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DWWA - Domaine Serene, Aspect, Dundee Hills 2023 A close-up of Domaine Serene's "Aspect" (Dundee Hills 2023), this year's Best-In-Show-winning wine from Oregon. Oregon brought home some hardware from the world’s largest wine competition on Wednesday. At London’s 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), Oregon won six awards, contributing to what was described as the strongest performance ever by United States wines.

Hello spring - It’s here and if you weren’t quite ready for outdoor festivals and events earlier in the May, you’d better have your wide-brimmed hat and sunscreen at the ready. Let us tell you about several fun weekend events (many of them free) that will have you outside with a front-row seat to the action including a wacky UFO parade in McMinnville, wild whitewater action in Estacada, and marching band madness in Hazel Dell.

McMenamins Taft Tour A "secret entrance" passage will join the future McMenamins hotel to the Crystal ballroom. Company leaders toured media through the site of the future hotel at 1321 S.W. Washington St. in downtown Portland, near the Crystal Ballroom, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. McMenamins Taft Tour McMenamins leaders toured media through the site of the company's future hotel at 1321 S.W. Washington St. in downtown Portland, near the Crystal Ballroom, on Thursday, April 23, 2026.

Oregon Maple Project A bottle of Neil’s Bigleaf Maple Syrup, made in northern Washington. Neil’s is one of the biggest companies producing bigleaf syrup. Just about anyone will tell you that if you’re looking for good Pacific Northwest-made maple syrup, Neil’s Bigleaf is the best of the best. Neil McLeod has been making and selling bigleaf maple syrup from his farm in Acme Valley, Washington, for more than a decade.

Mako Matcha Mill Mako Matcha Mill is located at 414 S.W. 13th Ave. in downtown Portland. Order a matcha latte in Portland, and chances are you can trace its history 5,000 miles away to a green tea farm in Japan. Though the drink has roots as far back as seventh-century China, matcha today is largely considered a Japanese creation. The United States is now one of the country’s most ravenous customers — importing more than 2,000 tons of green tea powder from Japan every year.

Fogo de Chão Skewered meats ready for carving at Fogo de Chão in Portland. The Brazilian steakhouse chain is expanding to the Portland suburbs next week. Fogo de Chão, the Brazilian steakhouse chain that arrived in downtown Portland in 2014 “like a Maserati parked near a row of Subarus,” will open its first suburban Portland restaurant next week.

Santa Clones 2025 Portland is one of the best cities to celebrate Christmas. It may not be a white Christmas in Portland, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a festive one. This week, personal finance website WalletHub shared its 2025 Best Places for Christmas Celebrations list — based on both traditions and affordability — and Portland snagged a top spot. The survey drew from metrics related to observance, fun, generosity, shopping and cost.

Loyal Legion The popular Portland bar opened its first location more than a decade ago. Loyal Legion’s mission statement is simple. The beer bar’s “sole purpose is to celebrate the Oregon Craft Brewing tradition,” its website helpfully explains. To that effect, the bar opened in 2014 pouring nearly 100 taps of beer, cider and wine, all from Oregon. Soon, Loyal Legion will apply that single-minded pursuit to a state that has so far been kept off of those taps: Washington.

When winter’s powerful king tides arrive on the Pacific Northwest coast, knowing exactly where to position yourself for the most spectacular views while staying safe is essential. On a recent episode of the Peak Northwest podcast, hosts Jamie Hale and Chiara Profenna outlined the necessary precautions to go storm watching on the coast, before highlighting some of the best places to do it. Generative AI was used to summarize a recent episode of the Peak Northwest podcast.

As a college student at Southern Oregon University, Quinn Barrabee loved his classes and the friends he met as a student, but sometimes, the pressure of living away from his support network in his native California made it difficult to stay focused. That’s when Quinn took action.