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6 / TEMPRANILLO TIME
This years Oregon Tempranillo Alliance
drew an overflow crowd for a weekend-
long celebration of Southern Oregons
favorite new wine varietal.
8 / DEEP FAMILY ROOTS
Today, at Girardet, Valley View, Weisinger
and Roxy Ann wineries, the second-
generation is focused on the future yet
determined to honor family tradition.

10 / UPPING THE BARRE 12 / NEW TASTING ROOMS

Creating a new, elegantly-designed series
of DANCIN wine labels reflects Dan and
Cindy Marca's passion for artistry, design
and excellence in the glass.
For your tasting pleasure, venture to four
newly-opened tasting rooms from Ashland Tasting Room at Schmidt Family Vineyards
to the Illinois Valley, all offering unique
winery experiences and delectable wines!
CONTENTS / SPRING 2017
From north to south and east to west, discover
our regions favorite tasting rooms and learn more
about the passionate people behind the labels!

REGIONAL MAPS 14-50 / WINERY DIRECTORY

14 / WINE COUNTRY CHEF
For Chef Rob Harvey, owner of Ashlands
iconic Beasys on the Creek and Harveys
Place restaurants, serving local wines is a
cornerstone of his success.
52 / AN INTERN IN ESPAA
When wine writer Kevin Breck interned at
a Spanish winery last summer, he learned
all about Tempranillo and even made a
few new friends in the process.
Rogue Valley..........................16 Rogue Valley..........................14-27
Upper Rogue..........................29 Upper Rogue..........................29-31
Jacksonville............................34 Jacksonville............................33-41
Applegate Valley....................42 Applegate Valley....................42-49
Umpqua Valley.......................50 Umpqua Valley.......................50
Southern Oregon....................50
54 / A GRAPE'S JOURNEY: DISTRIBUTION
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after its been bottled, labeled and boxed-up, weve got your answer!

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OUR CONTRIBUTORS
Retired Naval Officer MJ Daspit moved from San Diego, CA with
husband Gary Greksouk to Ashland in 2004, where she began
a second career as a writer. Daspits published works include
the pictorial history ROGUE VALLEY WINE, co-authored with
winemaker Eric Weisinger (Arcadia Publishing, 2011) and a
historical novel, LUCY LIED (Fireship Press, 2014).
With a 30-year career in marketing, Capiche owner Chris Cook
focuses on the regions growing wine industry. Combining
expertise in branding with her passion for entrepreneurship,
she helps smaller wineries find their audience. When not
gardening or hiking, youll probably find her in a tasting room
doing research.

Food and lifestyle writer Sarah Lemon gathers inspiration
from cooking, gardening and exploring all things epicurean in
her native Oregon. She frequently contributes articles to the
Mail Tribune newspaper, which also hosts her blog, The Whole
Dish. She has represented Southern Oregon as an ambassador
for Travel Oregon, and often serves as a judge for the regions
various culinary competitions and festivals.
After practicing law for 25 years, Kevin Breck decided to take
life in a different direction. Currently enrolled in the Viticulture
and Enology program at Southern Oregon Wine Institute, Kevin
hopes to finally put his love of wine to good use by becoming a
winemaker. Kevin is a freelance wine writer and writes the Eno-
Files wine column for the Mail Tribune.

For Steven Addington, photography has been a lifelong passion,
cultivated during his familys travels across the United States
and Europe. Specializing in capturing people and events, his
unique style and exceptional ability captures the essence of the
moment. Stevens work has been featured in many articles and
magazines from coast to coast.
Photographer, Jim Chamberlain built his first darkroom over
fifty years ago, simply for the fun of developing film! His
lifelong interest in electronics, computers and all things digital
served him well working in the research laboratories of Xerox
Corporation and as a Forensics Specialist at the National Fish and
Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, from where he
retired in 2012.

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 Tempranillo: The Talk of the Town
O
ver the weekend of January 20-22, the second-annual Oregon Tempranillo
Celebration was held in Ashland. The signature event of the Oregon
Tempranillo Alliance (OTA) kicked-off with a Friday evening Tempranillo/
tapas reception at Belle Fiore Winery, followed by a full day of seminars and three
analytical Tempranillo tastings on Saturday at the Ashland Hills Hotel. This years
event was expanded with the addition of a Public Tasting on Sunday afternoon.
The OTA, with a core membership of 26 Tempranillo growers, winemakers, and
industry associates, was started to promote the growing and sale of Tempranillo
grapes in Oregon and the production and sale of Tempranillo wine both in Oregon
and other markets. The Alliances 2017 Celebration attracted over 40 Oregon wine
industry attendees and a panel of three internationally-known wine experts.
Tempranillo refers to a wine grape and its red wine varietal produced principally
in the Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions of northern Spain. Tempranillo has the
fourth-largest planted acreage among wine grapes world-wide. From 2000 to 2010,
Tempranillo acreage expanded faster than any other variety.
The grape was introduced into California in the late nineteenth century. Earl
Jones, founder of Abacela Winery in the Umpqua Valley, pioneered Tempranillo
production in Oregon, planting his original four-acre vineyard in 1995. By 2014,
there were 57 Tempranillo producers in Oregon and planted area had expanded to
344 acres, producing a harvest of 839 tons and an economic impact of $9 million.
While the 2016 Celebration highlighted specific weather and soil conditions in
Oregon Tempranillo growing areas, compared to the Tempranillo regions of Spain,
the 2017 seminars focused on current industry practices associated with Oregon
Tempranillo in the vineyard, the winery and the cellar.
Nationally-renowned wine experts David Furer, Tim Hanni and Deborah Parker-
Wong tasted through 60 different Oregon Tempranillos and presided over three
rounds of analytical wine tastings. The tastings focused on:
differences in Tempranillos from six different Oregon viticultural areas
(Applegate Valley, Rogue Valley, Umpqua Valley, Willamette Valley, Columbia
Gorge and Walla Walla Valley)
impact of barrel selection, percentage of new oak and length of aging
impact of blending Tempranillo with other varietals including Grenache, Syrah,
Graciano, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot
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by MJ DASPIT
Sundays public tasting event expanded the outreach of the Celebration to the public.
OTA Board members Earl Jones, Les Martin of Red Lily Vineyards, Scott Steingraber
of Kriselle Cellars and Eric Weisinger of Weisinger Family Winery estimated the tasting
would attract about 100 patrons. But when all of those tickets were snapped up within
a few days of going on sale, they decided to up the number of tickets sold to 270. The
turn out and support pleasantly surprised us all, Weisinger said.
David Furer (Certified Wine Educator, Advanced Sommelier, and author of Wine
Places) reacted to the event by saying, I'm optimistic for Oregon's future with
Tempranillo. In viticultural terms, it's still early days, but the signs pointing to its
development for quality are strong. Critical to this is that the characteristics of the
variety are rarely 'charming' until a decade or so of harvests have been acquired.
Add to that there's no 'playbook' from which to learn to produce commercial
quality Tempranillo in North America, let alone in Oregon. The significance of the
conference to the variety's growth is crucial as it gives colleagues a forum at which
to learn from others and to share information amongst themselves."
The OTA Board plans to move the Celebration to Portland next year, followed by a
return to southern Oregon in 2019. Weisinger explains alternating the venue between
north and south is about promoting OREGON Tempranillo and is not focused on
the individual promotion of one region within Oregon over another. It is inclusive of
the entire state, and as the tide of Tempranillo's popularity rises, so shall we.
Founding Members of OTA:
Eric Weisinger of Weisinger
Family Winery, Les Martin
of Red Lily Vineyards, Scott
Steingraber of Kriselle
Cellars and Earl Jones of
Abacela Winery.
Serving Southern Oregons Wineries.
 Marc and Philippe Girardet

