A Taste Of Willamette Damn It

Willamette County, Oregon, USA

Wine Style: Burgundy Styles

Average Price: $ - $$$

Average Rating:  89 - 96 points

By Sean Overpeck (CFE)

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The first mistake I made when learning about wines was how to correctly say the name Willamette. I would pronounce it “Wilamit” as did others. Then our Sommelier instructor would say no, it's “Wil-am-it” Damn it. Some of the most famous Pinot's and Chardonnay's around the world are considered from Old World Bourgogne with names like Domaine William Fevre, or Clos de Vougeot, and the most expensive in the world, the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. However, take a look at a world map on paper - not a computer. Then using a ruler from Burgundy, draw a straight line west and when you reach the West coast of the USA you will run smack dab into Willamette Damn it. Though different from Bourgogne, I believe Oregon wines are just as good, if not better than the Old World styles.

In 2016, Wine Enthusiast Magazine named Willamette Valley the wine region of the year, and for good reason. The Willamette Valley is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It contains 74% of all Oregon vineyards and 88% of its Pinot Noir encompassing 5,200 square miles.  The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley, and it is surrounded by mountains on three separate sides; the Cascade Range to the East, the Oregon Coast Range to the West, and the Calapooya Mountains to the South. It is home to approximately 70 percent of Oregon's population including its three largest cities: Portland, Eugene, and Salem, the state capital.

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The valley was widely publicized in the 1820s as a 'promised land of flowing milk and honey'. Throughout the 19th century, it was the destination of choice for the oxen-drawn wagon trains of emigrants who made the perilous journey along the Oregon Trail. Today the valley is often considered synonymous with "Oregon Wine Country," as it contains more than 19,000 acres (7,700 ha) of vineyards and 500+ wineries.

I first took an interest in Willamette wines when I worked at a restaurant in Atlanta back in 2005. There were several wines from Oregon on the list, and with any good restaurant, they allow the employees to taste the wines and learn about them through classes. Witness Tree and Erath Vineyards were my first introductions to Oregon Pinot, and later I was introduced to Chehalem and Bergström Wines. That same year the owners of Brandborg Vineyard and Winery came through and as part of a dinner, with their wine was used for each course, and it was fantastic. 

A decade later I met my wife, who at that time was still my girlfriend in Portland, and we did a two-day tour of the Willamette Valley and six vineyard tastings, a hard choice considering the valley has more than 500 wineries. But before I talk about our adventure, here is a little history of Willamette wine courtesy of the Willamette Valley Wines webpage, which is an excellent resource to learn about the region.

1965 - David Lett plants Pinot noir and related cool-climate varieties in the Willamette Valley.

Picture courtesy of Willamette Wines

1977 - Oregon’s strict wine labeling regulations, proposed by the industry, are adopted by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. They continue to be the strictest wine labeling standards in the United States.

Picture courtesy of Willamette Wines

1980 - A Robert Drouhin-sponsored French blind tasting reconfirms the high rating of The Eyrie Vineyards from a year earlier. International coverage brought widespread attention to Oregon Pinot noir. That same year, the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helen’s brings world focus to the region.

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Picture courtesy of National Geographic

1983 - The Willamette Valley American Viticultural Area is approved.

1984 - Rachel Starr (founder of the Portland wine shop, Great Wine Buys) sends samples of Oregon wine to Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate. He toured, tasted, and discovered Oregon wine. Also, “Dijon clones” of Pinot and Chardonnay arrive at Oregon State University from an international collaboration.

1985 - Willamette Valley Pinot noir outshines French at the “Burgundy Challenge” at the International Wine Center in New York.

2004 - The release of the film Sideways sparks widespread interest in Pinot Noir. On a side note, massively increasing its price, but on a good note lowering the cost of merlot.

2005 - The first four sub-Willamette Valley American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) are approved, and two more one year later.

2013 - Burgundy producer Maison Louis Jadot purchases the Resonance Vineyard in the Willamette Valley, marking only the second time a French negotiant has purchased land in Oregon (Maison Joseph Drouhin was first, in 1987).

