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The Willamette Valley is Oregon’s oldest wine region. It contains over 700 wineries in 12 nested AVAs and produces two-thirds of the state’s wines. While it is best known for its Pinot Noirs, it also produces Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and Rieslings among others. With so many options, how does one decide which wineries to visit […]
COVID canceled our planned trip to Willamette Valley for the 2020 International Pinot Noir Celebration. While we don’t go every year, we had tickets for the 2020 festival. We had planned to spend time in the Willamette Valley to taste wines and restock our cellars of some of our favorites. Oh well, now we hope […]
Oregon graciously brought parts of its Wine Country to San Francisco in March 2020. The event showcased wines from some of the state’s primary wine regions. Over 50 wineries participated in pouring their wines to an appreciative audience. Samples of Oregon cheeses and charcuterie complemented the large, walk-around wine tasting. We have visited Oregon and […]
We love visiting the Willamette Valley wine region. Whenever we go, we end up buying a lot of wine. While we visited a number of wineries, four stood out don’t this trip: Wineries where we enjoyed virtually every wine we tasted. Among this rare breed were: The Four Graces. This winery, which we had …
Yamhill-Carlton is at the northern end of the Willamette Valley Oregon, while Eola-Amity Hills is at the southern end. Given the diversity in the Valley among these two AVAs, one might expect the wines from each to differ greatly, as do those from the contiguous Newberg and Dundee Hills AVAs. Surprisingly, while the soil types […]