Table of Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 13
Prologue. Christmas Season at the Close of the Twentieth Century 17
1 The Corvair, the Critic and the Overpass 25
2 Founding Families Take a Victory Stroll by the Park, May 3, 2015 33
3 Wine and the Historical Memory 47
4 Why Date Matters 58
5 The Conscience of the Calendar 70
6 Wine Words and the Exploding Max Headroom 76
7 Oregon AVAs: A Brief Description 86
8 A Frame Tale: Oregon Viticultural Details 99
9 E-Ticket or E-Channel?: The Shortest Chapter in This Book 129
10 Brass Knuckles: How to Look at a Glass of Wine 133
11 My Grandfather's Artichoke: Why We Swirl the Wine 138
12 The Nose Knows 142
13 The Sip: Dr. Ken's Catch-and-Release Program 148
14 Perdition Highway: How Carrie Nation and Madison Grant Taught Oregonians How Not to Drink 157
15 New Year's Day 1934: Changing the World for Oregon Wine at Honeywood 172
16 The Naked City: Reflections on Urban Wine 179
17 "Wine Country" Is a Compound Noun 201
18 A Postcard from Oenotria 232
19 Everything Wears Down 237
20 Succession Survival Guide Part I: Institutional Memory without Losing Your Mind 245
21 Succession Survival Guide Part II: Do This but Not That 252
22 Conservancy, Not Bureaucracy 258
Epilogue 271
A Winery Listing 281
Appendix. An Oregon Wine Story 299
A Bibliographic Note 305
Index 311
About the Author 320
