Stop Overthinking Wine Pairing
Your Next Dinner Party Doesn't Need a Sommelier I was once pouring wine at an event next to an older French Winemaker. He was asked what the most important consideration was when selecting a wine to…
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WILLAMETTE VALLEY
WINE COUNTRY BLOG
If you’re looking to deepen your connection to the Willamette Valley wine community, you’re in the right place. Explore conversations with the people who shape our region, stories from inside the cellar and out in the vineyards, and ideas that inspire a more thoughtful wine experience. We update our journal regularly, so there’s always something new to discover.
Author
Jerry Murray
Jerry Murray is a winemaker in Oregon's Willamette Valley whose breadth of life experience, philosophical tendencies, and exceptional reverence for nature and the land make his point of view a valuable and calming voice among the noise of an otherwise harried world and industry. Harvests in New Zealand and Germany's Mosel Valley were key in shaping his study of wine and prepared him to lead winemaking at Patton Valley Vineyards, Van Duzer Vineyards, and as the winemaker for Louis Roderer's California project, Domaine Anderson. Learning that winemakers, like vines, have climates and soils they are best suited to, Jerry and his family returned home to the Willamette Valley and launched PROJECT M to make world-class Chardonnay, Riesling, and Pinot Noir. He also owns élevage consulting, providing advising and custom winemaking services to clients in the Pacific Northwest.
