Spaghetti Marco Polo | A Three Feather’s Favorite by Julia Child

Elise Stimac2018, Articles, Blog, Family, Our Wines, RecipesLeave a Comment

Spaghetti Marco Polo | A Three Feather’s Family Favorite by Julia Child Mister Rogers and Julia Child made an adorable video with Chef Don Brockett presenting this simple and wholesome pasta dish that Julia called “Spaghetti Marco Polo”.  In her particular way of speaking, she presents this recipe so that children can make it with their parents. The idea is … Read More

Announcing our 6th Annual Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting Event

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Three Feathers summer team gathered for a portrait

Announcing our 6th Annual Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting Event Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 12 noon to 5 pm | Tasting fee $25 19569 SW Finnigan Hill RoadHillsboro, OR 97123 Christine | 503-536-3083 | christine@threefeathersestate.comSandra | 503-701-5467 | sandra@threefeathersestate.com Memorial Weekend Fun starts at Three Feathers! This is your invitation to the most enjoyable wine tasting afternoon in the entire … Read More

New Vintages! 2022 Three Feathers Wines for pre-release

Elise StimacArticles, Blog, Oregon Pinot Noir, Our Wines, Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine makingLeave a Comment

New Vintages! 2022 Three Feathers Wines for pre-release New Vintages for 2022 – our Pinot Gris and Pinot POP – are in the making! We are scheduled to bottle our 2022 Pinot Gris in April 2023.  The 2022 was a shorter, cooler vintage so wines are necessarily drier giving the Pinot Gris a fresh, mineral flavor reminiscent of Sauvignon Blanc. … Read More

Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh?

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Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh? In January and February 2023 we experienced normal Oregon winter weather.  Rain and moderate temperatures with some stretches of dry days – enough to get the vineyards pruned. For some reason, we always seem to get a break in February and think that winter is subsiding and spring is here.  This … Read More

New World Three Feathers Wines in Old World Paris

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New World Three Feathers Wines in Old World Paris photos & text by Elise Prudhomme Three Feathers Wines came to Paris, France on February 13 – 15, 2023 during Wine Paris & Vinexpo 2023. François and I feel privileged to have participated in this International Trade Show along with well-established vineyards such as Adelsheim, Cristom,  Domaine Drouhin and Grochau Cellars.  … Read More

Three Feathers Madeleine in Paris – a Feather in our Cap!

Elise Stimac2021, Articles, Blog, Events, Oregon Pinot Noir, Our Wines, Press, Red Wine, Travel StoriesLeave a Comment

Madeleine in Paris – a Feather in our Cap! Three Feathers Madeleine will be in Paris at Porte de Versailles next week! We will be pouring alongside fellow Oregon wineries at Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris from February 13 – 15th, with the Oregon Wine Board! Well-known speaker, Elaine Chukan Brown, is giving an Oregon hosted Masterclass at Vinexpo Paris … Read More

Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment

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Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment Midwinter is an opportunity for reassessment: planning for the future and learning from the past. I am steeped in budgets, planning for production of grapes and wine. Looking for ways to improve everything we do.  Vineyards, as all farming endeavors, give new opportunities and new problems every season.  This is what is meant … Read More

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

Waste Not, Want Not | The Worlds Most Expensive Jelly

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Pinot Noir grape jelly made from the Precoce clone at Three Feathers Estate & Vineyard.

Brix, Birds and The Worlds Most Expensive Jelly Waste Not, Want Not is part of our continuing effort to find creative uses for our harvested Pinot Noir grapes that don’t go into wine-making. As I explained last year in my recipe for Blackberry Pinot Noir Sauce, I have a problem with wasting grapes. During pre-harvest months, while we wait for … Read More