The Portland tasting room of Fullerton Wines made news recently with adding chef Rob Grisham to lead the food pairings with wine for dinners on Thursday nights. 
The menus may change often (weekly – you can get a preview seemingly on their webpage for reservations), so consider this only an example from their opening week. My dinner included a horizontal wine pairing flight that highlighted five pinot noirs (they actually offer seven pinots from 2017 and different vineyards, so your vertical wine flight may vary), each from a different AVA.
Fullerton Wines’ wine portfolio focuses on Burgandian varietals and the terroir of Willamette Valley wines with pinot noir, pinot noir rosé, pinot gris, and chardonnay. This family owned business includes their Five FACES line (a nod to the five members of their family), but also in particular a Single Vineyards series highlighting single vineyards and different AVAs, mostly with sedimentary and/or volcanic soil. That makes the food and wine pairing not only delicious, but educational as well. As each wine is poured, I enjoyed hearing the family vineyards that the winemaker Alex Fullerton, sources each wine from, and hearing stories about each wine and vineyard that really connect you locally.
