by Michael Alberty | Sep 27, 2022 | Media
Jerry Sass makes beautiful wines within yodeling distance of the Enchanted Forest. The former newspaper editor believes in organic practices in the vineyard and “hands off” practices in the cellar. The combination of organic farming without irrigation and mostly...
by Michael Alberty | Oct 14, 2021 | Media
A small winery in the south Salem foothills recently earned “Pinot Noir of the Year” honors at the 2021 Sommeliers Choice Awards in San Francisco. Not familiar with Sass Winery? You need to correct that oversight post haste. Sass Winery’s 2016 “Vieux Amis” Pinot Noir...
by Michael Alberty | Jan 27, 2020 | Media
To paraphrase a riff from Kansas City native son Calvin Trillin, the best winemakers in Oregon are, of course, from Kansas City. Not all of them; only the top four or five. This isn’t the first exodus of talent from Kansas and Missouri. Hundreds of thousands of people...
