August is a favorite month for picking wild blackberries at Three Feathers. Our French family enjoys this same privilege in Normandy where blackberries are plentiful. We are always on the lookout for good recipes to make with this dark tangy fruit besides jam and jellies and this particular blackberry pie recipe, slightly modified from a Cook’s Illustrated “All-Time Best Fruit … Read More
Three Feathers Vineyard Growing Season 2021
Three Feathers Vineyard Growing Season Report 2021 What a fabulous year we are having so far! Weather conditions have generally been ideal with a couple of notable exceptions in June. Bud break was the end of April and bloom came mid-June, forecasting harvest at the end of September. In early June we experienced two days of heavy rain. This was … Read More
A French Pastorale taken in Eola-Amity Hills AVA
A French Pastorale taken in Eola-Amity Hills AVA What a beautiful day for an apéritif in the garden! We met up with Vitis Terra Vineyard Services owner Jessica Cortell at her place for a chat over wine and snacks and wanted to share this gorgeous Oregon view with you. There is a French pastorale feeling about it all.
Rhubarb Pie à la Conticini
Rhubarb Pie à la Conticini | An elegant, delectable dessert consisting of sweet pastry dough, almond cream and rhubarb compote topped with a caramelized rhubarb lattice At Three Feathers we are great fans of homegrown rhubarb and right now is the season. Sweet or savory (it’s great simply roasted in the oven as a side dish), this vegetable is a … Read More
Clementine Cake, a Winter Delight
Clementine Cake, a Winter Delight | two recipe versions, including gluten and dairy-free Winter is upon us and the markets are full of zesty organic clementines, mandarins, kumquats, juicy oranges and lemons in all sizes. Clementine Cake is unique in that it uses the entire fruit, including peel, pith and pulp. We have experimented with different types of citrus fruit, … Read More
Carrot Cake, Parma-style
Parma-style Carrot Cake by Giada De Laurentiis This fabulously subtle and unique Carrot Cake, Parma-style recipe by Giada De Laurentiis, makes repeat performances in our family ever since we discovered it on the Food Network. Lightly sweet, not too spicy, well-balanced and zingy with a touch of fennel and lemon zest, this carrot cake can be eaten for breakfast, lunch … Read More
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream with Blackberry Pinot Noir Sauce
Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream with Blackberry Pinot Noir Sauce What could be more quintessentially Oregon than Pinot Noir and Blackberries? Three Feathers Estate was once home to a blackberry farm and the land is still covered with wild blackberries in abundance. I came up with this sauce when I was testing our 2017 grapes for ripeness and could not bear … Read More