In our effort to continue to reimagine what the Willa- mette Valley can achieve we have introduce a new white blend that brings together both the history of the valley’s viticulture heritage in Pinot blanc, the current space Chardonnay, and the future in
2022 brought us another opportunity to grow one of our favorite wines, affectionately named Orange Crush, for its delightfully crushable style. This was the first year worked with the Resplendor vineyard in the Yamhill Carlton AVA which is 35-year-old own
Sauvignon blanc is a variety that we feel shows strong promise in the future Willamette Valley wine narrative. A parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, and mate of Cabernet franc, it exhibits the same herbaceous and vegetal bell pepper compounds when not fully rip
This was the grafting of Cabernet franc that launched the planting of the other three clones and the 10% alternative (for the Willamette Valley) varieties plantings. This block was planted in 1990 to Pinot noir but the rocky Jory and Nekia basalt soil str
The Vitae Springs vineyard in the Willamette Valley’s south Salem hills is an isolated, high-elevation, old-vine vineyard planted in 1977. The own-rooted and dry-farmed site is surrounded by dense conifer forests and is one of the latest ripening vineyard