The drive from Portland into the actual wine country was less than an hour south on the I-5 then cutting over to State Road 99 which takes you straight to the city of Newberg in Yamhill County. This entire area was also the backdrop for the Kevin Coster Movie The Postman in 1997. The city borders two AVA’s in Willamette, the Chehalem Mountains AVA and the Dundee Hills AVA, where most of our tastings would be as we traveled down State Road 99. There are five main wine regions in Oregon with Willamette being the biggest. The other four are the Columbia Valley, Snake River Valley near the border of Idaho, Umpqua Valley and the Southern Oregon region which Rogue Valley is the main wine producing area. There are a total of 16 specific wine-growing regions or AVAs in Oregon with Willamette having six of them, (Eola-Amity, McMinnville, Yamhill-Carlton District, Ribbon Ridge, Dundee Hills and Chehalem Mountains).

Our first stop in Dundee was in the tasting room of the Dobbes Family Estate which included five varietals from a white, a Rosé of Pinot Noir, two estate Pinot Noir, and a Syrah. They produce roughly 7000 cases of pinot and Syrah each year and sell it all over the world. The property was beautiful. I had first tried Dobbes wines when I lived in Atlanta and like the others mentioned above were just wonderful. I believe that the enjoyment of the pinot in Willamette in the early 2000s opened my palate for wines in Bourgogne. The pinot in California was okay, but nothing compared to Oregon and France. You can read the full article on Dobbes by clicking on their link above.

The second stop as we made our way through Newberg was the Argyle Winery which was probably the most unique wine visit of the trip from the tastings to the actual tasting room. Their focus is on the bubbly and since 1987, Argyle has produced world-class "methode champenoise" sparkling wine, barrel fermented Chardonnay and 'silky' textured Pinot Noir from low yielding vines on winery farmed hillside slopes. Their tasting room when we visited in 2015 had just opened. It was very bright from the windows to the light paint on the inside. Hanging from the ceiling they had a piece of artwork representing a champagne bottle cork being opened. We tasted three wines from their range before moving on. 

We were hungry and Argyle associates recommended a little place called Red Hills Market across the street, where we grabbed a few sandwiches and spent nearly a half an hour looking at all of their local products. I recommend you visit this spot as well, considering you don’t see many places like this anymore.

Stop number three was a namesake that is recognized most in the USA when advertising Oregon wines and that is Erath Vineyards just south and to the west of Newburg in the town of Dundee. They produce over 150,000 cases of wine each year. We tasted five wines from this estate including the Pinot Blanc, two Pinot Gris, a regular Pinot Noir, and their estate Pinot. This estate and namesake after Dick Erath are known as one of the original pioneers in Oregon Pinot.

Making our way back to State Road 99, moving south we stopped in for a tasting at our last vineyard of the day before making our way to McMinnville, and this tasting was at Archery Summit Winery, in the town of Dayton. Archery Summit is very unique as, like its counterparts in the Bourgogne, the property has natural caves like the Grottes de Bèze, in the Côte d’Or twenty miles from the city of Dijon. The property is situated high up on a hill with curvy roads and beautifully planted trees and vineyards sloping all around, with the caves beneath. We tasted five of their wines, one of which was a Rosé of Pinot, plus four other separate ridge pinots. 

Calling it quits for the day we continued our drive down to the city of McMinnville, called the city at the heart of Oregon Wine Country. A small and historic city from 1882 with main-street art boutiques, mom and pops, and great country feel. You can also attend the annual UFO Festival each May, or visit the small-batch breweries. We stayed the night at the Hotel Oregon part of the McMenamin’s group of local hotels in the area. The room was small, but as the hotel was extremely old, they did not have any individual bathrooms in the rooms. You had to share a communal bathroom and shower with everyone else on that floor. For the price we paid, I was not too impressed. I expected it living in a tent on a FOB in Afghanistan but not a $200+ per night hotel. 

