Facerock Cheese Pairing with Natalie’s

We recently held a hosted pairing event with Natalie’s Estate Winery in Newberg Oregon. We found that we share similar philosophy with Natalie’s owners – that locally produced small batch goods are the best complement for locally grown wine. COVID has us staying safe...

8 Great February Oregon Wine Events to Help Leap into Spring

By Michael Alberty, For The Oregonian/OregonLive – read the original article here.   February is wrapped in romance, wine and chocolate. Which seems appropriate given the month draws its name from Februa, the ancient Roman celebration that welcomed spring...

How Kansas and Missouri secretly run the show in Oregon wine

Photo by Kathryn Elsesser Published January 27, 2020 in Kansas City Magazine | Michael Alberty To paraphrase a riff from Kansas City native son Calvin Trillin, the best winemakers in Oregon are, of course, from Kansas City. Not all of them; only the top four or five....

Visit Natalie’s Estate Winery Now

By Barb Randall – Originally published Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019 in the Lake Oswego Review Natalie’s Estate Winery should be on your wineries to visit list, according to Barb Randall. What took so long? Know how when you finally get around to doing...

The Importance of Wine Travel

“Wine is a passport to the world.”                                  Thom Elkjer Why is wine travel important? The reason wine travel is important is that this exposes us to different culinary and wine experiences from different international wine regions...