Picture Perfect

By Greg Norton Years ago, I shared my plan to write about wine with a friend. “I envy you,” he replied, which surprised me since he rarely drank. “Wine only grows in beautiful places.” Northwest wine photographer Richard Duval has spent nearly two decades visiting and documenting some of those locales. One of his photos recently earned international recognition with a third-place prize at this year’s World Food Photography Awards, placing an Oregon vineyard among some of the world’s most beautiful places. STORIES BROUGHT TO LIFE Founded in the UK by Caroline Kenyon in 2011, the competition is one of the world's top photographic contests, receiving over 120,000 entries from more than 100 countries this year. Open to professional and amateur photographers, the awards have more than 30 categories, spanning images of food grown in the field to its role at religious festivals and family tables. According to Kenyon, “Our goal is to bring global food

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