Slow down for a sip.Byline: KAREN McCOWAN The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 11/28/02): A Wednesday story on Thanksgiving weekend events at local wineries omitted High Pass Winery win·er·y n. pl. win·er·ies An establishment at which wine is made. Noun 1. winery - distillery where wine is made wine maker (998-1447). The Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, winery, at 24757 Lavell Road, will offer free tastings and appetizers from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. ALREADY EXHAUSTED by the mere thought of a hectic holiday weekend? Consider this perfect antidote to cooking for a crowd, gorging on turkey and stuffing, or elbowing your way through shopping mall crowds: Get thee to a winery. Dial down the frantic pace. Let someone else wait on you. Rediscover Re`dis`cov´er v. t. 1. To discover again. Verb 1. rediscover - discover again; "I rediscovered the books that I enjoyed as a child" how good things taste in little sips and small bites. And maybe, just maybe, knock off some holiday shopping in the process. The number of Oregon winemakers has more than doubled in the last decade, and many have made a tradition of Thanksgiving weekend open houses. Some will dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. newly filled barrels to offer an early taste of just-developing 2002 vintages. Some will offer rare sips of classics from years past. Many will offer free tastings of - and case discounts on - current vintages. It's a chance to visit not only the heavy-hitters with year-round tasting rooms, but also some small vintners. This is the only weekend of the year that Cheshire's RainSong Vineyard, for example, opens to the public. And this will be this first-ever opportunity for public visits to Elkton's new Brandborg Vineyards and Winery. Live music, complimentary appetizers and boutiques featuring gift items will add to the holiday ambience at many of the tasting rooms. Albany's Springhill Cellars, open to the public only two weekends a year, even offers a free Saturday night barn dance. A map accompanying this story pinpoints wineries open this weekend in the South Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its and the Umpqua Valley. Here are some highlights, listed from north to south: Airlie Winery, 15305 Dunn Forest Road, Monmouth. Holiday open house from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event includes complimentary wine tasting Noun 1. wine tasting - a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place wine tasting n → degustación f de vinos with foods to match, weekend specials and a last chance to buy 1998 pinot noir. (503-838-6013; www. airliewinery.com) Springhill Cellars, 2920 N.W. Scenic Drive, Albany. The annual Federweisser Festival - a traditional German harvest celebration - is from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. There will be free tastings of all regular wines. Federweisser - new white wine still fermenting and bubbly - will be $3 per glass. Peppertree Sausage brat wursts and ziebelkuchen (sweet onion Sweet onion is a variety of onion that is not pungent. There are several varieties of sweet onion. Although all onions have sugar, sweet onions have a very low sulfur content as compared to typical onions. Also, the water content is comparatively very high. tart) will be available ($3 to $5). A free barn dance is planned from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday with live music by Odd Man Out. (541-928-1009) Pheasant pheasant, common name for some members of a family (Phasianidae) of henlike birds related to the grouse and including the Old World partridge, the peacock, various domestic and jungle fowls, and the true pheasants (genus Phasianus). Court Winery, 1731 Pheasant Ct., Philomath. Open from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Event includes barrel samples of 2001 pinot noir and all 2002 wines; and tastings of all 2001 wines, including a new release of 2001 merlot. (541-929-7715) Tyee Wine Cellars, 26335 Greenberry Road, Corvallis. Open noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Event includes complimentary wine tasting, specialty food and case discounts. Current releases are 1999 pinot noir and 2000 pinot blanc Noun 1. Pinot blanc - white wine grape; grown especially in California for making wines resembling those from Chablis, France Pinot blanc - dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes . Other holiday gift items include winter watercolors by Jan Roberts-Dominguez, wooden bottle stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. and vessels by Bruce Coblentz, handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft holiday candles by Candleworks, Burst's candies, fresh holiday wreaths and Buchanan's hazelnuts.