Notes from the Road

We visited British Columbia, Canada, in late 2016 to bring you a guide to the Okanagan wine region. What a stunning wine region! We are still thinking about the amazing views and wines, and have lots more to upload in the coming months including …

We started our North America tour in the continent’s mecca of wine: California. Our area of focus was the most renowned AVA of the US, Napa Valley, however we couldn’t resist bringing you some more reports from around the state. Here’s some of the …

Get ready for your ultimate guide to Washington’s wine region! We spent some time in Walla Walla and beyond discovering what makes Washington unique as a wine producing region. We’ve got some content online already for you to enjoy: A guide to the wine …

We visited some great winemakers and producers in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and can’t wait to share everything with you from 2016’s harvest! If you can’t wait to get down to a bit of Oregon terroir, you can tuck into these guides which are already …

We are thrilled to announce that 80 Harvests won a Born Digital Wine Award 2016 for the Best Tourism Content with a Focus on Wine! Amanda Barnes was shortlisted for three awards – two in the Tourism-Wine Writing category, and one in Editorial/Opinion Wine …

We are so excited to announce that our Editor Amanda Barnes has been shortlisted (3 times!) for a Born Digital Wine Award. Three of her features on 80 Harvests have been shortlisted for two different awards: Best Editorial Writing Is Tannat old hat? Best …

‘Community’ was undoubtedly one of the most used words during the Wine Bloggers Conference: the importance of building one, and the importance of being in one. It is a word that particularly resonates with me as I visit, and plan my visits, to 42 …

Whenever I finish a few conference days on the trot, my first thought is always “Where can I get a whisky?” Perhaps unsurprisingly that whisky was at my hotel on Saturday night, but I wasn’t at the hotel bar… This was a special underground …

While I was on the road in the Willamette Valley, I wrote this piece for Oregon Wine Press on some reflections of the trip so far. You can see the published article in the October edition! As I began planning my trip to Oregon, …

The AVA system in the US (and most New World countries) doesn’t have any restriction on wine varieties like the ones you’ll find with the appellation system in Europe. This is, of course, why the New World is considered so exciting and diverse – …