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There’s No Such Thing as Flyover Country in Wine and Food

September 14, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

The term “flyover country” when referring to the Midwest has always struck me as insulting. It not only ignores the Midwest’s great natural beauty but fails to acknowledge the cultural […]

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Contemporary Food Culture

Meat, Mead and Mountain Wine in Missoula, Montana

September 4, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

Can wine grapes be grown in Montana? There are some hardy souls who try. Excessive cold, meaning sustained temperatures below –10 degrees, will damage the wood on all vitis vinifera […]

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Contemporary Food Culture, Restaurant Review, Wine Culture, Wine Reviews

Boise Basque’n

August 28, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

Just like most wine regions, Idaho’s Snake River Valley has a growing food scene anchored by the city of Boise. They boast several highly recommended restaurants serving contemporary American cuisine, but when […]

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Contemporary Food Culture

Idaho Wine: Working for Grapes

August 25, 2017by Dwight Furrow 1 Comment

Idaho may not be the first state you consider when the topic of U.S. wine comes up. But if you’ve been paying attention to the wine press lately, Idaho, especially […]

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Wine Culture, Wine Reviews

Wine and Food in Oregon’s Umpqua Valley

August 2, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

There are advantages to being less well-known in the wine world. There are fewer expectations so you can focus on what you want to do rather than what is conventional […]

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Wine Culture

Farm to Table in Southern Oregon

July 19, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

The farm to table thing has metastasized from fetish to fad to flim-flam. What began as a foodie obsession with freshness and an anti-corporate ethos has become a marketing device […]

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Contemporary Food Culture

Wines of Southern Oregon

July 16, 2017by Dwight Furrow 1 Comment

Southern Oregon is under-the radar, sandwiched between the long-established California regions to the south and the more recently prominent Willamette Valley to the north. My crystal ball is as cloudy […]

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Wine Culture

Sonoma Pilgrimage

July 3, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

A quick stop in Sonoma before heading to Southern Oregon was part pilgrimage and part voyage of discovery. The pilgrimage was to the place that launched the food revolution on […]

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Restaurant Review, Wine Reviews

The New Sammy’s Cowboy Bistro: Mom and Pop Excellence

July 3, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

We’re camped in Southern Oregon tasting wine but today the story is about food. A few minutes north of Ashland on a quiet, semi-rural highway sparsely populated with lower middle […]

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Contemporary Food Culture

Time to Lose the Pre-Conceptions About Emerging U.S. Wine Regions

July 3, 2017by Dwight Furrow Leave a comment

This article speaks to the difficulties East coast wine regions have in getting wine consumers to take them seriously. “The hardest thing for East Coast wineries is the general attitude toward […]

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