The following morning my wife and I spent time downtown visiting the shops and having breakfast. We had to be back in Portland by the mid-afternoon so that only left room for two more wineries on our tour of Willamette. Our first stop of the day was to Penner-Ash Wine Cellars back up in Newberg but on the far west side taking State Road 47 instead of 99. This vineyard uses modern science and conservation with sustainable and organic farming and gravity flow or gravity feed which is natural versus using machinery.  The main grape like the rest of Willamette is either Pinot Noir or Chardonnay, but Penner-Ash also produces Syrah, Viognier, Riesling, and Rosé. They produce 7,000 cases of pinot every year and roughly a thousand cases or under for each of the other grape varietals. For our tasting, we had five separate Pinots, their Viognier, and the Oregon Roséo. Their price range starts at $25 per bottle up to their prime Pas de Nom vineyard pinot which sells for over $100 per bottle. This was my highest rated winery of the entire trip, so I’m glad my wife picked this for us to visit.

The final stop before heading back to Portland was a vineyard from a wine I had a small taste of while working at the Aquaknox Restaurant in Buckhead, Atlanta in 2008.  They were right down the road from Penner-Ash, called Bergström Wines. The one wine I remember clearly from them was the De Lancellotti pinot now renamed to Silice, and it was one of the five wines that we tasted. Three were pinot and the other two were Chardonnay, and the way the vineyard was set up with stones and deep gravel, the taste honestly reminded me of Chablis wines like Domaine William Fevre. 

I look forward to returning with my wife and spending even more time in the Willamette staying at the world-renowned Allison Spa and Inn also on the outskirts of Newberg and visiting many more vineyards, some of which I’ve tasted, and others. With over 500 we can make several trips, not to mention the other wine regions, and their neighbor to the North in Washington State. 

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Where did you go De Lancellotti?

Newberg, Oregon

Tasting in August 2015

By Sean Overpeck

Let me take you back in time to Atlanta, Georgia in 2008. The Great Recession was just starting as the banks realized that people who only made $2,000.00 per month could not afford an ARM (adjustable rate mortgage) with a payment of $1,700.00 per month on their houses and still manage to pay all their other bills, plus eat, and buy their pay per view wrestling matches. I wonder what made them think they could? Obama was not yet elected, and the restaurants were not going under yet. So in Buckhead, a suburb to Atlanta that is actually a city within itself, where most of the wealthy live, the restaurants were booked out, and people were spending money like no tomorrow. 

This is where I saw a wine cellar of over 500 bottles at a restaurant called Aquaknox (it went under in the recession, now only at the Venetian in Las Vegas). One of the wines on their list was called the De Lancellotti from Bergström Wines in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. We would do tastings from time to time, and I had already had a few other Willamette wines that I enjoyed like the Dobbes Family Estate, Witness Tree Vineyards, and Brandborg Winery to name a few. So we did a tasting of the De Lancellotti, and it was smooth and damn good. I said to myself that if I ever went to visit the Willamette, then Bergström would be on my list. Well, in 2015 that did happen, and my first question was where did the De Lancellotti go? Lets find out shall we….

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In 1999, Josh Bergström, the fourth of five children, returned home to Dundee from a postgraduate program in Viticulture and Enology in the Burgundy region of France. With him, he brought his fiancée Caroline, and the two were married that fall in the Bergström Vineyard. Bergström Wines was also born that fall as the young couple harvested their first vintage of Pinot Noir from high-quality fruit purchased at a neighboring winery. Currently, Josh is general manager, winemaker and vineyard manager at Bergström Wines, and Caroline manages the sales team.

Bergström Wines consists of five estate vineyards totaling 84 acres that span across four of the Willamette Valley’s best appellations: The Bergström Vineyard, Silice Vineyard, Winery Block, Gregory Ranch and Le Pré du Col. Each estate vineyard is farmed without the use of harsh chemicals, systemic or fertilizers, and the winery produces approximately 10,000 cases of ultra-premium and extremely sought-after wine each year, including two Chardonnays and nine different Pinot Noirs.

