Oregon Pinot Noir. 42 of Oregon’s most vintners will create one-of-a-kind Pinot Noir cuvées to be
sold on Friday, November 10, 2017, in the Big Board Auction held in Ponzi Vineyards. On Saturday,
November 11, 2017, is the Dinner and Auction Gala in Domaine Serene in the Dundee Hills. All proceeds got
the the Tuality Health Foundation that offers care for Oregon’s vineyard and winery workers.
Winery Census Report on August 29, 2017. Case earnings have increased by 10% and sales revenue is up 12%.
2016 finished with $529 million. The amount of wineries increased by over 3 percent from 702 to 725 in
206. Acreage increased from 28,034 an upturn of over 8%, in 2015 to 30,435 in 2016. Pinot Noir
still accounts for the largest planted acreage in 64%. There was a 7% growth in sales,
with much of this rise do the premium wines. Oregon wines priced at $20-$25 a bottle climbed $60.3% according
to federal retail scanner data. Room earnings accounted using a 63,536 increase. The whole census report is available on the Oregon Wine Board website at
www.industry.oregonwine.org.
Buying Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley There are Tons of quality wine retailers in Portland,
bypasses the traffic jam in Dundee, you will see The Vintages Trailer Resort. This lodging option features 18 trailers, 9 Shasta reissues, and 4 Airstream Bambi’s. Each trailer has a set of bikes bath
comforts, comfortable beds, outdoor furniture, and a barbecue grill. A pool and spa are available during the
warmer months. The Resort is situated adjacent to Willamette Valley Wine Country RV Park in 16205 SE
Kreder Road in Dayton. Check it out at www.the-vintages.com.
Southern Oregon. In Southern Oregon, you can have your own winery for $6.6 to $10 million with Red Lily
Vineyards, Troon Vineyard, Agate Ridge Vineyard, and EdenVale Winery for sale in that price range. . In the
Willamette Valley, Ankeny and Eola Springs vineyards are for sale as is Elven Glade Winery in Gaston. This
summertime, Vintage Wine Estates bought the Firesteed Cellars wine manufacturer and Pacific Rim Winemakers, a
branch of Banfi Wines, purchased Firesteed’s winemnaking center and surrounding Flynn Vineyard. There are a
variety of confidential listings in Oregon too. When I was at this year’s IPNC, I rode
Peter Bouman, Oregon’s most well known Oregon vineyard property broker. He told me that a number of wineries
were for sale because the owners wanted to retire and their offspring did not want to take the business over.
Peter brokered the sale of Beran Vineyard and Winery (now Ruby that I visited and explained in this issue).
You can contact Peter at 503-625-2007 or visit his website at www.oregonvineyardproperty.com. Read Peter’s
blog including one entrance that shows the impressions of Oregon’s earliest settlers:
www.oregonvineyardproperty.com/oregon-wine-country-c1839/.
New Roadside Signs in Eola-Amity Hills AVA Illegible While traveling through the Eola-Amity
Oregon Vineyard & Winery Census Report Optimistic The Oregon Wine Board released its
But few from the Willamette Valley. Newberg’s Valley Wine Merchants, owned by Andrew Turner, who previously
worked in the Ponzi Wine Bar, offers 200+ Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs as well as 100+ half bottles and a
selection of Champagne and Burgundy wines. Visit the website at www.valleywinemerchants.com. Day Camp
is a brand new tasting room at Day Wines’ winemaking combined in Dundee. The tasting room and shop,
founded by Brianne Day, offers an outlet for wineries creating a vast array of wines, similar to The Carlton
Winemakers Studio. More than 30 wines from all Day Camp manufacturers are offered for sale each day. See
www.daywines.com.
Oregon Pinot Noir Oregon National Sales Rising Significantly
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The Oregon Pinot Noir Auction This event offers first access to the 2016 classic of
Oregon wines have made inroads into sales as well with wines being picked by the UK wholesaler
and importer ABS. Oregon’s biggest global market is Canada
Wine Production Facility In May, proprietors Ken and Grace Evenstad opened the dramatically
designed Club House & Tasting Room in Domaine Serene in the Dundee Hills. This venue will provide tastings, wine dinners, wine and food pairing adventures, and special occasions. A winemaking facility is
under construction that will be devoted to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir Blanc and wines. The opening is in 2018 using the amazing wine program’s spring to debut soon after. Additionally Domaine
Serene hired a winemaker, Michael Fay, who previously held that position in Goldeneye in the Anderson
Valley. To find out more, visit www.domaineserene.com.
Vintages Trailer Resort If you are driving in the Willamette Valley and take the road south that
Winemakers such as Eric Hamacher and Lynn Penner-Ash started their career in The Carlton Winemakers
Studio in Carlton, Oregon. With the 2017 harvest, fresh winemaking tenants are entering “The Studio,” such as
00 Wines, Native and WildAire. 00 Wines is owned by Portland lawyer Chris Hermann. He’s working with
consultant Pierre Millemann of Burgundy and is bringing new methods to the cellar such as removal of
berries from clusters by hand and the use of traditional fermentation vessels such as amphora. Dominique
Lafon’s daughter, Lea, is one of those winemakers producing Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Alex Marchesini, one of
the founders of the Portland bar and wine shop, Thelonious Wines, is the owner and managing director of
the new brand Native. Native will feature a number of different offbeat varieties all made with native yeast
fermentation such as a Pet Nat, Auxerrois Blanc, Dolcetto as well as an un-oaked Pinot Noir. WildAire wines
have been reviewed in the PinotFile previously. Recently, they have produced their wines in a facility at Beacon Hill and have now moved
to the Studio. They create Pinot Noir from Yates Conwill and Fairsing vineyards in Yamhill-Carlton and a Chardonnay from Open Claim Vineyard near Dallas. Ehren Jordan, the owner and
winemaker for Failla Vineyards is in his second year in the Studio. He has brought in three
fermenters, a egg and many different puncheons for aging. In total, 15 wineries are crafting wines in The
Carlton Winemakers Studio for classic 2017 such as Andrew Rich Wines, Asilda, Bachelder, Dukes Family
Vineyard, Élevée Winegrowers, Hamacher Wines, Lavinea, Lazy River, Megan Anne Cellars, Merrimen,
Quintet Cellars and Wahle Vineyards. The Carlton Winemakers Studio was set up in 2002 by winemakers
Eric Hamacher and Luisa Ponzi and Ned and Kristen Lumpkin. It had been the Northwest’s first alternating
proprietorship and winery built to LEED standards. Tasting of wines made at the Studio is available.
and wines may be purchased on the Studio website also. Visit www.winemakersstudio.com.
Hills in July, I noticed punched out metal roadside signs that indicated the location of wineries. The
problem is that the indications are illegible unless you get to read them and stop the car! This is
the signal directing cars to iOTA Cellars and Duke’s Family Vineyard. The top picture shows the signal from my vehicle.
The second picture shows a photograph I shot when I walked to. Whose idea was that?
New Winemaking Projects in The Carlton Winemakers Studio Many pioneering Oregon
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