Ep 417: Oregon's Willamette Valley -- A Discussion of My Trip

Wine for Normal People

Arts, Food

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

After a trip to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, M.C. Ice and I have a casual discussion on "What I learned on my school vacation" 😂 -- a few details of the region, specifics on the wineries and sub-regions, and ultimately (apologies, but Oregon super fans won't want to hear this) my opinions on the challenges I have with the Pinot Noir of the region and how I feel that Chardonnay may be Willamette's best grape.

View from Beaux Frères

Remember -- the show is based on my opinions with some facts (as I have always said, Wine For Normal People is not a study guide for an exam nor is it impartial. I offer facts but always with my spin or interpretation on it. If you don't like it, that's fine, but never has this show pretended to be a journalistic look at regions or a show that doesn't give my spin on things. In a show like this, it's especially important to remember that).

View from a high point of the Dundee Hills

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The area is gorgeous, the people very kind, but ultimately not much has changed for me from the original Oregon podcast. I remain skeptical of the value for money that Oregon offers and the quality and consistency of the Pinot Noir. I have become a big fan of the Chardonnay of the area, and I think Gamay has a big future here but the region is still young and it has staked its entire reputation on Pinot Noir, so we'll see what happens in the years to come.

One final shoutout to Caravan Coffee, for the best cup I've ever had in the US!!

*All photos (C)Elizabeth Schneider

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery
0:12.6	that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and certified
0:20.0	wine dork.
0:21.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.0	Hey, member, last week.
0:26.6	Barely.
0:27.6	Oh.
0:28.6	There's more.
0:29.6	Last week, during the history of Sicily podcast, I said that we were going to do a recap
0:37.1	of my summer vacation out to Oregon.
0:42.0	Yes.
0:43.0	How I was saying that every time I go on these trips, it's like, what I did, I'm a summer
0:46.9	vacation, but Elizabeth Schneider.
0:48.8	Right.
0:49.8	Well, that's sort of how I feel.
0:51.5	Like we're going to be doing, but the audience needs to know this.
0:54.9	You have not heard anything about my trip.
0:56.7	I actually have not.
0:57.7	No.
0:58.7	But rather than the experience at the Chipotle.
1:01.6	You didn't even hear that, really.
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