(Newberg, Oregon) – Between the valley towns of Portland and Salem, and not far from the greens and winding highways of the Oregon Coast Range, one of the state’s most iconic regions sits rather quietly by comparison. Oregon’s wine country region seems to always be burbling just under the surface, poised to take over the tourism show – at least for a bit. (Photos Oregon Coast Beach Connection)
Come late November, it does. The Oregon Wine Country Thanksgiving festival reigns supreme from the foothills of the Coast Range and into Portland. This year it happens November 20 – 22 and November 26 – 29.
But wine country gets cooking with holiday cheer even before that. There’s quite a range of happenin’s in November that begin to have a holiday theme (you could find more at the Willamette Valley Visitors), leading up to and including the big Thanksgiving vino shindig…