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A Travel Companion to the Wineries
of the Pacific Northwest

By D. L. Tadevich

Reviewed By Judy Colbert

Who knew there were 29 wineries to the south and west of Portland, Oregon? Well, D. L. Tadevich certainly knows, and her book “A Travel Companion to the Pacific Northwest” (read Oregon’s Willamette Valley).

If you’re more interested in being knowledgeable about wineries than about wine, you’ll be delighted with this fourth winery guide from D. L. Tadevich. In this delightfully illustrated book, she guides you through four tours that take from a few hours to two-to-three days. A fifth “tour” includes those wineries that can be visited by appointment only.

The various sections of the book include some Oregon wine history, tells how wine is made (brief description), includes a fairly lengthy glossary, and gives a primer on wine tasting. There’s a matrix, keyed to an area map, of the wineries, which ones have winery tours (or tours by appointment), picnicking facilities, and a gift shop. She also notes that one winery has a full-service restaurant and includes a list of places to stay in the Salem and Eugene areas.

Although you’ll find this a valuable guide for taking a lovely drive, you’ll find this is also an armchair book that lets you in on something, usually fascinating, about each winery. So, you’ll learn that about the “funky” nature of Amity Vineyards, that the Eola Hills Wine Cellars sponsors 45-mile bicycle tours through the area, and the view from the Chateau Benoit “is to die for.”

Included in the book are lush, intoxicating photographs, maps, detailed, a list of contact information, visiting hours, and pages for notes about your wine tastings. Truly, even if you know someone who really knows the Oregon wine scene, you’ll want Tadevich’s book as a companion.

Tadevich has also authored “Wineries of Indiana,” “Wineries of Michigan” and “Wineries of the Lake Erie Wineries.”

“A Travel Companion to the Wineries of the Pacific Northwest.”
D. L. Tadevich
Publishing-Plus
ISBN 0970415437
74 pp, color photographs, maps
$19.95

www.amazon.com

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