Twill Cellars is a beautiful West Linn road trip destination: Winery spotlight
Just off of Southwest Borland Road, within grape-tossing distance of the Tualatin River, is a West Linn oasis named Twill Cellars. That’s where owners Molly and Darrel Roby hold court over a 2.7-acre ...
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Chocolate lovers feel the price pinch this Valentine's Day
Another cocoa harvest in West Africa has come up short, leading to the worst deficit in decades. That means higher prices for ...
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Facts and Trivia About the Most Romantic of all Special Days – Valentine’s Day
• The celebration of Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as a Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then ...
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The Little-Known History Of The Heart-Shaped Chocolate Box
Around Valentine's Day, heart-shaped things are ubiquitous, but the O.G. is the heart-shaped chocolate box. Here's the ...
Sustainable Chocolate For Your Valentine: The Bitter With The Sweet
He packaged the sweet chocolates in lovely heart-shaped boxes adorned with Cupids and rosebuds, and marketed them around Valentine’s Day.
Unwrapping The Origins Of Valentine's Day Chocolate Boxes
Fifty-eight million pounds worth of chocolate is bought in the United States in the lead-up to Valentine’s Day. Here is how ...
Valentine's Day chocolates and wines getting more expensive to make, thanks to climate change
Earth's warming climate is proving challenging for chocolate makers and wineries as Valentine's Day favorites become more ...