Willamette Valley | Wine Tasting

We'd heard great things about Oregon's wine country in the Willamette Valley. Having only an afternoon to dedicate to the region, we took to facebook and instagram to get suggestions of what wineries to visit, and from there we narrowed it down to two, St. Innocent and White Rose.

It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, perfect for lingering over delicious samples of the region's most popular grape, the pinot noir. As you'd expect, the views around the Valley were stunning, and the picturesque back roads didn't hurt, either.

After visiting some other wine regions around the country, we've decided that the Willamette Valley is definitely at the top of our list of places we'd like to return to!

-Amanda

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Portland, OR | Part 3

Next up from our Portland adventure: the International Rose Test Garden!

The rose garden was such a treat - it's free and it's where they test new rose hybrids (how cool, right?!). From the website: "The new varieties are submitted by the hybridizers to the AARS, who then distributes them to the test gardens identified only by their code number. Four plants of each entry are evaluated for two years on 14 different characteristics consumers desire in a garden plant including plant habit, vigor, disease resistance, color, flower production, form, foliage, and fragrance. About 200 rose cultivars are under test each year."

Let me just say, "you're welcome." I did some hefty editing to sift through the number of photos that showed Taras sniffing yet another rose. He was amazed at how fragrant the roses were and I think he might have smelt every single one of them (he even got some pollen stuck on his nose, see the last photo of the post!).

And I should also say, "I'm sorry!" I realize there are so. many. flower pictures in this post. I couldn't help myself.  :)

-Amanda

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