A quick update today to let you know that my latest piece for Napa Valley Wine Academy’s Pouring Points is available for reading, titled An Oregon AVA Flood of Epic Proportions.
The play on words of the title references the Missoula Floods, a series of geographic events that are almost too odd to be believed, and about as grand a scale as the planet Earth can safely contain. Thankfully for anyone reading this, you weren’t around when it happened, but yo do get to enjoy the fruits of the terroir that it left behind in forming the diverse soils and exposures in which the grapevines of Pacific Northwest currently grow.
The article provides a primer on the spate of relatively new AVAs that have been approved throughout Oregon in recent years, many divvying up ever smaller chunks of the Willamette Valley. Check it out via the link below.
https://napavalleywineacademy.com/an-oregon-ava-flood-of-epic-proportions/
Cheers!