Willamette Valley: Escape to Oregon Wine Country for a Romantic USA Vacation
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Guide to Oregon Part 3: Pinot Pioneers
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In Part 3 of the MUNCHIES Guide to Oregon, host Gabi travels to the Willamette Valley—the heart of Oregon wine country—to talk with three vintners who are producing some of the best Pinot noir in the world.
First, Gabi heads to Domaine Serene to sample their 2010 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir, which was recently rated the third-best wine in the world by Wine Spectator magazine. She also meets Andrew Beckham from Beckham Estate Vineyard, who shows her how he’s returning to truly Old World methods by making his own clay amphorae to ferment and age his wines. Her last stop is to share a can of Pinot (yes, you read that correctly) with Ryan Harms of Union Wine Company. We’ll cheers to that.
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Portland Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
Portland – Welcome to the city where you can experience the laid-back atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest amid beautiful natural surroundings. Check out the best of Portland, Oregon!
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A #Portland #vacation means plenty of parks, fountains, and buildings old and new to explore. Be warned, this city is known for its sudden showers, so make sure you bring an umbrella to shield yourself until the sun makes a triumphant return.
If you like a good brew, you’re going to love Portland’s alter-ego, Beervana – so named thanks to all the breweries located here. Wine snobs, don’t despair; you’ll find plenty to drink (responsibly) in the Willamette Valley while you continue your Portland #sightseeing.
Don’t forget to stop by the Oregon Zoo, home to eagles, bobcats, and a ton of other feathered, furry, and scaled critters. Travelers with children will also love the Portland Children’s Museum, where the little ones can learn from and play with interactive exhibits.
Whether you’re here for the beautiful views or to sample the vintages in the valley, Portland has something for everyone.
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A Spotlight on Fantastic Fun Things To Do In Portland Oregon
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Amtrak Coast Starlight, in a Sleeper Car Bedroom
The overnight 14 Coast Starlight (Amtrak) from Los Angeles to Seattle.
--3 states
--1,377 miles
--36 hours
--29 stops (a few afford a chance for some fresh air, for a few minutes)
--incalculable jaw drops at the beauty seen from along the ocean coastline to the snowy mountain ranges and backdoor views of towns and cities.
I can't recommend this enough! What an experience! What a way to see the country! The whole ride was smooth, quiet, and tranquil. Whether you enjoy a book in the glass-domed car while sipping on some coffee, or nurse a beer through the passing majesty outside your window, you are rocked gently into a relaxation that is unlike any other. The staff was ever ready to accommodate needs and/or wants. Guest speakers rode along, regaling passengers with tales of the flora, fauna, and history of the areas. Fellow passengers were in equal states of awe and wonder, evidenced by the acknowledging head tilts complete with twinkling eyes and hearty grins. Childhood fancy was stirred together with an aged appreciation and I found that though we were moving northward, time had stood still.
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Note: Thank you, all, who have clarified that it's a Lounge Car featured in this video, not an actual Parlour Car. I did not intend to mislead anyone; during our ride, the staff and fellow passengers were calling it the Parlour Car, and I was at fault for following the flock in my understanding. Our train's Parlour Car must have been undergoing maintenance, at the time. I did find, however, the Lounge Car to be quite enjoyable. Nevertheless, I imagine riding with an official Parlour Car would enhance the experience, greatly. Thank you all, for clarifying this, for me and for others.
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22 Things to Do in Portland, Oregon
22 Places to Explore in Portland - Portland is an awesome city full of great food, unique attractions and awesome outdoor activities. I love spending time there and made this video to share some of my favorite spots in Portland.
Here is a list of all of the places I visit in this video and let me know what I left off in the comments.
1. Japanese Gardens / International Rose Test Garden
2. Powell's Books
3. Mill Ends Park
4. Oregon Historical Society Museum
5. Portland Aerial Tram
6. McMenamins Kennedy School
7. Lan Su Chinese Garden
8. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
9. Voodoo Doughnut
10. Rocky Butte
11. The Grotto
12. Multnomah Falls / Columbia River Gorge
13. Cathedral Park / St Johns Bridge
14. Witch's Castle
15. Wine Tasting in Tualatin / Willamette Valley
16. Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai
17. Pine State Biscuits
18. Pok Pok
19. Salt & Straw
20. Huber's Cafe
21. Coffee Shops
22. Breweries
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Guide to Oregon Part 1: Portland Victory
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In the MUNCHIES Guide to Oregon, host Gabi Chai traverses the state to uncover the natural culinary bounty of the state of Oregon. Overflowing with great wine, coffee, food trucks, seafood, and more strip clubs per capita than any city in the world, this gem of America’s Pacific Northwest is just begging to be explored.
