the Overpass 25

2 Founding Families Take a Victory Stroll by the Park, May 3, 2015 33

3 Wine and the Historical Memory 47

4 Why Date Matters 58

5 The Conscience of the Calendar 70

6 Wine Words and the Exploding Max Headroom 76

7 Oregon AVAs: A Brief Description 86

8 A Frame Tale: Oregon Viticultural Details 99

9 E-Ticket or E-Channel?: The Shortest Chapter in This Book 129

10 Brass Knuckles: How to Look at a Glass of Wine 133

11 My Grandfather's Artichoke: Why We Swirl the Wine 138

12 The Nose Knows 142

13 The Sip: Dr. Ken's Catch-and-Release Program 148

14 Perdition Highway: How Carrie Nation and Madison Grant Taught Oregonians How Not to Drink 157

15 New Year's Day 1934: Changing the World for Oregon Wine at Honeywood 172

16 The Naked City: Reflections on Urban Wine 179

17 "Wine Country" Is a Compound Noun 201

18 A Postcard from Oenotria 232

19 Everything Wears Down 237

20 Succession Survival Guide Part I: Institutional Memory without Losing Your Mind 245

21 Succession Survival Guide Part II: Do This but Not That 252

22 Conservancy, Not Bureaucracy 258

Epilogue 271

A Winery Listing 281

Appendix. An Oregon Wine Story 299

A Bibliographic Note 305

Index 311

About the Author 320

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