New Wine Tours

I'm excited to soon be offering my wine tours of the Rogue/Applegate wine regions here in Southern Oregon.

I started my wine tours back in 2007 in the Umpqua Valley AVA, and now I am located in Ashland,OR. Take advantage of my years of being a wine guide.

Please take a minute and check out my website: www.splashwinetours.com

Winter Wine Tasting

We've seen some wild weather here in the Rogue Valley AVA in Southern Oregon.  Record snow and now it's raining!

Not to worry about our vines!  They are happily hibernating and will be just fine come the Spring. Grape vines go dormant soon after their leaves have fallen.

Winter is a good time to make a visit to our wineries.  Often you will find the winemaker behind the tasting bar during the slow Winter season.  This is your opportunity to talk "wine" with the person who created the wine you are tasting. This is a great privalage and your chance to gain insights into the making of the wines.

You can eliminate the need to call each winery, to make sure they are open, by contacting me...I can make suggestions for Winter Tasting.

Farm Livin' Is The Life For Me

My focus these days is on the Applegate Valley AVA.  If you haven't come for a visit, you should.

Let's not forget that wine is made in the vineyard. In a word, wine is a farm product.  It does not magically appear at some fancy chateau for you to enjoy.

On my wine tours I focus on the connection between what you see, the vineyards, and the wine you are tasting.  Wine is of a place.

When you buy a bottle and take it home to the far flung corners of the Earth, the wine keeps its local characteristics.  When you open that bottle, you are back in the Applegate Valley!