Our family's journey into the Oregon wine industry
Next week we’re moving to McMinnville, Oregon, so Dave no longer needs to commute 3 hours a day for his cellar job and our family can be together during the upcoming harvest season. Three months ago, we had our baby boy Lucas. His name means […]
After a long 5.5 month vineyard and cellar internship, Dave is finally back home.. well, sort of. Starting today, he began working for Argyle Winery as a full time cellar hand. Reflecting back on our last three and a half years in Oregon, it’s amazing […]
I’ll often meet people that are intrigued with Dave’s career choice. I thought it’d be fun to interview some of the winery interns Dave has had the chance to hang out with over the last several months to get an idea of what brings people […]
Winemaking is risky business. During our first two years in Corvallis, while Dave began the enology & viticulture program at Oregon State University, I worked in occupational medicine diagnosing and treating on the job injuries. So, it’s no wonder that the first time I toured […]
This past weekend was our 10 year wedding anniversary, so the girls and I packed our bags to visit Dave at the winery. It’s one thing to see Dave post instagram pics of his internship adventures, but witnessing firsthand is so refreshing. Someone seriously needs […]
Photo credit: @stollerwine instagram Dave signed up for this 5 month long internship at Stoller Family Estate and has been living at the intern house for the last 3 months. Up until now we’ve seen each other on most weekends, but since harvest started, we […]
I have to say, one of the things we miss most about living in Southern California, now living in a remote college town, are the diverse food options. We’ve come to do a lot of cooking at home. Dave is a huge fan of noodles […]
(Continued from Garage Winemaking – Part 1) Harvest day is a labor intensive day, reaping the bounty of a season’s hard work of tending, pruning, and trellising the vineyard. The rain came and went and our friend Beau had arrived for the week of […]
Exactly two years ago, I started documenting Dave’s garage winemaking adventures with his friend Beau Mora from Temecula. Dave found a local vineyard through a connection at Corvallis Brewing Supply called Borgo Pass Vineyards. If you ever have a chance to stop by the store, […]
This marks my first season of being a harvest widow. Three years ago, when we left California for Dave to start his enology studies at Oregon State University, I never really processed what it would mean for me to be married to a winemaker and […]