Mark and Mike Wisnovsky

LEGACY: DEEP FAMILY ROOTS by MJ DASPIT

Eric and John Weisinger

Jack and Chad Day

 The rapid expansion and rising reputation of the Southern Oregon wine industry may seem like an overnight success story, but
establishing a vineyard and winery takes a lot of resources, energy and timesometimes generations. In this first installment of Legacy,
Wine Scene tells the stories of four wineries through the prism of family and how gumption, dedication and passion, passed from fathers
to sons, lies at the root of businesses that are going strong and perhaps destined to be passed on again to sonsor daughters.
F
or generations, the Girardet family had been making wine to serve at their inn
in Yverdon, a small town outside of Lausanne, Switzerland. Philippe Girardet
had helped out in his uncles vineyard as a lad but decided on a career in
engineering. With a degree from a Swiss technical college, he immigrated to the US and
went to work at Cal Techs Jet Propulsion Lab. But Philippe returned to his roots in 1971
when he and wife Bonnie purchased land for a vineyard outside Tenmile, Oregon in the
Umpqua Valley. Four years later, the dry-farmed vines produced Girardets first vintage
and son Marc was born. Marc commented drily, My father says 1975 was a good year.
Marc grew up eating lots of grapes and having lots of vines to play in. While
helping with farming, winemaking and selling wine, he also picked up his fathers
engineering bent. He taught me how to fix cars, take things apart, how electricity
works. In the late 80s and early 90s, I became immersed in computers.
Marc decided the best way to get into programming was to enlist in the Air
Force. But when he reported for basic training, he found out that his Swiss-
American citizenship was disqualifying. I dont know whether it was fate or
destiny, but they sent me home and at that point I decided I didnt want to program
computers anyway. So in the summer of 1994, I decided to make the wine business
my career. Marc has been the official winemaker at Girardet since 1999 when he
felt he had enough experience under his belt to take over the operation.
Will there be a next generation at the helm of Girardet? Marc never realized
how much his little daughter Amelia was picking up while playing around the
tasting room, until one day she came to me and said, Daddy, everybody loves
the Baco. We need to plant more Baco. Thats Baco Noir, an estate varietal rarely
found in Southern Oregon. Shes only five, Marc says, so who knows what shell winemaker for a new century.
do with herself, but I love being able to give her the opportunity to be around the
business and to know its a part of our family history.
Valley View Winery has been owned and operated by the Wisnovsky family for forty
years. The family of founder Frank Wisnovsky kept the business alive in the wake of his
accidental death less than ten years after the earliest vineyard block was planted and the
winery was built. This tragedy hit the family as the two eldest children were tackling
college and the two younger were nearing high school age. Mark Wisnovsky, who runs
the business today with brother Mike, recalls, It was a huge shock. Owning a winery
wasnt my mothers dream necessarily, but she made a big decision to try to keep it
going long enough to where at least a few of us children would have the opportunity to
say yes or no to continuing in the business. From 1980 to 1985 we kept things moving
forward. Fortunately, we didnt owe anybody any money. No one was stupid enough to
loan us money. Literally it was a shoestring operation. We were still the only winery in
Jackson County. There was only Siskiyou over in Cave Junction. There were only 20-25
wineries in Oregon. It was still very difficult.
Eldest son Robert assumed control of the winery upon graduation from college
in 1985. Robert was soon joined by UC Davis graduate John Guerrero who took
over as Valley Views winemaker, a position Guerrero retains to this day. But Robert
wanted to move to San Francisco and work in the financial markets, so in 1990 he
handed over the reins to the next eldest son, Mark. When Robert left I was 26 and
it was a lot to cope with, Mark explains. It takes a while to realize youre the one
who has to make the decisions. We were the first second generation. So we were
always the kids, those kids down there. Its enough that we were rebels because
we werent doing Pinot Noir. We were doing all these other varieties and we were
pretty brash, outspokenbut we were young, we wanted to move things fast. We
were always the young people with the older winery.
The we refers to youngest brother Mike who joined Mark in the business in
1991 upon graduating from UCLA. Mike and Mark share a common business
outlook that springs from their early struggles as an anomaly among Southern
Oregon farms. If theres a philosophy, a driving force, Mark says, it comes from
the shoestring aspect that has always been an integral part of the business. That
philosophy stresses use of local materials, doing things efficiently, and above all,
making wine their neighbors want and will buy. That part of it is in our blood,
part of the DNA: be efficient, be affordable, because you never know whats going
to happen and because we started out really as the only winery in the area at a time
when nobody was drinking much wine.
When John Weisinger, founder of Weisinger Family Winery, considered putting
in vines on property he purchased in 1978, he talked to Frank Wisnovsky. He told
me he thought Gewrztraminer would be the perfect grape for our valley. I took his
advice and he sold me my first planting and those grapes are still in the ground out
in front of my home. Johns son Eric, 10-years-old at the time, remembers helping
put out 800-900 plants with younger sisters Sarah and Annie. I used to read
National Geographic, so during this monotonous job I wondered if what we were
doing might someday be a story worth writing about.
When Eric went to Germany after high school, his father came to visit and they
traveled for several weeks through Italy and Germany, looking at wineries. They
met the Zambelli family, winery equipment manufacturers, and talked wineries
over a four-hour lunch that featured a horsemeat dish. By the time Eric came
home from Europe that summer, his father had made a huge excavation in the
field where sheep had grazed. That was 1988 and the beginning of what would
become bonded winery 132.
Eric spent the next few years traveling and getting a college degree. He came
home for harvest every year and worked with winemaker Donna Devine. But
in 1995, after graduation, he came home for harvest and stayed on. One year
turned into two. In August of 97 my father had a serious back injury, so I had
to manage the harvest. I can recall being at the winery on a cordless telephone
saying, OK, Dad, this is whats happening, so what do I do next? Eric became
the de facto winemaker from that point on, though it wasnt until 2000 that the
official announcement came out. It made a better story, Eric explained, A new
The new century was also significant for the Parsons family. Under the
management of Jack Day, grandson of Reginald Parsons who bought Hillcrest
Orchard and began working the property in 1908, RoxyAnn Winery came into
being in 2001. Today Jack acts as CEO of the business with son Chad as general
manager. Chad represents the fourth generation to work the family farm.
Having retired from a career as a commercial real estate appraiser, Jack assumed
control of the familys vineyard venture in 2000. We were selling all our grapes
to Foris, Jack recalls, and one day I delivered the grapes there and I suggested
to Ted Gerber that we were planting an additional 15 acres and that he would be
getting more grapes. And he said, I cant handle any more because we have no more
capacity. Why dont you build a winery?
For Chad, who finished high school as the vineyard was getting started, a role
in the family wine venture wasnt on the radar. Like his father, he left the farm
and went into construction. In 2008 his father started putting the bug in my ear
about coming back down to Southern Oregon. Being 28 at the time, that wasnt
something I was interested in doing. But by the time Chad and his wife Oakley
started a family, the idea of joining Jack in the wine business started to make
sense. I got my MBA from Seattle University because I had the construction
and the facilities background, but I really didnt have the marketing and financial
knowledge I thought I needed in order to run a business such as this. Come 2012,
my first daughter was born at the end of July and about a month later we showed
up for the start of harvest.
Though Chad had never so much as snipped a bunch of grapes from a vine, he
dived into harvest, doing any jobs I could, just to get an idea of what was out there.
After harvest, I started to come more into the management role, learning the business
side of it. In 2013 we really made the transition to me taking over as general manager
of this company. Im the fourth generation working and running a business on this
property which is exciting, but there are sixty plus cousins that are Hillcrest Orchard
shareholders, so it makes the family dynamics interesting to say the least.
Like the varietals they produce, the stories of Southern Oregon wine families are
many and diverse, each one a fascinating glimpse into the rich history of the region.
See how the Legacy continues in our upcoming issues.
SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017 9
 DANCIN Raises the Barre with New Labels
by CHRIS COOK
Every vintage is an annual dance in harmony with nature and humanity, with vines and wines. It includes all the
partners that show up during the seasonbe it good or challengingperfect temperatures, freezes, adequate
precipitation, drought, hail, birds or even bears. Its time and place, captured in a bottle. ~Dan Marca

