Today’s Northwest distillers are honoring gin s past while pushing the gin genre forward with innovative rifts on classic formulations. They are even helping define an entirely new category of gin: New Western Dry Gin. Buy a bottle and try this cocktail at home. The Pegu Club Cocktail calls for 2 oz. gin, ¾ oz. Grand Marnier, ¾ oz. freshly pressed lime juice and 1 dash Angostura Bitters. Recipe from Aviation Gin.

Northwest Gin: Tasting Notes

Cole Danehower, a James Beard Foundation Journalism Award winner, shares his tasting notes on Northwest gins.

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Valley View Winery Winemaker John Guerrero samples a barrel. Valley View was originally established in the 1850s by Oregon pioneer Peter Britt in the Applegate Valley near the historic town of Jacksonville. The Wisnovsky family restored the winery in the early 1970s and continues to operate it today.

Wine Tasting in Southern Oregon

Wine Enthusiast recently named the Rogue Valley a top 10 wine destination. We visit the region’s outstanding wineries, restaurants and hotels to plan the perfect wine-tasting weekend.

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Of course you can go to the wine shop, find a few bottles of Dundee Hills wine, and take them home to enjoy. But the very best way to experience the wines of the Dundee Hills is to go visit the wineries themselves: taste the place at the place. The Dundee Hills are only about 25 miles southwest of Portland, so a weekend’s jaunt is easy to do.

Dundee Hills Wines: Tasting Notes

Select a wine from Dundee Hills with help from Cole Danehower, author of Essential Wines and Wineries of the Pacific Northwest. He tastes 50 current releases.

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