Simple Salmon with Sour Cream Herb Dressing and Oregon Berries This recipe is inspired by the French salmon eaters in our family across the Atlantic, two of whom produce smoked salmon professionally and provide us with a steady source of delicious fish throughout the year. This on-the-go recipe is a perfect summertime standby designed to feed any quantity of people … Read More
Three Feathers Wines featured at Taste on 23rd
Three Feathers Wines featured at Taste on 23rd We are pleased to announce that Three Feathers wines are now available at Taste on 23rd Wine Bar Bottle Shop located in the charming neighborhood of Northwest Portland. Customers can purchase our 2016 Three Feathers Pinot Noir by the bottle to have at home or with food served on site.
Three Feathers Uncorked
Three Feathers Uncorked To cork or not to cork? Some people might wonder why we have chosen to cap our wine with screw caps instead of cork. Most obviously, it is cheaper. Real cork, which comes from the bark of the Cork Oak tree (Quercus suber), is grown in The Mediterranean. Although the tree does not die when the bark … Read More
2016 Three Feathers Pinot Noir in the News
2016 Three Feathers Pinot Noir in the News We have been very industrious recently in promoting and selling our 2016 Pinot Noir. Wine merchants in the Portland area have been receptive to our 2016 vintage and we have placed our wine in two shops in the past few weeks. Last month we hired a long-time friend, Sandra Hogan, to help … Read More
Wine Speak: Reviewing our 2016 Three Feathers Pinot Noir
Wine Speak: Reviewing our 2016 Three Feathers Pinot Noir Excerpt from an Interview with Winemaker Dan Duryee and Christine StimacDecember 15, 2017 – Saint Paul, Oregon Christine Stimac : So Dan, what do you have to say about Three Feathers 2016 Pinot Noir? What do you think? What is your opinion from the winemaker’s point of view on how it … Read More
2017 Pinot Noir debut
2017 Pinot Noir debut On Saturday 24 February, the Three Feathers partnership convened their annual meeting and retreat in Las Vegas Nevada. The meeting ended with a barrel tasting of the 2017 Pinot Noir. All of us were impressed with the flavors of this new wine despite the fact that it only been in the barrels for four months. The … Read More
Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes Behind the facade of any enterprise is the man power that brings every job to fruition. Given the size of the Three Feathers Farm & Vineyard we cannot possibly do everything ourselves. We are very fortunate to have two terrific workers; Scott Pote and David Pederson, who are our Essential Team Members. Both native Oregonians they take … Read More
One New Year, two Full Moons and a Liver Pâté Recipe
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below… – Twas the Night Before Christmas, by Clement Moore Celebrating the New Year and two Full Moons… We all know the poem. In this case it was not Christmas Eve and there was no snow in Oregon. It is midnight on … Read More
On Winemaking, Pinot Noir and our 2017 Vintage
Technical progress makes it possible to always improve the quality of the wines, but it seems that this very technicality leads to a standardization of the product. With filtration and the imperatives of competition, it becomes difficult to say whether a Chardonnay wine has been made in France, Italy or California. The professionals want drinks that are acceptable to … Read More
2017 Grape Harvest
Three Feathers Estate 2017 Grape Harvest The year in the vineyard has come to a close. The grapes are picked, sorted, de-stemmed and nestled in their vats at Lady Hill Winery where they are on the road to becoming the 2017 Vintage Three Feathers Pinot Noir. It has been a year of difficult decisions and challenges, but in many ways … Read More