A ll it took was a thoughtful observation and candid comment from a

guest in late 2015 to get Dan Marca to completely upend the DANCIN
Vineyards label design he had used since his first vintage in 2010. And while the
original designbased on a thoughtful and thorough branding processhad
worked beautifully in the past, DANCINs wines had evolved and it was time for
the labels to catch up.
What was the observation? Well, it happened one day when Dan had been
in the tasting room with two guests visiting from Washington, DC and the Bay
Areaa restaurateur and a close friend. As he walked them through the winerys
array of Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, one commented frankly that the label
doesnt prepare me for the elegance thats in the bottle.
As Dan considered the splashy, colorful label, he agreed. I was happy to have
that feedback, Dan said. We are always talking about how to improvehow to
make the guest experience the best it can be.
Shortly following that tasting, Dan broached the subject of a label refresh with his
wife Cindy, who wasnt overly enthusiastic at first, but then
took the lead at certain times during the lengthy process.
Dan and I had weeks of conversations before moving
ahead. We pursued many options with several talented
people, and then things started to unfold and take shape
with an amazing team, and everything fell into place!
The original label design featured part of a watercolor
image of Dan and Cindy, his wife and partner, dancing. You
wouldnt know that at first glance. All that showed on the label
was a flourish of the bottom of Cindys long, red dress on a
gold and green background representing the vineyard floor.
A nod to the owners, the name DANCIN was prominent in
blocks of red (DAN) and green (CIN) to illustrateas Dan
notesthat he and Cindy are polar opposites. He claims hes a red Type A born in New
York City and Cindys a green Type Z from Southern California.
In the back of his mind, Dan says he had been concerned that the colors were
possibly too autumny. So he was ready for a change.
With wine names like Pas de Chat, Pas de Deux, Chass, Adagio and Ballerina,
and the comment that the label didnt prepare the consumer for the elegance of the
wine, the design team honed in on an image of a ballet dancer with a wine dress.
The idea was fanciful and met Dans criteria: authentic, elegant and unique.
The process to go from a pretty good label to one that is exceptional was time
consuming and required hours of conceptualization, photography, graphic design
and finessing each element of the design. If theres one thing you can count on Dan
for, its to understand the purpose of every action he takesfrom his wines to his
tasting room, with tableside service to the design of the new label series.
The color of the wine dress is consistent with the color palette of the wine in the
bottle. Its printed with a textured spot varnish that makes it look wet. The dancers
movement matches the spirit of the wine. Looking at the Syrah label, its clear that
the wine will be bold in its elegance due to the texture and thickness of the Syrah
skinsmuch more so than the Pinots and Chardonnays, and therefore is named
Danseur, meaning a male ballet dancer. The new labels assert that the wines
are primarily named after movements within ballet, a form of dance wherein
dedication, discipline and balance are in submission to the grace and beauty of the
final performance.
The passion of the dancer matches Dan and Cindys passion for DANCIN wines
and the hospitality-focused destination winery they have created. The desire to
delight customers runs deep. Whether you are enjoying our wine at our winery, at
a restaurant or at home, we wanted the bottle and corresponding label to become
part of the dining experience, Dan explains. Its about delighting your senses, as
you savor the moments in time.

