Portland Travel Guide

As a a newcomer to biking through Oregon’s wine country, I did a lot of searching for good routes in the Willamette Valley wine region. I didn’t unearth many DIY routes, and didn’t want to do an organized vineyard bike tour. So after enlisting the help of coworkers and friends, I was given the following [...]

Original article can be found here: DIY Oregon Bike Wine Tours: 3 Fun Routes

Portland Travel Guide

With over 150 wineries in the Willamette Valley, Portlanders are pretty lucky to be able to drive out to wine country for a quick weekend getaway or even an afternoon tasting. Here’s what a trip to Oregon wine country looks like. Oregon wine country in pictures… Field and barns on NE Calkins Lane on the [...]

Original article can be found here: Visiting Oregon Wine Country: Photo Essay

Portland Travel Guide

Oregon Wanderings, as I’ll be calling this occasional entry, is a brief and rough journal of travels I sometimes make around the state with my wife and/or others. The purpose of these entries will not be to provide in-depth reviews of locations visited, but rather snapshots of ideas for places you might find worth a [...]

Original article can be found here: Oregon Wanderings – Mar. 18, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Make sure you are wearing green tomorrow as you head out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Portland style. The Oregonian has some great ideas on ways to enjoy your favorite green beer drinking holiday. Speaking of beer, many Portlanders seem to have a love-hate relationship with our local McMenamins brew pub chain. Some find the [...]

Original article can be found here: Portland Notes: Mar. 16, 2007

Portland Travel Guide

Flights have been introduced to a few airports on the East Coast recently – flights of wine. The tastings are designed to allow for people to ‘relax in style’. The proprietor hopes to open 50 shops within the next few years. I expect that PDX would be high on his list, seeing as how we [...]

Original article can be found here: Wine at PDX Airport?