By Melissa Wagoner Acres of tiny trees wrapped in a white protective shield are just one sign of the change of crops grown in the East Willamette Valley. Where there were once row crops are now blueberry fields and hazelnut orchards. Towering poles strung with wire await the climbing hops. Blueberries, hops, vineyard grapes and hazelnuts are some of the […]
By Brenna Wiegand Raise a pint to Seven Brides Brewing, Silverton’s Business of the Year. They started as some homegrown guys with a homebrew so good the family said they ought to bottle it. In 2008, Josiah Kelley, Jeff DeSantis and Ken DeSantis opened Seven Brides Brewing in Jeff’s shop. Eighteen months later they slipped into 1,100 square feet behind […]
This article is for intended for a male audience, only. OK, men. If you think “Coach” is that great show with Craig T. Nelson and Jerry Van Dyke as his sidekick, that “Hermes” is that guy who yelled “Da Plane” on the series, Fantasy Island, and that a “brilliant” cut is a perfect pass route in football, you are in huge, huge trouble.
During an extended Memorial Day weekend, a local winery and a local brewery will debut their new Tap Room. And “local” is their byword. Chris Deckelmann, co-owner of Vitis Ridge winery with his wife, Sharon; and partners Bruce and Sally Eich and Glen Bruenger; is pleased about the project they are joining in with Seven Brides Brewery.