One wine stands out from the rest: Tribute, a 2014 Barbera, a recent Gold
Medal recipient at the 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, crafted
specifically as a tribute to a visit Dan took with his family to his dads (and
103-year-old grandmothers) hometown in Italy four decades ago, which
became a strong inspiration for the tasting room and service-style at DANCIN.

An insiders guide to the packaging:

The bottles are all-genuine Italian or French glass because its important to Dan to stay true to the varietals hes producing.
On each label, the dancer is either touching the ground or has a shadow on the ground, which represents the connection between
the wine and the earth, capturing the sense of place and the transformation of the activities in the vineyard and its corresponding
terroir into wine through the celebration of the wine dress. The seven dots on the capsule represent the seven distinct Pinot Noir
clones planted on the estate. Also on the capsule, youll find DANCINs signature phrase, Dance like nobodys watching.
The name DANCIN comes from combining the names of owners Dan and Cindy Marca. The name makes sense on more
than one level, Dan says, because Every vintage is an annual dance in harmony with nature and humanity, with vines and
wines. It includes all the partners that show up during the seasonbe it good or challengingperfect temperatures,
freezes, adequate precipitation, drought, hail, birds or even bears. Its time and place, captured in a bottle.

SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017 11

 NEW PLACES TO TASTE by CHRIS COOK
Announcing four must-visit tasting rooms that define the essence of unique
A
s the Southern Oregon AVA steadily gains recognition for quality wines, the
pace of development has been speeding up. A whopping 56 percent of all
Southern Oregon tasting rooms have been open less than 5 years, with untold
others currently under construction or in their conceptual phase.
Thats impressive when you compare that statistic to the percent of new tasting
rooms in the last 5 years in the Columbia Gorge35 percent; and the Willamette
Valley28 percent.
Our regions newest tasting room will open this May in Ashlands Upper
Emigrant Creek Valley. Irvine & Roberts Family Vineyards owners Dionne and
Doug Irvine, and Kelly and Duane Roberts (Dougs sister and brother-in-law) look
forward to sharing an unparalleled tasting experience. In fact, Kelly and Duane
have been in the hospitality business for years as owners of The Mission Inn Hotel
& Spa, the iconic AAA Four-Diamond hotel in Riverside, California.
In this Northwest-inspired tasting room amidst the 28-acre vineyard, there will
be wine pairing chef demonstrations hosted in the kitchen and winery dinners
featuring locally-renowned chefs at the farm-style tables. Guests will have a choice
of enjoying numerous bottlings of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Ros at the tasting
bar or in comfy seating by the fireplace. The multitude of windows will offer
expansive views of the vineyards and winery. In warmer weather, the glass wall to
the veranda will open to plenty of outdoor space to enjoy the vineyard setting.
With the new winery located in the hillside above the tasting room, the owners
hope guests will get a stronger sense of the connection of the land to the wine. The
winery will feature a private cellar for wine club tasting, dinners and tours.
We are excited to tell our story, Doug exclaims. We have something unique bar, there is plenty of additional seating and a private tasting room.
that we look forward to sharingfrom the 250-million-year-old soils to our vines
planted in 2007 and 2012 to the end product in the glass. Our vision has always
been to be the best in the world.
IRVINE & ROBERTS FAMILY VINEYARDS
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While we will be offering flights with bitesfood and wine pairingswe are
making the wine and the vineyard the primary focus, Dionne says. We want
to create a warm, welcoming place where people can relax and feel a part of this
genuine wine experience. We say, Welcome home. Relax. Join us.
Moving on from the hills of Ashland to the foothills of Talent, we find the
second-newest tasting room in Southern Oregon. Pebblestone Cellars began
operations in 2004 with owners Pat and Dick Ellis selling wine off the back deck of
their home. They opened their first tasting room in 2010renting the 380-square-
foot little red house adjacent to their vineyards.
Collecting many prestigious awards for their wines, the Ellises have earned a
reputation for quality wines and warm hospitality. In recent competitions, they
bagged Best in Class for their 2014 Viognier in last years San Francisco Chronicle
Wine Competition and this year Double Gold for their 2012 Tempranillo.
Word of the quality of their wines and the charming venue spread quickly.
Driven by increasing demand, the Ellises began design of a new tasting room on
the south end of their property, never imagining that it would take four years to
come to fruition. Through determination and perseverance, they completed the
project late last year.
Pebblestones spacious new tasting room is set amidst a newly-planted portion
of the vineyard andfrom the outsideappears to be an old barn from pioneer
times. Opening the large knotty alder doors, you see that this is no ordinary barn.
The tasting room gleams with massive beams, tall knotty cedar ceilings, oak plank
flooring and wrought iron chandeliers. In addition to the large dark granite tasting
Exit the south side to a large covered porch seating 40. Broad mountain vistas,
including views of Mt. Ashland and Wagner Butte, provide the perfect backdrop for
guests enjoying live music on the weekends.
PEBBLESTONE CELLARS
more on page 26

