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Jul 30, 2010A perfect vineyard lunchAs I mentioned in my last post our last lunch of the Oregon trip was at Cristom where sales director (no less!) John D'Anna cooked us a great meal. Here's how he did it and - where I have a link to them - the recipes he used. Try it!read more... |
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Jul 30, 2010Signs of Hope for PinotThe Pinot zeitgeist nowadays is dour. Yon beloved grape has jumped the shark, they say. It has become Syrah (or Cabernet, or Merlot, or whatever). It has lost its transparent soul.read more... |
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Jul 28, 2010Gorgeous Green OregonIf I had to live anywhere in the US it would be Oregon. Admittedly the last couple of days have been unbelievably beautiful but I think it’s more that it’s comfortingly familiar - with green rolling hills and woods and flower-strewn hedgerows. Very much like Burgundy, the spiritual home of most Oregonian winemakers.read more... |
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May 26, 2010Viognier produces distinctive white wineLate spring's lilac and honeysuckle perfumes wafting in the cool evening air always remind me of viognier, a terrific, yet generally underappreciated grape.read more... |
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Apr 30, 2010May 2010 Portland Monthly: Cellar NotesUnlike many other foods, especially those made from freshly gathered fruit, the best wines are built to last.read more... |
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Feb 26, 2010Wine Tasting, Classical & Celtic Music TripJoin winemaker Steve Doerner of Cristom Vineyards for a Wine Tasting, Classical & Celtic Music Trip on Oregons Wild & Scenic Rogue River Jun 18-21, 2010read more... |
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Feb 26, 2010Viognier vs. ViognierJon Bonne of the San Francisco Chronicle compares our 2008 Estate Viognier to Calera's 2008 Viognier.read more... |
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Feb 16, 2010Tasting Room Opens March 2ndCristom’s tasting room opens for the 2010 season on March 2, 2010. Stop in Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm and taste through our current vintage. Contact Jeri with any questions: (503) 375-3068jeri@cristomwines.com |
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Feb 05, 201024th Annual International Pinot Noir CelebrationJuly 23-25, 2010 For the past 23 years, the IPNC has been uniting Pinot devotees from all corners of the globe in the spirit of friendship and the common pursuit of Pinot noir in all its grand diversity. The 2010 IPNC will host over 60 international Pinot noir producers, 50 top Northwest chefs, and guests from near and far for a memorable weekend of extraordinary tastings, educational seminars, unforgettable meals, and celebrating together in Oregon wine country. Tickets on sale now and are sold on a first come, first serve basis!read more... |
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Dec 04, 2009Cristom Welcomes Tom GerrieCristom welcomes our new Cellar Assistant, Tom Gerrie.read more... |
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Dec 03, 20092009 Harvest ReportRead our 2009 Harvest report to find out about all the details of this year's exciting harvest.read more... |
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Dec 03, 2009Holiday Shipping Special OfferTake advantage of Free GROUND Shipping and Discounted Air Shipping on all your orders through December 31st, 2009.read more... |
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Nov 14, 2009Cristom's Lovely, Low-Key Oregon Pinot NoirsCristom's winemaker Steve Doerner makes elegant yet restrained pinot noirs in Oregon's Willamette Valleyread more... |
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Nov 05, 2009Harvest Celebration 2009 at Phoenix Grand HotelEvery Thanksgiving weekend, the vineyards of the Willamette Valley celebrate the end of Harvest. Many wineries throw large parties with special foods, unique tastings of reserve bottles, and weekend specials to all wine aficionado’s coming to celebrate!read more... |
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Nov 05, 20092007 Parker ReviewsContinuity and consistency are the keys at Cristom; same family ownership, same winemaking team with Steve Doerner at the helm.read more... |
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Nov 05, 200925 Oregon Pinots: 5 x 5 Hand or Land?“1997 Cellar Crawl was formed when five winemakers and friends chose to join forces to learn from each other’s successes and failures, share winemaking secrets and tackle challenges together. It started with a casual trip to each other’s cellars. A joint marketing trip and then a journey to Burgundy sealed the friendships. 2006 Recognizing that their winemaking styles were quite different even after a decade of traveling and tasting together, they started wondering, ‘What would happen if we shared our grapes? If we each made wine form the same five lots of Pinot Noir?’ In 2006 they made it happen. The Cellar Crawl collection is the result of that collaboration.”read more... |
