In a Salmon Street warehouse, up a flight of stairs and down a relatively nondescript hallway, lies Oregon winery Statera’s new tasting room, which opened on January 17. Its walls are relatively unmarked, save a mirror serving as the tasting room’s menu, advertising bottle prices for its wines. A few tables and chairs sit in the space, including a handful of bar seats staring out the window, overlooking the Stumptown roastery in Southeast Portland. But at the center of the space, hanging from the ceiling, is a gargantuan globe of stuffed animals, looming over the tasting counter and its visitors. “You know,” says co-owner and winemaker Luke Wylde, with
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