Tag: Wine Tasting

• Exploring Pride Mountain Vineyards: A Memorable Return

  

  We toured Pride Mountain Vineyards for the first time in 2017 with a close-knit group of fellow empty nester friends, and it left such a lasting impression that we knew we’d return. Nine years, and a lot of life and travel in between, separated our two visits. This past March, John and I finally made…

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  May 19, 2026

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• Destination: Pinot Noir Tasting in the Willamette Valley

  

  Maya: “Why are you so in to Pinot?  I mean it’s a thing with you.” Miles: “Uh I don’t know, I don’t know.  Um, it’s a hard grape to grow as you know.  It’s thin-skinned, temperamental, ripens early.  It’s , you know, not a survivor like cabernet, which can grow anywhere and uh, thrive even…

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  February 24, 2017

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