The first ever Oregon-only consumer wine tasting happened in Vancouver last month and I wasn’t there. It’s not that I’m uninterested in Oregon wine. In fact, it’s the polar opposite. While lucky Vancouverites were tasting over 100 wines from 30 Oregon wineries, I was in the Willamette Valley, walking through vineyards, talking about soil and tasting with winemakers. I certainly couldn’t complain – the annual tasting trip I had been planning for weeks had finally arrived – but I’m going to diarize in pen the next instalment of Oregon Takes Vancouver. This well-orchestrated event was put ...