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Memorable Oregon Wine EditorialsRichard Hopkins, the author of these editorials, co-founded the Oregon Wine Magazine with his wife Elaine Cohen in 1984. He spent most of his professional journalism career writing about Oregon Wine. His wife once stated that Hopkins “liked to get people upset”. It was his way of promoting positive change. Readers of these editorials will observe that Hopkins did indeed critique the wine industry and state regulatory authorities. As the old saying goes “he called ‘em as he saw ‘em!” He left it up to his readers to judge whether he was correct or not. This website’s author believes that today’s wine industry would be better off with a dose of Hopkins’ positive criticism and constructive Oregon wine journalism. We don’t see very much of this type of reporting anymore. This author has labeled Richard Hopkins’ editorials as historic. We may never see this style of wine journalism again. |
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