(541-753-8754 or www.tyeewine.com) Broadley Vineyard, 265 S. Fifth St., Monroe. Open house from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Event includes free barrel tasting of the new 2002 vintage and free tastings of new 2001 releases, including pinot noirs, pinot noir reserve, Marcile Lorraine and Alpine. (541-847-5934) RainSong Vineyard, 92989 Templeton Road, Cheshire. Weekend events include free tastings, complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a 20 percent discount on wine by the case. New releases include a 2000 pinot noir and a new Cuvee Cuvée (or Cuvee on some English language labels) is a French term used on wine labels to denote wine of a specific blend or batch. The word originates from the French word cuve meaning "vat". sparkling wine. (998-1786) Lavelle Vineyards, 89697 Sheffler Road, Elmira. Open from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Among the offerings will be free finger foods and wine tastings, including a new release, 2000 Gamay ga·may n. Any of several related red grapes used for making red wines, especially Beaujolais. [French, after Gamay, a village of east-central France.] Noir. Also for sale will be gift items from the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Metropolitan Museum of Art. (935-9406) Secret House Vineyards, 88324 Vineyard Lane, Veneta. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Free wine tastings paired with hors d'oeuvres, live acoustic Live Acoustic (Nettwerk) is an EP by Sarah McLachlan. It was released on May 31, 2004 in Canada only. The tracks were recorded live at the debut of iTunes for the PC on October 21, 2003 and were previously only available on iTunes. music and materials for assembling holiday gift baskets of purchased wines and related Oregon products. (935-3744) Sundance Wine Cellars, 2470 Alder alder (ôl`dər), name for deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Alnus of the family Betulaceae (birch family), widely distributed, especially in mountainous and moist areas of the north temperate zone and in the Andes. St., Eugene. Thanksgiving weekend tastings include an 1875 vintage Madeira ($15 per pour) from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday and a selection of 1999 California cabernet sauvignons (all free except Dominus 1999, at $8 per pour) from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. (687-9463) Silvan Ridge-Hinman Vineyards, 27012 Briggs Hill Road, Eugene. Open from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday only. Event includes free tastings and hors d'oeuvres and 25 percent off all regularly featured wines. There will be a clearance sale on more than 20 vintages and varieties. Also planned is a Dec. 5 gourmet holiday dinner by Excelsior Inn chef Maurizio Paparoof. The dinner will include four courses with matched wines. Cost is $35 per person, but includes a $35 discount off any Silvan Ridge case purchase. (345-1945) King Estate, 80854 Territorial Road, Lorane. Tastings of current vintages, including 1997-1999 reserve pinot noirs, from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A fee of $5 includes wine glass, appetizers and live music (Don Latarski performs Friday and Saturday). Barrel tasting sessions are planned at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A barrel-tasting fee of $15 also covers current vintage tastings and appetizers. (942-9874) Chateau Lorane, 27415 Siuslaw Road, Lorane. Free tastings of more than 20 different wines from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Gift boxes, gift baskets and other holiday items will be on sale, including a collection of rare, unusual and exotic wines. (942-8028) Saginaw Vineyards, 80247 Delight Valley School Road near Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). . Open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Free tastings of pinot noir, pinot noir blanc and pinot gris “Gris” redirects here. For the artist, see Juan Gris. Pinot gris is a white wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot noir grape, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name (" . 942-1364. High Pass Winery, 24757 Lavell Road, Junction City. Free tastings and appetizers, noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (998-1447) In the Umpqua Valley, 10 wineries have coordinated their hours for the Thanksgiving weekend. Free hors d'oeuvres and tastings of new releases are planned from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at: Brandborg Vineyard and Winery, 345 First St., Elkton. (www.brandborgvineyardandwinery.com or 541-584-2870) River's Edge Winery, 1395 River Drive, Elkton. (541-584-2357) Henry Estate Winery, 687 Hubbard Creek Road, Umpqua. (541-459-5120 or www.henryestate.com) DeNino Umpqua River The Umpqua River (UHMP-kwah) is a river on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States, approximately 111 mi (179 km) long. One of the prinicipal rivers of the Oregon coast, it drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Estates, 451 Hess Lane, Roseburg. (541-673-1975) Hillcrest Vineyard, 240 Vineyard Lane, Roseburg. (541-673-3709) Melrose Vineyards, 885 Melqua Road, Roseburg. (541-672-6080 or www.melrosevineyards.com) Champagne Creek Cellars, 340 Busenbark Lane, Roseburg. (www.champagnecreek.com or 888-WINE- 4-US) La Garza Cellars, 491 Winery Lane, Roseburg. (www.lagarza.com or 541-679-9654) Abacela Vineyards and Winery, 12500 Lookingglass Road, Roseburg. (www.abecela.com or 541- 679-6642) Girardet Wine Cellars, 895 Reston Road, Roseburg. (www.girardetwine.com or 541-679-7252) CAPTION(S): Festive decor is on tap at LaVelle Vineyards near Elmira and many other local wineries this weekend. Events will include tastings, tours and entertainment. Lorrie Normann, Club & Special Events Manager (left) and winery co-owner Susan LaVelle decorate the tasting room at LaVelle Vineyards near Elmira. |
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