Oregon Wine

Organic/Bio As usual, one taste and you'll think, Ah, so THIS is what Willamette Valley Pinot Gris is supposed to taste like! From an organically farmed vineyard south of Salem, it's fermented and aged 50/50 in stainless... Read More

Organic/Bio From a farmer who works his own way, a unique take on Pinot Gris - from a solera begun with the 2018 vintage and added to every year (except the 2020 smoke harvest). As Stephen writes, The core of Perpetual Album begins... Read More

Organic/Bio The wine formerly known by Stephen’s son’s name “Juel” now goes by his nickname, Little Bud. But it still tells the story of this wild vineyard in overview, combining fruit picked from all four... Read More

Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More

Organic/Bio There’s something joyfully incongruous about a bearded outdoors guy who wears flannel, farms his vineyard with horses, chickens, sheep, geese and (his own) children, and waxes on passionately about the quality... Read More

Organic/Bio In the past, Passiflora was the Antiquum Farm wine that made Willamette Valley Pinot Noir fans scratch their heads and mutter, Wait - what? There’s some of that in the 2021 edition, but just a touch more restrained,... Read More

Organic/Bio The edges of Antiquum Farm’s “Big Field” vineyard are kind of the far edge of what Pinot Noir can do. The winemaking is simple enough – fully de-stemmed fruit, open top fermenters, a bit of... Read More

Organic/Bio The edges of Antiquum Farm’s “Big Field” vineyard are kind of the far edge of what Pinot Noir can do. The winemaking is simple enough – fully de-stemmed fruit, open top fermenters, a bit of... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Ben Casteel just keeps cranking out great Chardonnay and Pinot from his family estate in the Eola Hills. As always, this is sleek and darkly fruited with just a touch more body/richness than usual. Delcious... Read More

Brian Marcy and Claire Carver make some of the most purely delicious wines in the Willamette Valley. This is a barrel selection from all 7 vineyards they work with, it’s a true portrait of the outstanding 2023 harvest. Whole... Read More

We're not sure why you'd start a Willamette Valley winery to make wines in the style of Friuli, Italy. But it works! This is a classic Friuli skin contact-style Friuli Pinot Blanc with crisp white orchard fruit, a steely/minerally... Read More

This 15 acre vineyard was planted in 2001 and purchased by Joe and Pat Campbell in 2009 where they built a home – and a clay tennis court. The east-facing Pommard and Dijon 115 vines give a terrific blend of rich red fruit... Read More

One of California's top Pinot houses reaches up to Oregon's Zena Crown vineyard for a Warrior Princess of a wine! Jeb Dunnuck captures it nicely in the 95 point rave, it’s a youthful ruby hue and is floral and ripe... Read More

The three Etzel brothers named their Oregon-based winery Coattails, a nod to how the reputation of their famous dad - Beaux Freres founder Mike Etzel - smoothed their path a bit. Their Horsetail wines are designed to deliver immediately... Read More

Lower ABV Named for Kelley's mom, this is classic Pinot Blanc, a varietal that remains far under-recognized for it's ability to give generousity of flavor match with outstanding energy and freshness. Fermentation in stell... Read More

Lower ABV The vines Jim Maresh planted on their own roots back in 1970 is today arguably the best, and certainly one of the most important, vineyards in the Dundee Hills. Jim’s grandson uses almost all the fruit for his... Read More

While hardly fruity, this is the most boisterous of Kelley's Pinots, almost gushing with blackberry nicely balanced by brilliant acids. Vinous captures it nicely in the 93 point write up: The 2023 Pinot Noir Mirabai mixes... Read More

Excellent value in right down the middle Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. The whole valley is represented here, with fruit from Cascade Foothills, Corvallis, Carlton, Amity and Laurelwood, all aged in old oak. Shows more fresh, crisp,... Read More

Owned by Archery Summit, Arcus is on Worden Hill Rd in the Dundee Hills near Maresh, Powell Hill, Weber, Clos Electrique and Le Pavillon. For years the vineyard name was kept off the label at the owners' request, so the sourcing... Read More

Organic/Bio As owner/winemaker Jim Anderson writes, “The Estate Vineyard, Old Vine bottling is the flagship wine of Patricia Green Cellars...These older vines move away from more common Ribbon Ridge black-fruited character... Read More

Patricia Green Cellars makes more wine from this premier Willamette Valley vineyard than anyone else. As Jim Anderson explains, Because we take a lot by both volume and diversity of blocks and clones and because we choose to bottle... Read More

One of Doug's favorite Patricia Green Pinots from a unique, steeply sloped, west-facing site that gives Pommard on volcanic soil at the top, Dijon 115 on marine sediments lower and a tiny bit of Mariafeld Clone from the transition... Read More

Unique among wines in the Patricia Green Cellar, this is a barrel selection - vs a single vineyard wine - that's made with extra lees contact and aged in 100% new French oak. In 2021, seven of 15 barrels came from the Estate... Read More

Organic/Bio For me, volcanic soil Pinot is always a unique blend of dark red fruit - raspberry, cherry - with dark, dusky, notes of smoke and toasted spice. In 2022 you find all of that but also a bigger sense of freshness and... Read More

Organic/Bio All Jim Anderson does is make great Pinot Noir - especially in this wine that draws on some of the best vineyards of the Willamette Valley to make the winery's entry-level bottling. As Wine Advocate says in the... Read More