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Falset, Garnacha Rose, Montsant 2006
Castello di Bossi, Chianti Classico 2004
Domaine Chandon, Pinot Noir, La Riviere Sonoma 2006
Brazin, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi 2006
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2006
Casillero del Diablo, Cabernet 2007
Gentil Hugel, Alsace 2006
Mesoneros de Castilla, Ribero del Duero, Rosado 2008
Cor, Momentum 2007
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2006
Rubico, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2007
Gilstrap Brothers, Reserve Merlot 2003
Conundrum 2007
Chandler Reach, 36 Red
Santa Rita, Reserve Cabernet 2005
Marietta, Old Vine Red Lot 47
L'Ecole No. 41, Recess Red 2006
Dom Martinho, Red 2004
Beaulieu, Georges Latour 1994
Caymus, Cabernet 1995
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2005
Bergevin Lane, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2005
Savigny-les-Beaune, Les Lavieres 2003
David Hill, Reserve Merlot, Rogue Valley 2006
Educated Guess, Cabernet 2006
Maquis Lien, Red 2005
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2007
David Hill, Farmhouse White
Robert Mondavi Solaire, Cabernet 2005
Castello Monaci, Liante, Salice Salentino 2006
Ricardo Santos, Malbec 2006
Quinta da Espiga, Tinto 2006
Charles Smith, Holy Cow Merlot 2006
Charles Smith, Boom Boom Syrah 2006
Charles Smith, The Honorable Pinot Gris 2007
Santa Rita, Cabernet Reserva 2005
King Estate, Pinot Gris 2007
Gloria, Douro, Tinto 2002
Bogle, Petite Sirah Port, Clarksburg 2005
Cardwell Hill, Pinot Noir 2004
Silkwood, Red Duet Cabernet-Syrah 2004
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006, 2007
Osborne, Solaz 2004
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Reserva 2005
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill, Shiraz Cabernet 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2004
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills 2004
Hannah Nicole, Red 2004
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2005
Protocolo, Red 2005
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2006
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1996
Kirkland, Roogle Shiraz 2004
Garda, Classico Chiaretto
A to Z, Oregon Pinot Gris 2005
I Giusti & Zanza, Nemorino 2006
Treana, Marsanne-Viognier, Central Coast 2005
Fife, Syrah, "Stanford" 2000
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2005
Marques de Casa Concha, Cabernet 2005
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Thomas Leithner, Zweigelt 2004
Cain Cuvee NV 3
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Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2003
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Fife, Mendocino Syrah, "Stanford" 2000
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The Show, Cabernet 2005
Essencia Valdemar, Rioja Rose 2006
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Barefoot Chardonnay
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At this date last year: 13
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In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (11)
Note also that Kroger has a website at
http://www.johnkroger.com/
detailing his announcement plans over the next couple days.
There's one at 9am this morning at the World Trade Center. Then, he's performing a mild barnstorming tour through Eugene, Medford, Klamath Falls, and Bend today and tomorrow. Very savvy.
Posted by jud | September 20, 2007 7:58 AM
Both excellent candidates, IMHO. It will be unusual in this day and age to actually have a hard choice between two good candidates, instead of a "hold your nose" lesser of two evils choice.
Posted by Urban Planning Overlord | September 20, 2007 8:21 AM
Other than teaching at L&C since '04-05, does Kroger have any ties to this state? If not, that gives me a somewhat unsettled "carpetbag" feel.
Posted by Bronson | September 20, 2007 8:52 AM
Bronson,
Your test is not passable. Perhaps you'd feel better if he moved here 10 years earlier, but he was busy. I suppose the only way to dispel the "carpetbagger" feel you have is to note that, given his pedigree, he could have moved anywhere he wanted in this country, and he chose the great state of Oregon. I'm guessing it wasn't just for the prestige of teaching at Lewis and Clark, and I doubt he had his eye on the AG position when he came.
Also, Bronson, I believe your dates are wrong; Kroger won the teaching award from the 2004 graduating class, so he had to have been here before that. He started at L&C in 2002.
Posted by Jud | September 20, 2007 9:44 AM
Kroger is an impressive man. I'm totally behind him.
Posted by Dan DiCicco | September 20, 2007 11:25 AM
MacPherson gets bonus points from me for enduring the OIA-stacked crowd and Mr. Karlock at his town hall meeting on SB505 in February.
Posted by jimbo | September 20, 2007 12:55 PM
He must have been waiting for bar results before announcing: http://www.osbar.org/admissions/examresults_july2007.htm
Luckily he passed!
Posted by JLM | September 20, 2007 1:22 PM
No luck involved. Kroger could have written a better exam than he passed.
Posted by Jack Bog | September 20, 2007 1:31 PM
I agree (clarification: above comment was somewhat in jest). Some other former students and I were wondering if he even had to study...
Posted by JLM | September 20, 2007 1:49 PM
I, for one, would pay good money to see what he wrote on the crim law/crim pro essay from Day 1.
Posted by Jud | September 20, 2007 2:48 PM
I likely will vote for Kroger; my thinking is that he might be independent enough to ivestigate some high level legal racketeering, even if he found it started in an "untouchable" firm and extended right into the AG's office. While I doubt McPherson would/could be. He also has the experience that would permit him to understand more easily than most how racketeers operate.
Posted by Cynthia | September 20, 2007 9:23 PM