Victor’s Infallible Smoked Turkey Weber-style

Elise StimacPairing, Recipes

Carving a Smoked Turkey cooked on a Weber Kettle barbecue served with our 2016 vintage Three Feathers Pinot Noir.

Victor’s Infallible Smoked Turkey Weber-style This lip-smacking Smoked Turkey recipe is back by popular demand! Friends from out-of-town came to dinner.  After a long week of hot weather spent tending the vines, we wanted to serve them something perfect from the barbecue and decided that a good wholesome smoked turkey would fit the bill.  After all, who says that turkey … Read More

Veraison Diary

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Pinot Noir grapes in the veraison process during which grapes begin to ripen growing in size, weight and sugar content, Three Feathers Estate, Chehalem Mountain AVA, Willamette Valley, Oregon.

50 Shades of Purple Véraison is a French word describing the process of ripening in grapes.  After the plants bloom, they go through a two month long period of maturation during which the plants, essentially climbing vines, put on tremendous growth of the shoots and tendrils.  Just when you are exhausted from trimming, hedging and trying to keep the vines … Read More