SCHULTZ WINES
more on page 47
We wanted our tasting room to fit the Oregon countryside, Dick said. The
interior was inspired by pictures and buildings in Jacksonville built in the late
1800s. We tried to create the finished look and hand-crafted feel of a turn-of-the-
century saloon. The facility has a refined elegance that matches the qualities we
strive for in our wines.
We are flexible on many things, but we are unwavering in our desire to provide
our guests with the best possible wine experience, Pat says. With years experience
owning a travel agency, Pat is a great asset in managing the tasting room. Stop by
and say helloyoull frequently find both her and Dick behind the bar.
Make the trip to the beautiful Applegate Valley and youll find Greg and Debbie
Schultzs renovated 1940s farmhouse tasting room on their 60-acre Glory Oaks
Vineyard and Farm. Everything in the tasting room is new except for the corner
fireplace that Debbie painted white and the beautiful wide-board fir floors that had
been hidden by orange shag carpet and linoleum. The bumped-up ceiling provides
an open, airy feel and the clean, white walls show off black and white photography
labels that tell the story of each wine. For example, the first label was for Homeward
Chardonnay, a tip of the hat to Gregs return to Oregon (his birthplace) from
Louisiana in 2010. We had taken many vacations up and down the West coast and
Oregon had this pull. We find its beauty to be unmatched. And we love that Southern
Oregon is able to grow so many varietals so well, Greg explained.
The Schultzes established Schultz Wines in Southern Oregon in 2010 and in 2014
began developing their Applegate property. Their small-lot wines are made from
premium fruit sourced from established local growers although they are planting
vines with 2016 marking their first harvest.
Theres a good chance that youll find the Schultzes working in the tasting room
during the weekend, and in the vineyards during the week. Its oftentimes a two-
person operation. We like being farmers, Greg says. And we like to be able to talk
with all our guests. We want the tasting room to feel like a comfortable farmstead
where you can make yourself at home.
We wanted our guests to enjoy the beautiful setting so we situated the tasting
bar to have a view of the vineyard and Slagle Creek, Debbie explained. We also
encourage picnics on our deck. Were a very friendly, laid back tasting room.
AUGUSTINO ESTATE
& VINEYARD
more on page 49
If youre looking for fun and adventure, hop over to Redwood Highway Route
199 and head to Augustino Estate & Vineyarda treehouse tasting room
that opened in January. Along the way you will pass long-established Illinois
Valley wineries Deer Creek Vineyards and Foris Vineyards & Winery. Add
their newly-acquired Bridgeview Vineyards & Winery located in the nearby
Applegate Valley, and you could make a day of it.
Of the new tasting treehouse, owners Reggie Boltz and Debbie Spencer call it a
treeloon. Its a treehouse that is designed in the style of an old-fashioned saloon,
Reggie smiles. From the Rockin R Ranch brand on the large entry staircase to
the swinging saloon doors, horse saddle stools and cowhide rugs, the place is fun,
welcoming and writ largelike Reggie and Debbies hospitality.
In keeping with our Italian tradition, Reggie says, we want people to come as
friends and leave as family. It happens all the time and we love that about our place.
(Reggie was born an Augustino and took his stepfathers last name at a young age.)
At 1,500 square feet, were told this is the largest treehouse in the country.
It is built around nine fir trees, Debbie said. We chose to build it on fir trees
because they are not susceptible to disease and beetlesand Mother Nature put
them in the perfect formation!
Featured on The Treehouse Guys, a nationally-aired TV show, the treehouse
tasting room overlooks the Siskiyou Mountains on one side and the rushing Illinois
River on the other. People love to come and picnic on the beach by the river,
Debbie says. In the summer, we will be having barbeque parties and a new pizza
oven. Its a great place for a party, corporate retreat or reunion.
For those who wish to spend the night, there are plans to put some cabins on
the property. With themes like sportsman and cattleman, the cabins will be
high-end and well-appointed.
As we look at the new tasting roomsin Ashland, Talent, the Applegate and
Illinois Valleys, each has its own personality. And while these new tasting rooms
couldnt be more different, two things are certain: youll be welcomed warmly
most likely by an ownerand youll find the wines delectable!
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perating an Ashland fine-dining fixture for more than two decades, Rob Harvey
has good reason to stay the course.
A key component to our success in the service industry has been a strong
and consistent foundation of quality service, he says. Trends in food and wine
come and go, but a guest's desire to feel sincerely appreciated, never changes.
Although this philosophy ensures that food menus change infrequently, it doesnt
hold sway over wine selections at either Beasys on the Creek or Harveys newer,
namesake venture on Ashland Plaza. Both establishments have promoted Southern
Oregon wines as the region has risen in prominence.
Its so much about a story, says Harvey of acquainting customers with new wines.
The tale took more than a decade to unfold at Beasys, where diners long ordered
varietals ubiquitous to California and Washington, says Harvey. In the early 2000s,
he and wife Anny, who oversees the restaurants wine lists, education and training,
noticed that colleagues and competitors around town offered virtually the same
listsdriven largely by representatives for Californias biggest vintners.
Everybody wanted a chardonnay and a merlot, recalls Harvey, a 43-year-old
Ashland native. Everybody had em, and we did, too.
By eliminating the California giants and introducing boutique wines of our
Since1996
region, we began forcing some things people were unfamiliar with.
Now, guestsvisitors and locals alikeask whats grown and produced in
the hills outside of town, the Applegate Valley and the Upper Rogue area, says
Harvey. A locally-focused, smaller wine list looms large at Harveys Place, opened
Seafood, Steaks & Pasta in 2014. Around the corner from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus, the
restaurant serves fast-casual fare that draws heavy foot traffic through its East
Main Street doors, says Harvey.
541-488-5009 The pre-theater rush among its primary considerations, Harveys Place emphasizes
wines by the glass to accompany hearty appetizers that can substitute as entrees, as
well as seasonal specials. An eye-catching chalkboard highlights a different Southern
Oregon winery each month with reduced prices on both single servings and bottles.
Quady North of Jacksonville, Kriselle Cellars of Sams Valley and Irvine & Roberts
Family Vineyards of Ashland all have gained exposure at Harveys Place.
Glass wine pours are incredibly popular over here, says Harvey. We want more
flavors; we want to taste more things.
Diners can taste Oregons famed Dungeness crab as a cocktail or Pacific Rim crab
cakes at Beasys, or perched atop a salad of mixed greens, mango and avocado at
Harveys Place. In any iteration, the crabs distinct flavor is elevated, says Harvey, with
Quady North Pistoleta, a blend of viognier, marsanne, roussanne and grenache blanc.
Another Quady varietal, syrah stands up to the savor of Harveys baby-back
ribs, served either as an a la carte starter or an entre with choice of sides. Harveys
mainstay burger, assembled with cremini mushrooms and Jarlsberg cheese on a
pretzel bun, plays off myriad notes of fruit and spice in Abacela tempranillo, says
Harvey. Rich razor-clam chowder, he says, contrasts with Irvines crisp chardonnay.
Looking for a food scene, says Harvey, visitors and locals need look no farther than
Harveys Place or Beasys on the Creek to sample the wine scene of Southern Oregon.
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BELLE FIORE WINERY

ROGUE VALLEY
We feel so fortunate to be living this
amazing Southern Oregon lifestyle!