The Bergström Family believes world-class Oregon wines from the Willamette Valley's preeminent hillside vineyards can be achieved only through nonindustrial, artisanal winemaking. We farm all of our estate vineyards using biodynamic methods, and since 1999, we have been a leader in the sustainable farming of wine grapes in Oregon.

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The Bergström family under Josh, who was one of five children growing up in Sweden, came to the United States building his new American dream as a doctor. He and his family settled near Portland, yet even though being in the medical field, Josh wanted to go back to his Swedish roots of agriculture, specifically wine. In Sweden, the dream of wine is a “gargantuan” task. (“Gargantuan” like the Francois Rabelais' 16th century giant gargantua) There are very few wineries in Sweden, examples of some are the Kullahalvöns Vingård or Arilds Vingård in the new Kulla Wine Region; Höganäs, which is closer to Denmark and much warmer throughout the year. Josh Bergström has been focusing on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay for nearly twenty years, but his true love is Syrah from the Northern Rhône, and the latest label from the winery is the Gargantua, an attempt to produce the finest class of Syrah on the western coast of the United States.

The label of this new line project (pictured above) was created by Josh’s childhood friend, Nat Meade and depicts a man whose shadow is that of a beast: Gargantua. There are also different colors to each label that will represent the state and appellation character. The grapes are all going to be hand-picked, fermented in traditional whole cluster styles without de-stemming, and aged in large format French oak demi-muids and ovals. These wines will be ready for release in the spring of 2016. Bergström Wines has already proven themselves to be the pick of the crop as one of my favorite Willamette Valley wines with their Pinot Noir’s and Chardonnay’s. I’m sure that this new undertaking of Gargantua will take the winery even further, while sticking to the roots of old Swedish agriculture like the vineyards in the Kulla. 

My fiancé and I were on a day long wine tasting of the Willamette in August of 2015, where we stopped at Bergström as one of the three wineries on my list. I had just returned from Iraq on a much needed rest and relaxation, and we had each chosen three wineries a few weeks before that we wanted to visit. Bergström came to mind first as I remembered the Atlanta De Lancellotti story from earlier. 

The property was amazing, from the tasting room you can see views of the Red Hills of Dundee in the distance, and an older styled barn straight out of the 1800’s with the family crest and logo muriel painted onto the side. I would have had no problems sitting on their porch at the cast iron table and chairs looking out into the vast expanse of vineyards for the remainder of the day and into the evening, and be as content as I could be on any perfect day. I had the woman I loved with me, so what more could I ever ask for? Oh wait, where did the De Lancellotti go?

The tasting consisted of five wines, two Chardonnay’s and three Pinot Noir’s, with the tasting notes and pricing listed later on. During the tasting the manager had a plate of rocks and soil on display, and explained that this was all over the vineyards, which is very similar to the Chablis and Bourgogne wine regions in France, where the vines have to work extra hard to get water, making a stronger and more full flavored grape. This is a great benefit to Pinot Noir’s grown in this area versus California where they get more water, and the vines are lazy. The second chardonnay on the tasting, the Old Stones, had all the same characteristics of a Chablis grown in this type of soil. It was outstanding.

The first question I had as the tastings progressed, and as I looked at the wine listings was of course, where did the De Lancellotti go? As recent as 2010 Robert Parker had given it a score of 93 on The Wine Advocate. I honestly was looking forward to a purchase. Then it came time to do the tasting of the 2013 Silice Pinot Noir; ripe, heavy berry’s, velvet, and spice on the nose, with cherry and liquorish candy notes to the taste, medium body and medium tannin, with a lite finish. Man did this taste similar to the De Lancellotti. Well, guess what? A change in name but grown in the same area, produced roughly the same way. Where did you go De Lancellotti? You went to Silice, and I fell in love all over again. Yet to my surprise as good as that was and how I fulfilled a small item from my wine bucket list, the Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir was bolder, and packed a wonderful punch. Between that and the new De Lancellotti, I think I found my favorites.

Now lets see how I and the critics rate the wines, plus give you some tasting, cost, and general winery information….

