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winter 2018 | editor’s note

ANOTHER YEAR BEHIND

US AND A NEW ONE AHEAD
Heidi Chackel, Editor

017 was a great year in many ways. personal with Irvine & Roberts Vineyards. Ten
When you look back through the archives years after planting their first acres of vineyard,
2of Southern Oregon Magazine, and see the Irvine & Roberts Vineyards are celebrating the
many great people and places our writers and next chapter in the vineyard’s story with the
photographers covered, you will see the variety addition of a new tasting room and winery facil-
of amazing talent right here in the Rogue Valley. ity to their 80 acres of uniquely situated land
just outside Ashland. Learn all about it starting
A year ago, we covered beer and rugged on page 122.
Southern Oregon coast. As writer Michael Kew
so eloquently stated, “Along with whale-watch- And when it comes to art, we have that angle
ing, tide-pooling, and vista point-admiring, your of the valley covered as well. From stunning
leisurely pace up or down Highway 101—a.k.a. Native American powwow dances to mag-
the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway—will deliver nificent paintings by Spencer Reynolds to the
you to six wonderful breweries run by amazing artistic electrical boxes found throughout
people, offering cool, sea breeze portals to a Klamath Falls, our 2017 year was overflowing
well-rounded coast-cuisine affair.” In this issue, with amazing photography and information
we turn to distillers thanks to columnist Chris on local artists and traditions. In this issue, we
Dennett of Elements in Medford who takes us continue that with a local musician hitting it big
on an adventure with three Southern Oregon time. Southern Oregon’s very own, Amy Corey,
distillers. “All three of the distillers interviewed recently starred on the same billboard with
for this article identified the love of distilling Dolly Parton, achieving her goal of becoming
as the top reason for choosing to do it,” says a country singer and songwriter. Learn more
Dennett. “And while they each have different about her amazing talents starting on page 58.
product offerings, growth models, and addi-
tional reasons for doing what they do, it starts I could go on and on about the talented indi-
with love.” Don’t miss his insights on the liquor viduals and groups we have covered in Southern
industry starting on page 110. Oregon Magazine. Instead, I will just let you con-
tinue to read each and every issue so you won’t
Regarding wine, well we always cover wine, who miss more amazing stories to come!
wouldn’t in this area of the world. Our readers
learned much more about Lindsey Zagar of Del To a new year!
Rio Vineyards as well as the crew at EdenVale
Winery and 2 Hawk Vineyard & Winery.
This issue, we bring our readers up close and

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