Following two of the coolest vintages on record, Oregon winemakers are now struggling to cope with one of the driest. Gone are worries about low sugar levels and worrisome prospects of entire ...

DUNDEE, Ore — The Oregon grape harvest of 2024 will go down as a spectacular year with great weather and ideal picking conditions. The head winemaker at NW Wine Company in Dundee called it a perfect ...

Why it’s choice: The state flower of Oregon, it has just about everything going for it as a garden plant. It starts out in spring with copper-colored new growth, turns shiny green in summer and then ...

Oregon grape is the official state flower of Oregon. Native to the Northwest, it's often found growing wild in forest clearings. It has leathery, somewhat jagged leaves, bright yellow flowers that ...

DORENA — Shovels in hand, a group of 15 middle school-aged kids from Dorena School took time out of their morning recently to plant Oregon grape at a nearby park. The kids dug deep enough to give the ...

A late start and late end to Oregon’s grape growing season means winemakers may end up with less grapes, but of a higher quality. Share this article! A late start and late end to Oregon’s grape ...

For years across Lane County, people have been poaching the plant on which Oregon's state flower blooms. Oregon grape, sometimes used as herbal medicine for a variety of health concerns, continues to ...

On December 18, 2012, a massive windstorm blew through the Willamette Valley, causing severe roof damage to Kevin and Carla Chambers’ triple-wide mobile home just outside Newberg. “We had a waterfall ...

There is no shortage of yellow these days, with gorse blazing its mustard yellow on every roadside in a truly remarkable display and the great rush of yellow in gardens with forsythia, now just going ...

GASTON, Ore. -- This is shaping up to be a historic year for Oregon wines. Not only is a large 2014 yield expected, but the harvest is extremely early. R.J. Lint owns and operates the Plum Hill ...