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Top Wine Picks: Notes from Recent Tastings

Posted on July 27, 2026 by winellama

What a terrible problem to have – too many wines, shrinking drinking windows, and not enough time made to write about them or catalogue the tasting notes clogging up my phone.   Here is a synopsis of some of the better … Continue reading →

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Pinot Noir, Ayoub Estate Vineyard, Dundee Hills AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon, 13.5% abv., 2017, US$65

Posted on January 18, 2022 by winellama

Mo Ayoub is a fascinating person and well-reviewed vintner for whom growing grapes and making wine is a retirement gig – and what a gig it is.  His wines are eagerly sought after and elusive, as he doesn’t make much, … Continue reading →

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Oregon Wine Symposium, 2021

Posted on February 20, 2021 by winellama

The other day I was watching a travel show about regional foods and wines in Italy and felt more than a little surprised when I suddenly burst into tears. I guess I miss traveling and learning about the world a … Continue reading →

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An Oregon Wine Board Tasting with Winderlea Vineyard + Winery, and Troon Vineyard

Posted on August 27, 2020 by winellama

If these were normal times, and the world’s longest undefended border was open, I would have been in Oregon’s Willamette Valley last weekend, participating in the 2020 version of the Wine Media Conference. But alas, these are Covid-19, not normal … Continue reading →

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