Gabi kicks off her journey with a caffeinated history lesson about coffee and Portland from Duane Sorenson—founder of Stumptown Coffee Roasters—before popping next door to his restaurant, The Woodsman Tavern, to partake in another Oregon specialty: a tower of fresh-caught seafood. She also eats her way through a few of Portland’s 600 food trucks to understand the regional phenomenon that has created an entirely new dining scene. And no visit to Portland is complete without a meal prepared by Gabriel Rucker, the 2011 James Beard Award Rising Star Chef of the Year and 2013 Best Chef: Northwest—we get the VIP treatment and enjoy a home-cooked meal with Gabriel and his family.
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Oregon Bounty: Portland’s Foodie Scene, Farm-fresh Flavors and World-class Wine
On your USA trip, explore Oregon’s bounty through farm-fresh flavors, world-class wine and Portland’s hip foodie scene.
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Portland Oregon & PNW area tour
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Portland, Coast, Mt. Hood.wine country all with in a 1-1.5 hour drive of the city!
Portland, Oregon
As fantastic as Portland is to spend time in, it's one of the easiest cities to spend time outside. The mountains, waterfalls, wine country and other assorted outdoor goodies Oregon is so famous for are all a short drive away.
So whether you're looking to spend time in or outside a great city, Portland's it.
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Train across USA: #1 Coast Starlight sleeper class service Seattle-Portland, Oregon 2016-05-09
A Coast Starlight train--Amtrak's signature long-haul West Coast train--leaves Seattle's refurbished King Street Station destined for Los Angeles.
Amtrak's guide to highlights of this route, the Coast Starlight route:
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This video series covers the trip from Seattle's King Street Station past south Puget Sound, and crossing the Columbia River to Union Station in Portland, whose name, as mentioned by on board volunteers, was decided upon by a coin-flip. Portland is the largest city in the state of Oregon, while Salem (an hour south of Portland to be seen on the next video on this trip), is the capital city of Oregon.
The series continues with a stop in Eugene, the upper Willamette River, sunset in the Cascade, and an early morning arrival in Sacramento, California's capital city.
Additionally linked videos carry the trip east on Amtrak's California Zephyr through Nevada, Utah,, and the Great Plains, before crossing the Mississippi River into Illinois and, a few hours after, arriving in Chicago.
After yet one more night, Amtrak's The City of New Orleans signature service brings the trip to its destination at, New Orleans, in Louisiana.
This video cover the Seattle-to-Portland section of this rail journey. On board service and amenities are announced at appropriate times. These are supplemented and additional highlights are introduced by the time-stamp log below and by on-screen annotations throughout this video.
On the Coast Starlight, Parlour Car access (where a fee-based wine-tasting hour is offered south of Portland--shown on the next video) is exclusively for business class and sleeping car passengers.
0:01-4:10 Trip information announcements from train crew & National Parks Service interpreters
0:01 Century Link Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks
4:15-5:30 Leaving King Street Station, Seattle
Century Link Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks
5:47-7:58 Parlour Car service information
6:00-6:47 Safeco Field, Seattle
8:58-10:12 Cafe car aservice information
10:25-12:03 Restroom location and safety announcement
12:05-13:40 Parlour Car dining options announcement
14:33 Tacoma WA station stop
14:45-14:55 Point Ruston, Tacoma WA
15:19-15:50 Nelson Bennett Tunnel, Point Defiance, Tacoma WA
16:00 Tacoma Narrows, South Puget Sound
16:55-17:55 Tacoma Narrows Bridge, WA
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20:00-23:05 University Place, WA
23:08-25:45 Steilacoom, WA
23:50-24:00 Sunnyside Beach Park, Steilacoom, WA
24:35-24:55 Pierce County Ferry, Steilacoom WA
25:25 McNeil Island
25:40-27:05 Ketron Island WA
27:35-29:55 Anderson Island, WA
36:10 Centralia WA station stop
36:50-37:05 Parlour Car vending case & lunch service
37:05 Train leaving Centralia WA
37:34-38:00 Parlour Car table service
38:00-38:40 Dining car procedure announcement
40:38 Longview-Kelso WA station stop
40:50 Cowlitz River, WA
40:54-41:30 Columbia River through Cowlitz County, WA
41:30-41:44 Interstate 5 southbound through Cowlitz County, WA
41:44-41:54 Columbia River through Cowlitz County, WA
41:54-42:19 Interstate 5 southbound through Cowlitz County, WA
42:20-42:28 Port of Vancouver, WA
42:30 Vancouver, WA station stop
42:38-43:25 Crossing Columbia River from Washington to Oregon
42:38-43:15 Portland, OR station stop procedure announcement
43:18 National Park Service interpretative announcement on Columbia River
44:15 Hayden Island, Portland, OR
44:15-44:45 Crossing North Portland Harbor on Oregon Slough Railroad Bridge
45:05-45:45 Crossing Willamette River Bridge to downtown Portland, OR
45:10-45:45 National Park Service interpretative announcement on naming of City of Portland
52:00 Arriving at Union Station, Portland, OR
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Mastering Oregon
Oregon wine is on a roll. According to Nielsen data, Oregon wine domestic sales increased 17% last year. Eric Asimov of The New York Times must have felt that same momentum when he recently wrote, “Oregon is right now the single most exciting winemaking area in the United States.”
