Stories

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A Comprehensive Guide to All Your Cooking with Wine Questions

Cooking with wine is the time-honored traditional way to enhance your culinary creations.

A mature man in a green sweater and mature woman in a pink vest sit smiling at one another while touching their wine glasses in a toast after a successful order.

A Simple Guide to Ordering Wine With Confidence

Key Terms and Tips for Confidently Communicating Your Wine Preferences So You Always Have Pleasant Tasting Experience

February in the Brooks Garden

“Trillons of leaves, tender and green, live, die and fall each year. So fragile, so temporary. So essential to every towering tree that bathes in the starlight of centuries. It is an old truth of nature that softness often holds the key to enduring strength.” -Jarod K. Anderson, Something in the Woods Loves You There…

Three friends are draped with party favors as they pour and sip wine in front of a screen as they prepare to cheer on their football team in the Super Bowl.

Does Wine Belong at a Super Bowl Party? Absolutely!

Ensure everyone has a selection of beverages and pairing options to fit their preferences and comforts while watching the big game.

A white bowl of dark chocolate disks rests on a wooden stool next to a window with pink flowers set on the side of the bowl as well as a glass of red wine.

The Surprising Complexity of Pairing Wine and Chocolate

While wine and chocolate pairing is often seen as a natural combination, the complexity of their flavors and structures can make it surprisingly difficult.

A wine grape grower wearing a light blue, longs sleeve shirt holds a cow horn that will be filled with manure for Preparation 500 as part of biodynamic farming practices.

What Is Biodynamic Wine, And Why Might It Be The Better Choice?

Biodynamic wine represents a holistic, sustainable, and ethical approach to winemaking that appeals to environmentally and health-conscious consumers.

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5 Wine & Food Pairings for a Prosperous & Joyful Lunar New Year

Celebrating Lunar New Year with wine and food pairings is a wonderful way to enhance the festivities while honoring tradition.

January in the Brooks Garden

“In our winter, a transformation happened. We read and worked and problem-solved and found new solutions. We changed our focus away from pushing through with normal life and towards making a new one. When everything is broken, everything is also up for grabs. That’s the gift of winter: it’s irresistible. Change will happen in its…

Snow covered vineyard with a dark conifer tree line in the distance below a white cloudy sky.

10 Cozy Wines to Warm Up Your Next Snow Day

There is a perfect wine for every snow day activity whether you choose to invite friends over or enjoy a quiet day at home.

A close up images of chamomile flowers grown for both beauty and healing properties such as calming teas.

Discover the Miraculous Healing Power of Plants

Explore the healing potential of plants while enjoying the unparalleled hospitality of Brooks Winery.

A wine class features a white tasting mat set with four stemmed glasses of white wine and six glasses of red wine.

Brooks University Seminars: For the Love of Wine & Knowledge

Search no further for the perfect gift for the wine enthusiast in your life by surprising and delighting with a monthly series of wine classes led by the acclaimed Brooks Winery of Willamette Valley, Oregon.

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Escape Holiday Stress with Wine & Hygge

The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration, but it can also bring about significant stress. Between planning gatherings, shopping, preparing meals, and managing busy schedules, finding moments of calm can feel impossible. Enter the Danish concept of hygge—a lifestyle focused on comfort, coziness, and connection. Combining hygge with a glass of wine…