There is a discernible and different vibe happening in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. While the headwinds impacting the wine industry are nearly universal – declining and shifting consumer patterns of consumption, tariffs, climate change, risings costs, and consolidation – in many places they take on an ominous tone that points to a state of somewhat inevitable decline. In Oregon, those same challenges seem differently assimilated. They feel couched in a cloud of exuberance – an

If you are headed to the Willamette Valley, you have many choices on where to stay - from luxury hotel resorts to small boutique properties to vineyard stays. After a recent visit to Oregon wine country, we've compiled a list of quintessential Pacific Northwest properties for your consideration, and all within proximity of the region's incredible winery offerings.  Atticus Hotel atticushotel.com The beautifully appointed, independently owned boutique property is located righ

Many people’s brains deteriorate as they age, becoming riddled with malfunctioning proteins that result in cell death and the loss of memory and cognition. But other people’s brains remain almost perfectly intact, their thinking as sharp at 80 as it was in their 50s. A paper published in the journal Nature provides a new potential explanation for this discrepancy, and it taps into one of the hottest debates in neuroscience: whether human brains can grow new neurons in adultho