First Stop—a pilgrimage to Eyrie. David Lett started it all by planting pinot noir in the Red Hills of Dundee back in 1966. With the sun setting, the landscape of the Dundee Hills looks like a Martian landscape. The red jory soil has literally rusted over the years. The wines of Eyrie are rustic and the bottle I purchased I unwittingly left in the hotel room—Yikes!
Second Stop—A trip through Eola-Amity Hills on a clear day will yield great scenic panorama with Mt. Hood as a backdrop. This was just outside Brooks winery who recently had one of their rieslings served at a Whitehouse State Dinner...the one that was crashed...
Cheese Anyone? This Bears Fan is still bitter about the NFC Championship game and is attempting to boycott all Wisconsin cheese and dairy products. Oregon is a great understated dairy state. I visited two cheese companies. The Willamette Valley Cheese Co. produces organic cheeses at the southern end of the valley in Salem and Tillamook is a coop right on the Oregon Coast...the Tillamook Highschool mascot is a cheesemaker...
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