Patience, Patience (or) Spring on the FarmEvery day beginning about the first of March starts with us farmers obsessively checking the weather forecast, trying to strategize about when we might be able get into the field & plant. We make lots of lists and over-ambitious plans. We re-write them for the tenth time when it decides to snow on a random…Read Article
Portland Monthly: McMinnville Gets a Posh, Art-Filled Inn“With a drawing room, plush details, and a swanky-but-simple Bless Your Heart Burgers outpost, the new Atticus Hotel looks classy as hell.” Agreed! Read the full piece here, then check out the all-new Atticus Hotel’s website here.Read Article
Thrillist.com: The Best Towns in America to Visit UFOs“You know those grainy black-and-white pictures you see on B-rolls of every TV show you’ve ever seen about flying saucers? There’s a good chance those photos came from McMinnville, a small town in the heart of Oregon wine country that’s known just as well for its UFOs as its pinot noir.” Check out the full…Read Article
Tiny Travels: On the trail of an elusive Pinot noir to age with the Wine Country DetectiveThe far end of Cellar Season – dank and dim, no sunshine in sight – and I’ve got my nose to the pavement in pursuit of a character with a shifting personality. But I need some help, so I put word out on the streets that I’m looking for someone of the Pinot persuasion, complex…Read Article
Let’s Taco Bout the Best Tacos in McMinnvilleWhen you’re hungry RIGHTNOW, nothing quite beats the flavor and ease of tacos. McMinnville, Oregon is known for it’s farm to fork wine country cuisine but sometimes, as you teeter on the edge between hungry and hangry, there’s just no time for anything too fancy. We sent our stalwart reporter Dominic out to taste test…Read Article
Tiny Travels: A Love Letter to the Newberg-Dundee BypassDear Newberg-Dundee Bypass, In vain I have struggled to hold back my feelings. It will not do. I can no longer mask my ardor, the unrequited passion I feel surging in the depths of my being whenever I glimpse the verdant, silver-lettered sign heralding an alternative route from the beginning of Newberg to just past…Read Article
1859 Magazine: Oregon Weekend Getaway“From Newberg, it’s about a half hour west to charming historic McMinnville… for your dinner reservation at intimate date-night darling, Thistle, followed by a nightcap with a side of stargazing at the Rooftop Bar atop McMenamin’s Hotel Oregon, or a game of pool in the back bar of buzzy Nick’s Italian Cafe.” Read the full…Read Article
Tiny Travels: In the deep grey of Winter, poet Mary Oliver is all the travel inspiration you needHere’s something we don’t talk about enough as inspiration for making a travel a part of our everyday life: Poetry. The right, perfectly timed poem can set me on my way like nothing else. I was reminded of this recently when I had one of those sweet Oregon winter moments when a flock of Canada…Read Article
Forbes.com: Why McMinnville Makes For The Perfect GetawayFrom Forbes.com: “An easy hour’s drive south of Portland will lead you to an impossibly charming town – Third Street is so picturesque, it could easily double as a movie backdrop – that also boasts big city perks and amenities.” Read Katie Chang’s recommendation for a full weekend of wine country exploration here!Read Article
Tiny Travels: McMinnville has much to sing about while shopping for holiday magicWhen I think about Christmas in McMinnville it feels like opening an advent calendar, each little window a surprise tableaux of tiny festivities – a lit candle, a perfectly hung wreath, a shopkeeper reaching across a counter with a just-wrapped package, people snug in their winter coats, a simple child’s toy framed with a sprig…Read Article