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Jan 23, 2009A Grand Time for Grand CruAbout 120 wines will be sampled at the 23rd annual Taos Winter Wine Festival. All of the wines will be poured by the winemaker or winery owner (Michael Etzel of Beaux Frères and Steve Doerner of Cristom will be guests) and about 40 wineries will attend.read more... |
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Jan 16, 2009Wine Advocate: Wine of the Day2006 Mt. Jefferson Cuvee Pinot Noir is the Wine of the Day for January 16, 2008.read more... |
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Dec 16, 2008Oregon's Willamette Valley: Islands of TerriorThe cracks in the 2,000-foot dam began to form slowly at first, almost undetectably. Life carried on peacefully in the dry Willamette Valley below, as it had for eons....read more... |
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Dec 11, 2008San Francisco Chronicle Top 100 Wines 2008Great winemakers seem to give all the credit to their vineyards. But as we closed in on the Top 100 Wines for 2008, the winemaker's craft never seemed more important.read more... |
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Nov 20, 2008Top Oregon Pinot Noir PicksJust in time for the holidays, eight Oregon pinot noirs from the excellent 2006 vintage that are both affordable and delicious.read more... |
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Oct 24, 2008New World Pinot Noir: Seeking the Holy GrailJasper Morris MW introduces the results of an inconclusive but interesting and wide-ranging tasting, of wines from California, Oregon, and New Zealand which he shared with Stephen Brook and Mark Savage MWread more... |
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Sep 12, 2008Cristom Receives More Accolades!Cristom is thrilled at the tremendous press we received recently from two of the most visible northwest magazine publications.read more... |
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Feb 18, 2008A Super ControversyIs a Glass of Wine Offside at Football's Biggest Game? The Blogs and Ms. Bündchen Disagree...read more... |
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Feb 18, 2008When Syrah met Pinot: One's feisty, the other's finicky-but they're findin common groundThe bottle on my dinner table was the final clue. A 2004 Cristom Vineyards Syrah, it said - loaded with scents of black pepper and violets, just the things that make Syrah so appealing. Two words on the label kept catching my eye: Willamette Valley.read more... |
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Jan 22, 2008Good Willamette HuntingAlan Kropf highlights Oregon producers that stand out from the rest...read more... |
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Dec 12, 2007Off the Beaten Path: Oregon WinesClassic Wines explores Oregon wines as an investment.read more... |
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Nov 30, 2007San Francisco Chronicle and Oregon PinotThe 2005 Jessie Vineyard Pinot Noir is awarded three and a half stars...read more... |
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Nov 30, 2007Pinot's ProgressSlate.com examines the rise of pinot noir in Oregon.read more... |
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Nov 30, 2007Burghound.com-The Ultimate Burgundy ReferenceAllen Meadows' Reviews of Cristomread more... |
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Nov 30, 2007Food-Friendly RedKaren MacNeil of Cooking Light Magazine explores the relationship between pinot noir and turkey.read more... |
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Mar 08, 2007Wine MaturationMany of you have called the winery asking about how long to age a particular Cristom pinot noir or when should I drink a particular pinot noir. And while it's a difficult question to answer with great certainty, we do our best to give an honest assessment of the wines relative to full maturity.read more... |
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Nov 21, 20062006 Harvest ReportThe 2006 Harvest was a great success at Cristom. We brought in 214 tons of fruit starting on September 24th. The harvest was abundant in terms of volume compared to the 2005 harvest when we brought in only 130 tons of fruit. Yes, there will be more Pinot Gris in 2007!read more... |
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Jul 19, 2006Paul Lukacs' book includes Cristom as one of the top 40 Vineyards in AmericaCristom Vineyards is prominently featured as one of the top 40 Vineyards in America in Paul Lukacs' new book entitled, "The Great Wines of America, The Top Forty Vintners, Vineyards and Vintages".Download exerpt |
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Jul 18, 2006Cristom Participates In The 7th Annual Oregon Pinot CampThe seventh annual Oregon Pinot Camp was held from June 24th through the 27th. 'Pinot Camp', as it is affectionately known, is a collaboration of Fifty Oregon wineries who host an international crowd of sommeliers, wine buyers and distributor representatives, who converge on the Willamette Valley seeking insider's knowledge about our winemakers, wineries and their wines.find out more |
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