Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College brings history of regional pinot noir to the web

Linfield Home (Oct 17 2012)

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   In the spring of 2011, Jeff Peterson and Thomas Hellie met Oregon wine pioneer Dick Erath at Dundee Bistro to talk wine. Peterson, head of Linfield College’s newly established Center for the Northwest, brought Hellie, the college’s president, to pitch Erath on a new project: TheOregon Wine History Archive.

   Peterson hoped to gather personal papers and recollections from people such as Erath, who built the Willamette Valley’s wine industry from whole cloth and created a new brand, Oregon Pinot Noir, that would bring the region international fame. The hope was to build an archive that would ...

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