BELLE FIORE WINERY is a place of

unparalleled elegance. A classical French
chateau with state-of-the-art winery, the
Italianate Wine Pavilion surrounded by
vineyards on the slopes above Emigrant
CreekBelle Fiores landscaping, architecture
and dcor are nothing short of eye-popping.
Belle Fiore offers a wide selection of
thoughtfully-crafted wines. Their talented
winemaking team has won numerous medals
for many wines including Best in Class for
Pinot Noir and Best of Show for their 2012
Numinos Bordeaux blend, as well as recently-
awarded gold medals for Cabernet Sauvignon
and Teroldego. They currently make 8,000 cases
of artisanal wines a year from the estates fifteen Justin Donovan Broker, GRI
different varietals. Cell 541-890-6673 541-482-0044 ext 109
Wine aficionados will not want to miss Belle Justin.AshlandHomes@gmail.com
Belle Fiore Winery Fiores Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhone vintages
100 Belle Fiore Lane or such unusual gems as Montepulciano, Michaela Donovan Broker, GRI
Ashland OR 97520 Teroldego, Verdejo, and Caprettone. 541-482-0044 ext 113
541-552-4900 In addition to wines of exceptional quality, Michaela.AshlandHomes@gmail.com
bellefiorewine.com Belle Fiore offers live music Wednesday
through Sunday, wine-food pairings, special
Hours:* events, art exhibits, and exclusive winemaker
dinners. Of interest to local artists and art We are Justin and Michaela Donovan,
Wednesday-Sunday, noon-8pm real estate brokers with Ashland Homes Real
lovers, the Artist Series Annual Wine Label
Competition opens in January, providing Estate, here in beautiful Southern Oregon.
*Seasonal hours subject to change.
Southern Oregon artists an opportunity to With well over 25 years of combined real estate
Please see website for details. create a label for Belle Fiores Belle Arte label. experience, we continue to work hard on your behalf,
For those seeking the perfect venue for a striving for excellence and overall client satisfaction.
private party, wedding or event, theres no more
Please give us a call so we can put our experience
sumptuous or welcoming spot! Belle Fiore is an
to work for you.
extraordinary, must-see gem in the Rogue Valley!

Office Website: www.Ashland-Homes.com

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 ELIANA WINES
ROGUE VALLEY
ELIANA WINES is the label of Brian and
Carien Jordaan. Brian, a one-time commercial
grower of roses, adapted his soft-handed
horticultural technique to his wine grapes.
Since 2008, Brian and his family have tended
Belle Vista Vineyard in the Pompadour
Bluff area east of Ashland planted to Merlot,
Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The vines, now nearly twenty years-old, have
yielded exquisite fruit under Jordaans care.
Eliana Wines
158 Gaerky Creek Road Since 2011, Jordaan has added Tempranillo
to his wine list of exquisite Bordeaux varietals
Ashland OR 97520 and blends. From Thistlecroft Vineyard, a
541-690-4350 close neighbor to Belle Vista, the Tempranillo
elianawines.com is a lush mlange of aromas and flavors
featuring ripe strawberry and dark cherry
Hours: March-October, notes. Made in very limited lots, Eliana wines
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, reflect a unique terroir, earning gold at the
noon-5:00pm 2017 San Francisco Chronicle and 2016
Oregon Wine Experience competitions.
Varietals: The best way to try Eliana is to stop by the
Bordeaux Blend tasting room, where Brian and Carien love
Cabernet Franc sharing their elegant wines with visitors. The
intimate indoor wine bar offers cozy warmth
Cabernet Sauvignon
while the outdoor seating offers incomparable
Merlot vistas of the vineyard with the Siskiyou
Tempranillo Mountains and Pilot Rock in the distance.
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ENOTECA WINE TASTING & BISTRO
ENOTECA is EdenVale Winerys second tasting
room, located in the historic Granite Building
in the center of Ashlands bustling Plaza
scene. The building is currently undergoing
renovations with all businesses open during
normal hours.
The friendly staff and award-winning wines
await you in a comfortable and quiet get-away
nook. The warm and casual atmosphere is
the perfect setting to taste EdenVales many
Rogue Valley wines and explore the vineyards
of Southern Oregon in your glass. Edenvale
produces wines that are handcraftedbarrel- and
bottle-agedusing sustainable methods, while
supporting local families and farmers in the
Rogue Valley. We also produce organic hard pear
cider from heritage trees on our estate facility.
Enoteca Wine Tasting & Bistro Enoteca offers light-fare menu items such as
17 North Main Street cheese boards and spreadables. The friendly
Ashland OR 97520 staff can also help you find the perfect
541-482-3377 restaurant for lunch or dinner, help map-out
edenvalleyorchards.com your tour of local wineries or just engage
in good conversation. Enoteca also hosts
Hours: colorful local musicians on 1st Friday nights,
community classes and more. As a member of
Monday-Thursday, 1-7pm the Ashland Gallery Association, they curate
Friday & Saturday, 1-8pm an ever-changing array of work by local artists.
Sunday, 1-6pm Offering one of the best people watching views
on the Plaza, the upstairs sitting room is a great
Varietals: place to host a meeting, study, or just spend time
Cabernet Sauvignon relaxing with a glass of wine in the perfect chair!
Chardonnay
Grenache
Malbec
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
GRIZZLY PEAK WINERY

ROGUE VALLEY
Beautiful Historic Ashland Bed & Breakfast Built in 1883
Luxurious Accommodations & Spacious Common Areas
Delicious Gourmet Breakfasts & Afternoon Cookies
Special Occasion, Romance & eatre Packages Plus Wine Tastings

GRIZZLY PEAK WINERY is nestled on a

protected mountain slope just minutes from
downtown Ashland. The high-elevation site
produces top-quality wine grapes and provides
visitors incomparable vistas and an intimate
tasting room experience. Year-round, the
estate grounds feature magnificent gardens and (Located Downtown & Only 2 Blocks from Oregon Shakespeare Festival)
established oak trees, offering the perfect place
153 Oak St, Ashland OR
to take a leisurely stroll. Established in 1998
800.808.9749
by Al and Virginia Silbowitz, wine offerings www.McCallHouse.com
have grown to include Pinot Noir, Merlot,
Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc,
Tempranillo, Syrah, Pinot Gris, Viognier,
Grizzly Peak Winery Chardonnay and several blends.
1600 E Nevada Street At the 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine
Ashland OR 97520 Competition, the 2015 Pinot Gris took Double
541-482-5700 Gold, the 2015 Viognier took Gold, and the
grizzlypeakwinery.com 2013 took a Silver medal. Other recent awards
include Gold for the 2014 Viognier and Silver
Hours: for the 2013 Syrah at Savor Northwest, Double
April thru October, Gold for the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon at the
Cascadia Wine Competition and Double Gold
Thursday-Sunday, noon-4pm and Best of Class at the Womens International
Wine Competition for the 2013 Malbec.
November thru March,
Saturday & Sunday, noon-4pm Al and Virginias wine-savvy daughter, Naomi
Fuerte, presides in the tasting room, the perfect
Varietals: spot for sipping wines with friends. For those
planning events, Grizzly Peak offers several
Cab Franc indoor and outdoor event spaces, suitable for
Cabernet Sauvignon fundraisers, cultural events, private parties,
Chardonnay weddings and more! Check the website for
Malbec details and availability. No matter the time of
Marsanne year, Grizzly Peak is the perfect spot!
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Roussanne
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier

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 IRVINE & ROBERTS FAMILY VINEYARDS WEISINGER FAMILY WINERY
ROGUE VALLEY

IRVINE & ROBERTS FAMILY VINEYARDS WEISINGER FAMILY WINERY is the

Irvine & Roberts Family Vineyards
1614 Emigrant Creek Road
Ashland OR 97520
541-482-9383
irvinerobertsvineyards.com
Hours: Opening in May 2017
Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm
and by appointment
Varietals:
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
is a small family winery owned by Doug and
Dionne Irvine and Kelly & Duane Roberts that
practices sustainable farming and produces
ultra-premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in
this special setting five minutes from the heart
of downtown Ashland.
The 2,200 foot elevation vineyard is blessed
with distinctive soils, climate, and an
east-facing slope that yields wines with
extraordinary balance, flavor and elegance.
The Irvine and Roberts families believe great
wines come from great soil, so they strive to be
conscientious stewards of the land, protecting
vineyard soils through practices that are
certified sustainable by LIVE.
Managing Director, Michael Donovan will be
leading the team when they open their new
tasting room and winery in the upper Emigrant
Creek Valley in May 2017.
Overlooking the expansive vineyards, the new
tasting room will feature exquisite examples of
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with focused food
pairings in a relaxed atmosphere. With a stunning
tasting bar, fireplace, cozy chairs and couches, you
will feel right at home. Ample outdoor seating
and floor-to-ceiling windows will welcome guests
with breathtaking vineyard views while tasting
world-class wine from the Rogue Valley.
first wine tasting spot northbound visitors
entering Oregon on Interstate 5 encounter
after descending the Siskiyou Summitand
there could be no better beginning to Rogue
Valley wine country. With a list including cool
climate, dry Gewrztraminer and Pinot Noir
along with Bordeaux, Spanish and Rhne
varietals, Weisinger offers wine tourists a
taste of the regions diversity at their very first
stop. The list now includes a Double-Gold
medal winning 2015 Chardonnay and 2013
Weisinger Family Winery Estate Pinot Noir from the 2016 Wine Press
3150 Siskiyou Boulevard Northwest Platinum Competition.
Ashland OR 97520 Weisinger wines are made by second-generation
541-488-5989 winemaker Eric Weisinger, whose resum
weisingers.com includes experience in Californias Russian
River, New Zealand and Australia. Besides
Hours: award-winning wines, visitors will enjoy relaxing
October-April, on the tasting room deck with a nosh plate,
taking in beautiful views of the estate vineyard
Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-5pm
and the rugged Cascade Range in the distance.
Monday & Tuesday by
In support of the community each month, the
Appointment
work of a local artist is displayed in the tasting
room. The winery also offers lodging at their
May-September,
newly-renovated vineyard cottage. Weisinger
Daily, 11am-6pm Family Winery may be the first stop on your
winery itinerary, but its the last one youll forget.
Wines:
Bordeaux Blends
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Dry Gewurztraminer
Malbec
Pinot Noir
Ros
Sauvignon Blanc
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier

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LEDGER DAVID CELLARS

ROGUE VALLEY
7110 Highway 66, Ashland
LEDGER DAVID CELLARS Central Point
$
1,195,000
venue, dubbed "Le Petit Tasting Room," is
spectacularly located between the world- Top Realtor in
renowned Rogue Creamery and equally- Top 1% Award Over
U.S. by Real
famous Lillie Belle Chocolates. Amid these for $51 Million Sold
culinary stars, Ledger David shines brightly, Trends, Wall
John L. Scott in 2016
having recently burnished its reputation for Street Journal
premium estate wines by winning six medals
for six wines entered in the 2017 San Francisco Top 100 Most Best of the Best
John L. Scott in the
Ledger David Cellars
Chronicle Wine Competition. Award winners Influential
included gold medals for their Sauvignon Blanc STAR Award Mail Tribune
245 N Front Street Realtors
and very limited production Petit Verdot &
Central Point OR 97502 silver medals for their Sangiovese, Tempranillo
541-664-2218 and Orions Nebula red blend.
ledgerdavid.com Wine Press Northwest notes that Ledger David
is gaining a reputation as a top Rogue Valley
Hours: Producer, and Ledger David looks forward
Daily, noon-5pm to following through on that reputation with
a spring line-up in Le Petit Tasting Room that
Varietals: highlights both silver & gold stars from the
Cabernet Franc Chronicle awards and rising stars: Sublimus,
a Super-Tuscan style wine and the release of
Chardonnay
the 2014 Cabernet Franctheir most award-
Chenin Blanc winning varietal wine.
Malbec Ledger David is a 9th generation Southern
Malvasia Bianca Oregon family. Their estate fruit comes from
Petit Verdot the Varner-Traul Vineyard planted in 2007
Sangiovese to Chenin Blanc, Malvasia Bianca, Viognier,
Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet
Franc, Syrah, Malbec, Sangiovese, Tempranillo
Syrah and Petit Verdot.
Tempranillo
With so many stellar selections on its list, its
Viognier no wonder Ledger Davids label was designed
around an artists conception of three stars of
Orions belt.
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 2HAWK VINEYARD & WINERY
ROGUE VALLEY

