Wine

While Oregon remains mostly known for pinot noir, more than 100 wineries make sparkling wines in the Willamette Valley alone. And a ballooning interest in Oregon-made bubbles doesn’t look like it’ll burst anytime soon.

The vineyards claim the smoke and ash from the fire damaged their grape harvest and sales.

Vital Wines, a nonprofit winery in Walla Walla, connects vineyard workers to essential health resources, such as dental care, vision care and food banks.

JJ Williams is the third-generation of his family in the wine business out of Red Mountain – one of the world’s premier vinicultural areas outside of Richland, Washington. But before the wine business, his family first put down roots in the Mid-Columbia region to work at Hanford. During the Manhattan Project, Williams’s great grandfather worked at the site, and then his grandfather worked on what’s called the Fast Flux Test Facility. It’s September now and crush is on – meaning that all the grapes are coming in to be pressed and fermented into wine at Kiona Vineyards. Williams recently got the distinction of being named in Wine Enthusiast’s 40 under 40. We sit down with him in our remote studio on the campus of Washington State University Tri-Cities.

Reusing consumer goods - not just recycling - is key to reducing the gargantuan amount of waste that's continuously generated by consumers. Two Oregon businesses are charting a course.

In the latest lawsuit to hit the utility over the fires, some 30 wineries and vineyards in the Willamette Valley accused PacifiCorp of negligence and requested over $100 million in damages.

Researchers at Oregon State University have built a device that communicates with winery pests using vibrations. The treehopper spreads devastating red blotch disease through vineyards in the Pacific Northwest, but it appears the insects can’t resist the vibrational calls that are reproduced by the “Pied Piper” robot. The scientists thinks the Pied Piper will be able to reduce the need for chemical pesticides and give organic growers in the Pacific Northwest new options for pest control.

The Pacific Northwest is at the forefront of a new movement in how we imbibe. And it’s not for the region's award-winning Willamette Valley wines or hop-heavy IPAs. Instead, it’s about what’s not in our drinks: alcohol.

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates announces it's scaling back and will buy half the grapes it contracted for this fall, which could have ripple effects throughout the region.

This weekend, wine lovers can enjoy fine sips and bites from some of Oregon’s most popular Asian American and Pacific Islander establishments at the first Oregon AAPI Food & Wine Festival.