man vs bird
From John, November 18th, 2011John, Julian and Danny vs ravenous birds at Abbey Ridge vineyard during harvest 2010.
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Recent studies show that Oregon in is experiencing significant groundwater depletion. So what are we to do?
There’s More... >An 18-year vertical of Abbey Ridge Pinot noir…..
Since our early days, each year we have put aside a small number of Abbey Ridge bottles and stored in them in our underground cave with the purpose of tasting them at a later date. This January we excavated 18 magnums of Abbey Ridge Pinot noir spanning the years 1993 to 2010. On June 5th the wines were unveiled to a small gathering of wine experts. Please read on to see my tasting notes from this remarkable event.
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Most of us in the Oregon Wine Industry remember the summer of 2021 by one seemingly catastrophic event in June: the “Heat Dome”. But strangely enough, its timing set us up for an epic vintage!
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