Oregon Wine

Organic/Bio The most mind-blowing Pinot Gris from the slightly insane grazing-based grape grower Stephen Hagen. As Wine Enthusiast said of the 93 point Perpetua I last year, “It's complex and leesy, with pear and melon... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV As a staff, we love the wines coming from Antiquum Farm and this wine is no exception! Stephen's Pinot Gris can range in colors all on the same vine and sometimes even the same berries. The resulting... Read More

Organic/Bio Named for Stephen’s skateboarding and sheepherding son, Juel represents this unique winery as a whole. In 2022, it’s one six-ton fermenter filled with fruit picked from all four corners of the vineyard... 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 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 Ridiculously delicious and our only complaint here is that we couldn't get all we wanted. Brilliant ripeness and fruit bound up in almost steely minearlity and finishing long, ripe, mineral and mouthwatering.... Read More

Gewurztraminer is a tricky grape. Pick it too soon and you won't get the lovely rose petal and lychee flavors we love. Pick it too late and it can get oily, even sweet. In Elkton, Oregon, Brandborg nailed it, bringing in fruit... Read More

Lower ABV Austria's signature white grape Gruner Veltliner doesn't travel well - outside of a few examples from Alto Adige (part of Austria until WWI!), it tends to give wine that's either too lean or too fat. Turns... Read More

It's always a treat to get our hands on Willamette Valley Pinot that's all the way ready to drink - even better when the wine is as good as this! At five years from harvest, there's a nicely earthy tone to the ripe... Read More

Terrific Dundee Hills Pinot Noir that matches the earthy richness you expect from these volcanic Jory soils with remarkable freshness and verve. First rate stuff.

Lower ABV Riesling doesn’t do well everywhere in the Willamette Valley, but this bottle says clearly, “Ribbon Ridge has some promise!” On the marine sedimentary soils above the Dundee Hills, Elevee has captured... Read More

Organic/Bio Lower ABV Winemaker Erin Nucio started his wine exploration here in the DC area before taking a winding path towards working with Rus Raney at Evesham Wood. While making wine with Russ, he launched his own Haden Fig... Read More

Lots to talk about here, starting with the pretty absurd notion of a seven year-old Willamette Pinot Noir being a) the winery’s current release and b) selling for <$20. Willy Gianopulos has been growing Pinot on the Laurelwood... Read More

Kelley Fox's wines are all about focus, precision, deliniation, definition and cut. Which her lot of Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc takes to nicely. The crunchy peach, tangelo, green melon fruit gives the wine a core, and on that... Read More

Ken Wright has owned Canary Hill Vyd in the Eola Hills since 2006 and keeps almost all of it for himself. In 2019 and 2021, though, he allocated a little fruit to Kelley, just enough to make 151 cases of pure joy. It's a dark-fruited,... Read More

Tasting for a couple of hours with Kelley can leave one in a bit of a buzzed daze – not because of alcohol (we were spitting, honest!), but because topic after topic comes up, images are evoked and allowed to fade, and very... Read More

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 Arterberry... Read More

Although I suppose you could use it in a cocktail, this if vermouth to drink like wine, cool from the cellar or a short stay in the fridge and in a white wine glass. As Kelley’s collaborator on this project, Stephanie Sprinkle,... Read More

A vineyard that’s given Ken some his most exciting wines over the past few vintages. Ken owns and farms this marine sedimentary site with loving care. It’s not far from Savoya and Shea, but it often packs in even more... Read More

Always a favorite in Ken’s cellar, the Freedom Hills Pinot comes from a tiny slice (2.85 acres) of this well-respected vineyard lying between Eola Hills to the east and the Coastal Range to the west. A tad warmer than vineyards... Read More

Love the dark, smoky, intensity of wines grown on the volcanic Jory soils of the Dundee Hills? Well, then this is your Ken Wright because it delivers that rich depth for sure. The vineyard actually belongs to Ken’s son,... Read More

Ken’s signature wine and, arguably, Willamette Valley’s signature vineyard. Wine Advocate has suggested that Shea is the Willamette Valley’s one potential “superstar” vineyard and Ken makes the benchmark... Read More

Lower ABV From the Oregon side of the Columbia River, across from Walla Walla in the famed Rocks AVA, this is simply as delicious as New World Cabernet Franc can possibly be. At least for those of us who want CF to be both juicy... Read More

Corine Vyd (called Olenik through 2018) sits just down the hill from Lia’s and right beyond the boundary Ribbon Ridge in the Chehalem Mountain AVA. It's in the middle of a south-facing hillside with this block near the... Read More