Watermelon Salad with Mint & Pancetta | 2020 Rosé of Pinot noir
By way of our friends and neighbors at Red Hills Market we’ve put together a recipe to create the perfect pairing for this year’s lush and layered Rosé that’s bursting with juicy watermelon and strawberry. Buy a bottle of Rosé here! Ingredients...
Supporting our Pollinators in a Laissez-Faire Hive
There are so many stories to tell right now. May is Oregon Wine Month, so we are especially attuned to sharing the unique characteristics of the Oregon terroir, and especially of the specific vineyards farmed by Winderlea and our grower friends. Bud break...
Seasonal Rhythms of The Cellar
I stepped outside yesterday after a day spent toiling away in the cellar. A bright beam of late afternoon sun caught me by surprise and my face wrinkled. The coming and going of sporadic spring showers tapping the metal roof above all afternoon had tempered my...
From Challenge Comes Change
The theme of International Women’s Day (and therefore the month as far as I’m concerned), is Choose to Challenge. The website tagline reads “A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change”. The second part of this sentence...Finding My Place in Wine by Allison Fields
When I first started studying wine in my early 20’s, I searched to find a mentor I could not only learn from but also connect with. But my Sommelier courses were dominated by stuffy men in suits that I definitely didn’t connect with, and I struggled to fit in with...