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A whizz around Willamette

Two Mike Etzels

A round-up of some notable exporters of Oregon wine to the UK. Above, Michael (left) and Mikey Etzel, of Sequitur and Beaux Frères. See also Oregon's spirit of community.

I can’t remember the last time I was in Oregon, and in a way I have no need to go now that we have such a great Oregonian for our Pacific Northwest specialist in the form of Samantha Cole-Johnson. But I was invited to speak at the annual LIVE sustainability conference, and its northern California counterpart NapaRISE organised by Napa Green, less than a week apart. When I demurred that it...