The Woodburn Tulip Festival is a classic Willamette Valley experience, with color that brings on smiles, and endless photo opportunities!Wildflower season in Oregon is nothing less of spectacular. For us, an Oregon winter feels like a new coloring book, beautiful...
Spring is a beautiful time of year in the Willamette Valley, and The Independence Hotel makes a perfect home base for exploring the Valley on two wheels. Sure, you might get a little rain, but in Oregon we've learned to appreciate petrichor (that's the unique, earthy...
Ryan Booth (left) and Gregory Laird (right) opened Parallel 45 in the Spring of 2020 and quickly became a favorite of locals, drawing from the region's rich history of hop farming and great beer.1. How did Parallel 45 Brewing come to be? Ryan Booth (RB): Greg and I...
With so many incredible wines in the Willamette Valley, sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. If you’re hoping to learn more about the region’s wines before your next trip to the Valley, look no further. We at The Independence love to connect you with the...
Left Coast Estate is consistently a favorite destination for our guests. Maybe it’s their gorgeous vineyard with sweeping views of the Valley, maybe it’s their sustainably produced and delicious wines, their wood fired pizza (one guest told us it was the best pizza...
The Willamette Valley might be famous for its wine, but we wouldn’t be able to show our faces in the Pacific Northwest if we didn’t also have top-notch beer and microbreweries to offer. In fact, the city of Independence was called “the hops capital of the world” from...
October is one of the most beautiful months in the Willamette Valley, and The Independence Hotel makes a perfect homebase for exploring the Valley on two wheels. With the leaves starting to change colors and fall breezes cooling off the hotter summer months, take...
Back in April 2020, when we are still at the beginning of distancing and quarantining, we held a dance video contest on our social media. We put together a playlist for everyone who needing to just "dance it out", we received video submissions and selected four...
Is there anythign better than wine tasting when summer transitions to fall? At The Independence Hotel, we are located in the Willamette Valley near the Eola-Amity Hills AVA and Van Duzer AVA, as well as several wineries on the Heart of Willamette Trail. It's the...