96 - 100	is Extraordinary
90 - 95	is Outstanding
80 -89	is Above the Average
70 - 79	is Below the Average
60 - 69	poor / appalling /  “Cac”

Review basics:

Wine, Dine, & Play’s Rating	97 points
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate	2010: 93 points on the De Lancellotti Vineyard Pinot Noir 2011: 94 points on the Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir
Wine Speculator	95 points on the Le Pré du Col Vineyard Pinot Noir
Wine Enthusiast	95 points on the Silice and vineyard Pinot Noir 94 points on the Shea Vineyard Pinot Noir
All Accolades	Bergström Accolades
Wines Produced	Red:  Pinot Noir, Syrah White:  Chardonnay
Regulatory	AVA: American viticulture Association

These wines remind me of:

Wine tasters that work for Robert Parker, Spectator, and others base their reviews on a single wine giving it a specific point system rating. These reviews and accolades are the make and brake to a winery, as all media and most wine drinkers will look at this ratings and judge on purchasing the wine, or bypassing to a neighbor winery. The ratings given for The Wine, Dine, and Play Blog are the overall experience, not just the wine. From the tasting of the wines, prices, customer service, property, and the style of the winery such as what category it falls into, boutique or a commercial giant are a few of the items I look at when giving a rating for a review. 

For those who do not know, Willamette Valley is closely compared to the Bourgogne in France, as it is on the same lines of latitude as Burgundy. Burgundy or Bourgogne however you like to pronounce it is known for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. The most expensive wines in the world are grown in this region from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, with the Romanee-Conti Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, which sells for around $12,000 American Dollars (£8,320.00) per bottle. Josh Bergström finished his postgraduate program in Viticulture and Enology in the Bourgogne, which may also explain the fact that his vineyard is second to none with its Pinot Noir production, receiving such high point accolades from Robert Parker, others, and me. 

I would compare this tasting at Bergström Family Vineyards to the Domaine Guy & Yvan Dufouleur in the Bourgogne or even Domaine William Fèvre in Chablis, both of these outstanding Château’s have a 1st Cru similar to the Old Stones and the Sigrid Chardonnay we both tasted. I would pair this wine to go back to Josh’s family roots in Sweden with a sampling of Rösti (or Röschti) potatoes which resembles a potato pancake. Then top those potatoes with some Scandinavian Smoked Salmon that would have even Captain Ahab stop his search for the white whale near the Maelstrom (Sweden/Norway) of perditions flames and have a bite to eat with some Old Stones Chardonnay. For the De Lancellotti now Silice Pinot Noir or even the Gregory Ranch, why not a take on an American classic with French roots with a Meatloaf Cordon Bleu. Ground beef and pork put together, and layered inside with sliced ham and Swiss cheese, baked to perfection. This dish screams De Lancellotti…I mean Silice.

Bouquet & Palette Notes:

Wine & Grape:	Nose (Bouquet):	Palette Experience:
2012 Old Stones Chardonnay	Winemaker:   Classic aromas of saffron, passion fruit, lemon candy, ginger, sweet oak spices, cinnamon, and a mineral saline note.	Winemaker: Bright and crystalline like a laser bean with a sweet core of sugar cookie, ripe citrus, granny smooth apple, tea type spice, and mineral structure.
2013 Sigrid Chardonnay	Winemaker:   Notes not on web page	Winemaker: Notes not on web page
2013 Silice Pinot Noir (The new De Lancellotti)	Winemaker:   Ripe and generous, heavy lifted perfume of roses and sweet purple violets, ripe cane fruits, cinnamon red hot candies, dark cherries and distinct spice and earth notes of graham and incense.	Winemaker: Sweet with ripe pomegranate, rhubarb and cherry fruits, floral candy notes and a finish reminiscent of ripe Oregon strawberries.
2013 Bergström Vineyard Pinot Noir	Winemaker:   aromas of pipe tobacco, dark chocolate, citrus oils, savory herb garden, black cherries, and mint.	Winemaker: There is sweet bright crunch of fruit in the mouth with succulent acidity which drives this wine’s energy. This wine possesses a core of dark red fruits and sweet spices in the mid palate with very fine dusting of sweet tannins and a long finish.
2013 Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir	Winemaker:   I had the 2013, but the only tasting notes from the winemaker were 2014:  Deep, dark brooding perfume of black fruits, beef bouillon, spice cupboard, black licorice, savory herb garden, and tobacco leaf.	Winemaker: Rich flavors of black cherry and black raspberry coat the mouth. Silky smooth with fine grained fruit and wood tannins that give this wine not only power, but grace.

