– OUR VINEYARDS –

Great wines are grown. Period. Without great vineyard sites and attentive, caring farmers there is no great wine. We look for and seek out vineyard sites that are farmed by the people who own them and who we have long term relationships with. Having managed and farmed vineyards in the Willamette Valley for 25 years ourselves we seek out growers who share a similar philosophy and ethos. We also try to find sites that are inherently different from one another and that have something captivating and compelling to express about where they are. All our vineyards are dry farmed (unirrigated) and either organically or sustainably farmed with the utmost care and precision.

SHEA VINEYARD

Yamhill-Carlton AVA ~ A Bonafide Oregon Grand Cru

The consistency of top bottlings from a who’s who list of producers that come out of Shea Vineyard year after year is a track record that is hard to beat. I’ve known Dick Shea and worked with Shea Vineyard since I first landed in the valley back in 2001 and under my own label since 2010. Dry farmed on thin marine sedimentary soils, Shea is known for its intensity, structure and balance. There is also an elegant side to Shea that can be captured when properly nurtured. We currently source from two blocks in Shea, both on its West hill. Block 25, which we’ve had since 2011 and is 100% Wadensvil clone and Block 20, a Pommard clone that we added in 2024.

WEBER VINEYARD

Dundee Hills AVA ~ The Magic of Old Vines

Planted in 1985 to Pommard Clone Pinot Noir on its own roots (No Rootstock). We’ve been working with the same block of Weber Vineyard since 2012. Weber is a rarity in that many of its peers planted in the same era, without the use of rootstocks, have since succumbed to phylloxera and been torn out. Planted in a Volcanic Jory soil, these deep rooting, dry farmed vines produce some of the most nuanced and elegant wines to be found in the valley. Owned by Vivian Weber and farmed by Vineyard Manager Andy Humphrey who I have worked with since I arrived in Oregon in 2001.

CHERRY GROVE VINEYARD

Tualatin Hills AVA ~ The New Old Frontier

Planted in 2000, we started working with Bob and Irene Van Steenberg of Cherry Grove Vineyard in 2021. Located in the Tualatin Hills in the Northwest corner of the Willamette Valley as you head into the coastal foothills. Marine sedimentary soils of the Melbourne series over fractured basalt. Dry farmed, on a south facing slope overlooking Patton Valley we were drawn to the site by its exceptional balance producing wines with intensity, structure and elegance. Bob Van Steenberg is one of the most meticulous and attentive farmers we know whose approach and attitude mirrors our own.