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Our first day of tastings was in the Carlton area. We started with a winery tour and barrel tasting with the assistant winemaker at Hamacher. Hamacher has been recognized as one of the few truly “green” facilities by LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System from the U.S. Green Building Council. It’s a very interesting facility if you’ve gone green yourself so call ahead for a tour. Currently nine independent, smaller production wineries call the Carlton Wine Studio as their home. While there we mostly tasted the 2006 vintage from aged barrels (Hamacher typically uses 30% new French oak). I found each of the three barrels samples to be clean with good, pure fruit. I’m optimistic towards what I tasted and will be buying as a result.
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We spent 8 days in Oregon including travel days. The best option for visiting the coast and the Willamette Valley area is to fly into Portland International Airport which is serviced by many carriers with direct flights from most major U.S. cities. The drive from the Portland airport is a very comfortable hour and fifteen minutes to the Willamette area and just a hair longer to the Oregon coast. If visiting Oregon for at least a week my personal recommendation is to spend at least two days on the coast at the beginning of the trip to ease into the easy going lifestyle of Oregonians. Then follow that up with 3-5 days in the Willamette tasting wine at your favorite wineries.
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After writing my article about Decanting Wine, in which I explained why to decant wine, a few good questions were asked. Combined, these questions essentially led to one big question. How do I know how old a wine is and how long to decant it? That certainly is a big question, and while there is some common sense involved here, this is where experience starts to count.
 Performing the ceremonial rituals of wine consumption can be a fascinating journey for the wine enabled. From pulling that evening’s perfectly aged bottle, to gently pouring the wine into your best crystal decanter, to swirling the wine in your Riedel Sommelier glassware; it is not just the wine itself that provides all the pleasure throughout an evening. For some, it is a performance done to satisfy a savant like desire. For others it is a fancy display applauded by one's friends. At the same time, it is usually done with a specific reason and purpose sometimes unknown by the casual observer.
Let’s take wine decanting for example.
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