Morning Lookout: Eugene vineyard returns to original family, name

Good Wednesday morning,

If you didn’t see Lookout PM yesterday, I wanted to apologize again for the flood of emails that hit your inbox Tuesday morning. There was an issue — which we have identified — that, for the second time in a month, caused everyone to receive every email we send. We not only addressed the problem, but put a workflow in place to keep it from happening a third time.

Thank you for sticking with us and again, I am sorry for spamming you.

In her weekly food feature, Taylor Goebel went to the former and current Hinman Vineyards. She spoke with the family that sold the winery in the 1990s, only to purchase it back (restoring the original name) in April, 33 years later.

Our Voter Guide today features Ashli Blow’s look at the contest between Eric Dziura and Alexi Miller for the at-large seat on the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) Board of Commissioners.

A very heavy play is being performed at the Very Little Theater. Annie Aguiar writes about “Keely and Du,” about a survivor of rape kidnapped by an extremist group wanting to force her to carry the pregnancy to term.

I miss the days when I only had to worry about four seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall. Living in New York, we didn’t worry about hurricane season or tornado season or, as we have here, wildfire season. Oregon officials held a doom and gloom preview of the latter this week, and spoiler: It promises to be a hot mess.

Stories you might have missed Tuesday …

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After 33 years, a Eugene family buys back their wine estate

By Taylor Goebel

This spring, Silvan Ridge Winery was sold back to the estate’s founding family and restored to its original name, Hinman Vineyards.

EWEB at-large seat: Eric Dziura and Alexi Miller

By Ashli Blow

Two engineers are competing for the at-large seat on EWEB’s Board of Commissioners as the utility faces rising demand, environmental pressures and infrastructure challenges, while an incumbent commissioner is running unopposed for another seat.