As for where to stay, I highly recommend the Atticus Hotel in McMinnville. McMinnville is centrally located in the North WV, and the Atticius is in a great location in McMinnville, just steps from all the restaurants on 3rd Street.
Here are my notes from two recent trips to the Willamette Valley:
My wife and I just returned from a long weekend in the Willamette Valley. When I was planning this trip, I found a lot of the posts here on Wine Berserkers to be really helpful, so I wanted to write up our experiences in case they would be helpful to someone else in the future.
Timing
We planned our trip for late September, and it sounds like we got really lucky. In most years, it sounds like our trip would have fallen right in the middle of harvest, and most winemakers would not have had time …
My wife treated us with a wine trip to Willamette Valley for my birthday, and I thought I’d use the flight home to jot down some thoughts while they are fresh. I didn’t take proper tasting notes, but I will offer my impressions of the wines we tried.
Day 1
McKinlay Vineyards (Chehalem Mountains) We stopped at McKinlay Vineyards on our drive from the airport since our hotel room wouldn’t be ready for a while. I had never tasted McKinlay wine before, but it popped on my radar thanks to some pra…
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