Why is this little wine region, just 1% of the total US wine production, making such a big impression across the country?
On April 24 in Los Angeles, Pacific Northwest-based Masters, Bree Boskov MW and Chris Tanghe MS offered a multi-faceted presentation and discussion on the AVAs, varieties and business of wine in the Willamette Valley and beyond.
Watch Mastering Oregon to walk away with a stronger understanding of:
-Oregon’s strong selling points in the competitive American wine market
-The diverse geology of Oregon
-The key factors contributing to Oregon’s climate and climate’s impact on wine production
-Varietal diversity by region
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As our wine country has emerged, we’ve evolved with it, continuing to forge relationships and craft tours that our customers say are ‘just right’. Whether you are a novice, an aficionado, or somewhere in between, we’ll create an itinerary with wineries matched to you.
We’ll also provide comfortable transportation along scenic roads in one of our much admired running grape vimos. Oregon wine is nice by itself; superb with food. That’s why we match food to wine along the way.
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Washington and Oregon Compared
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Washington and Oregon
Both of the bordering states in these United States like to talk a lot of trash about each other, but they have a lot in common
Both began as part of Oregon Territory, established by the United States in 1848 after originally being inhabited by Native Americans, the Russians, a even the British for a bit.
Both border the Pacific Ocean and are in the infamous Ring of Fire, an area where lots of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions tend to occur. Both are geographically diverse.
And yep, both have similar climates. West of the Cascades, the mountain range that runs north-south through both of the states, gets a lot of rain and the temperature is more moderate, whereas east of the Cascades is much drier with varied temperatures. That’s why you’ll get a picture like this, where you’re in the rainforest, and then drive east five hours and get a picture like this, where you’re basically in the freaking desert.
Both are known for wine.
Some of the best wine in the world is produced from the grapes grown in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and the Yakima Valley, Walla Walla Valley, and Tri-Cities region of Washington. Speaking of alcohol, both states have a ton of craft beer breweries, although Oregon has more per capita than Washington.
Both states have a similar poverty rate and similar income levels, although Washington citizens definitely earn more, on average.
The cost of living is similar in both states, overall, which is higher than most of the rest of the country.
Both states’ biggest industries are healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, in that order, but you can’t mention the two states without their lumber production. They’ve got mad forests, there, I’m telling you.
A lot of people in both Oregon and Washington have lighter skin. Only 4% in Washington and 2% in Oregon consider themselves African American.
Around ⅕ of Oregon residents and Washington residents can trace their ancestry to Germany. Many of the earliest residents of European ancestry of both states came via the Oregon Trail, from the Midwest.
Marijuana is legal in both states, although the laws that regulate it are less strict in Oregon.
Both states lean to the left politically, and typically vote Democratic. Although the Cascades split both states politically, as east of them people tend to be more conservative.
Both states are not that religious. Less residents belong to churches in Oregon and Washington than nearly all other states.
Both border a foreign country. Washington borders Canada to the north and Oregon borders California to the south. Wait a sec...apparently California is also part of the United States. Scratch that, I’m sorry.
So what about their differences? I mean, there are a lot of differences when you nitpick, like the fact that Washington produces much more apples than any other state and Oregon produces more hazelnuts than any other state, but in general terms, there are few major differences.
Washington has a lot bigger population, despite being ⅔ the size of Oregon. Washington has around 7.3 million people, and Oregon just 4.1 million. So that’s why Washington gets 12 votes in the Electoral College and Oregon gets just 7. Washington’s population is also growing more quickly than Oregon’s.
Washington residents are smarter than Oregon residents. Ok, I joke here, obviously. However, more than 41% of Washington residents have a college degree, whereas just under 38% of Oregon residents have one.
Washington doesn’t have an income tax, Oregon has one of the highest income tax rates in the country. That’s quite misleading though, as Washington residents pay some of the highest sales tax rates in the country while Oregon residents pay some of the lowest.
Willamette Valley Vineyards - Turner, Oregon
Willamette Valley Vineyard was founded by Jim Bernau in 1983 when he planted 50 acres of Pinot Noir (Pinot Noir Dijon clones 667, 777, Pommard and Wadenswil), Chardonnay (Dijon Clone Chardonnay 76 and 96 and Espiguette) and Pinot Gris on ancient volcanic, iron-rich soil. Willamette Valley Vineyards is one of the region's leading wineries, earning the title One of America's Great Pinot Noir Producers, from Wine Enthusiast Magazine.