Other Willamette Valley favorites on Wine, Dine, and Play:

Archery Summit Winery

Argyle Winery

Dobbes Family Estate

Erath Vineyards

Penner-Ash Wine Cellars

Bottle Prices 

(excluding taxes)

$£€¥ -                Under 50.00 

$£€¥ x 2 -          51.00- 99.00 

$£€¥ x 3 -          Over 100.00 

$£€¥ x 4 -          Over 200.00 

$£€¥ x 5 -          Over 400.00 

**Currencies chosen reflect the world’s major travelers and restaurant connoisseur’s** 

Wine Selction:	Currency in the top wine producing countries:	Price Chart :
2013 Bergström Vineyard Pinot Noir (750 ml)
$85.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
$113.00	Australian Dollar (AUS)	$$$
$113.00	Canadian Dollar (CAN)	$$$
¥554.00	Chinese Yuan (CNY)	¥¥¥¥¥
€76.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£60.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	££
$127.00	New Zealand Dollar (NZD)	$$$
R1312.00	South African Rand (ZAR)	R
2013 Gregory Ranch Pinot Noir (750 ml)
$60.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
€54.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£42.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	£
2013 Sigrid Chardonnay (750 ml)
$60.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
€54.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£42.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	£
2013 Silice Pinot Noir (750 ml)
$65.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
€58.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£46.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	£
2012 Old Stones Chardonnay (750 ml)
$65.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
€58.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£46.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	£
2013 Croft Vineyard Pinot Noir (750 ml)
$70.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$$
€63.00	European Union (EUR)	€€
£50.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	££
2014 Rose of Pinot Noir (750 ml)
$30.00	United States Dollar (USD)	$
€27.00	European Union (EUR)	€
£21.00	Great Britain Pound Sterling (GBP)	£

Cost of wine tasting in USD (p/p):

Tasting Menu:

$20.00

Fee refundable with $100 purchase or more

Château or Vineyard Owner:

Josh and Karen Bergström

Vineyard &Tasting Room Address:

18215 NE Calkins Lane, 

Newberg, Oregon 97132 

   

GPS Coordinates: 

45.348902

-123.050295

Tasting Room Information:

Hours:	Monday - Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pacific Standard Time (GMT-8:00)
Tasting room:	+1 503.554.0468
Website:	Bergström Wines
Email:	Contact Winery
Social Media:	Facebook Link
	Twitter @Bergstromwines
	Pinterest
	Josh’s Blog

Review by:

Sean Overpeck (CFE)

I am based out of St. Petersburg, Florida working in the food service industry for the past twenty years, and am currently with the American Embassy as the Executive Chef in Basra, Iraq. Formally I have worked with groups contracting in Afghanistan, Dubai, and Antarctica, also working in restaurants in and around Atlanta prior to the wars. I have also owned a catering company and served proudly in the United States Army food service program. The idea for the Wine, Dine, and Play Blog started in late 2012 after a trip to Jordan, when I was asked by others to write down the experiences from a few Jordanian restaurants, plus the wine from the region that I tasted, and locations of interest such as Petra, and the culture. Since that time, nearly 200 articles have been written on restaurants, including fifteen from the worlds top 100 lists of San Pellegrino and the Elite Travelers Guide; exotic world locations such as Dubai, Petra, and African Safari’s; food recipes & Grand Food Dictionaries; country cuisines such as Afghan and Peruvian; and of course wine from vineyards in California, Oregon, the Carolina’s, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia

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