2HAWK owners Ross and Jen Allen say raising

the bar on wine quality is equally important as
creating a memorable guest experience. They
are doing both. Ross brings 30+ years farming
experience to his vineyard management using
sustainable practices and a blend of tradition
and technology to maximize fruit quality. Jens
expertisecustomer service and business
managementensures that each visitor enters
as a guest, leaves as a friend, and returns
regularly to experience the exceptional estate
tasting room and awe-inspiring views of
Mt. Ashland and the Rogue Valley.
The Allens vision has resulted in 24 medals in
wine competitions in 2016 and the tasting room
Enjoy the areas LARGEST being voted as one of the best places to visit in
the Rogue Valley. A new, state-of-the-art winery
Southern Oregon Wine List is bringing 2Hawks winemaking into precise
focus to define it as an industry leader.
Offering Wine Flights. Banquet space now available for Experience 2Hawks rustic charm, engaging
private parties. 2Hawk Vineyard & Winery staff and the variety of small plate options that
2335 N Phoenix Road add a gourmand touch to any wine tasting. Sit
by the outdoor fire pit, play bocce or simply
Medford OR 97504 enjoy a fine wine. Wine makes every moment an
541-779-WINE occasion. Take yours to new heights at 2Hawk.
2hawkwinery.com
Hours:
Daily, 1-7pm
Elements Tapas Bar & Lounge is Medfords
Varietals:
first tapas bar,Cabernet
and our Franc
philosophy is really
quite simple: Cabernet Sauvignon
take the best local ingredients,
Chardonnay
make wonderful food, and pair it with a
Grenache
great drink. Malbec
Pinot Noir
Located on the corner of FRONT and Sauvignon Blanc
MAIN Streets in OldTown Medford. Tempranillo
Viognier
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EDENVALE WINERY

ROGUE VALLEY
EDENVALE WINERY is the Rogue Valleys
most unique winery and destination facility,
just off Highway 99 between Ashland and
Jacksonville. The winery is located on the
oldest commercial orchard in Oregon, with
breathtaking views of the Siskiyou Mountains
and surrounded by orchards and vineyards.
EdenVale Winery The Eden Valley Orchards property takes you
back to an era of gracious hospitality with the
2310 Voorhies Road
on-site 1890s Voorhies Mansion and formal
Medford OR 97501 gardens, complimented by heritage pear trees
541-512-2955 x2 and a demonstration vineyard. The estate is
edenvalleyorchards.com the perfect place to taste barrel- and bottle-
aged wines, handcrafted by winemaker Ashley
Hours: Campanella. Her 2008 Tempranillo was recently
Sunday-Thursday, 11am-6pm awarded Double-Gold at the 2016 Oregon Wine
Experience! And, at the 2016 San Francisco
Friday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
Chronicle Wine Competition, her 2008 Syrah
Varietals: won Double-Gold along with Silver for her 2015
Midsummer Cuvee and 2014 Dry Ros.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay Using its pear-producing acreage, EdenVale
introduced a new line of hard pear cider,
Grenache produced in their winemaking facilities and
Malbec available for tasting in the historic Carriage
Merlot House tasting room this season.
Pinot Gris EdenVale features the Rogue Valleys most
Pinot Noir prestigious indoor and outdoor public and
Syrah private event spaces, the perfect venue for
private parties, weddings and celebrations. With
Tempranillo
beautiful park-like grounds, spring and summer
Viognier are the perfect time to enjoy a picnic and an
array of music festivals, symphony concerts and
weekly dance and dining activities.
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 JAXON VINEYARDS ROXYANN WINERY
ROGUE VALLEY

JAXON VINEYARDS embodies the spirit of
the Rogue Valleypremium boutique wines,
nurtured vines, exceptional hospitality and
spectacular views of the Rogue Valley. The
alfresco tasting terrace is open the first and
third weekends (Saturdays and Sundays from
11am-4pm) during the warm season, May
through September. Along with your wine
Jaxon Vineyards tasting or flight, enjoy artful small plates or
5601 Hughes Road picnic items and gourmet fare from popular,
local food trucks.
Medford OR 97504
541-512-1514 Jamie and Katherine McCleary purchased the
property as an historical pear orchard in 2008
jaxonvineyards.com and transformed it into a classic, New-World
vineyard producing critically-acclaimed wines.
Hours:
To bring out the best of their Fern Valley fruit,
First and Third weekends
the McClearys enlisted winemaker Rob Folin
May-September,
to craft elegant and balanced wines that have
Saturday & Sunday, 11am-4pm garnered JAXON multiple 90+ ratings and gold
and by appointment. medals, both regional and nationally.
JAXON reflects a passion for fine wine, family,
May 6&7, 20&21
friends and the bounty of Southern Oregons
June 3&4, 17&18 produce. The 15 acre property showcases 8
July 1&2, 15&16 classic varietals but also highlights the diversity
August 5&6, 19&20 of fruit that can be grown in the Rogue Valleys
September 2&3, 16&17 wonderful climate. In the park-like setting,
enjoy a game of horseshoes or bocce ball, relax
October Harvest party TBA beneath a vine-covered pergola, walk the vines
or stroll garden paths, plucking a taste of the
Varietals:
ripening raspberries, figs or other fruit you may
Cabernet Franc encounter along the way.
Chardonnay
Grenache
Malbec
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
Pinot Noir
Proprietary Blends
Ross
ROXYANN WINERY was originally the pear
growing and packing operation known as
Hillcrest Orchard. But Jack Day, grandson of
the Seattle businessman who became owner
and manager of Hillcrest in 1908, had other
ideas. Day planted wine grapes on 20 acres of
the south-facing slope of RoxyAnn Peak where
shallow clay soils are perfect for Bordeaux
varietals. With the first harvest in 2001,
RoxyAnn Winery was born.
Today the RoxyAnn estate vineyard runs to 70
acres from which the winery produces 15,000
cases of award-winning Claret, Pinot Gris,
Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon,
Cabernet Franc, Tempranillo, Viognier, Syrah,
RoxyAnn Winery
Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. Recently, their
3283 Hillcrest Road 2012 Claret was awarded Double-Gold at the
Medford OR 97504 2016 Oregon Wine Experience! Many of the
541-776-2315 original Hillcrest Orchard buildings, added
roxyann.com to the National Register of Historic Places in
1984, are still used by the winery. Visitors will
enjoy the warm, old-fashioned atmosphere
Hours:
of the tasting room featuring premium
Monday-Thursday, noon-7pm
estate wines and gourmet items. The quaint
Friday,11am-9pm setting notwithstanding, RoxyAnn adheres
Saturday & Sunday, 11am-7pm to enlightened sustainable farming practices
and employs state-of-the-art methods in wine
Varietals: production, supporting preservation of the
Cabernet Franc natural surroundings while ensuring the finest
Cabernet Sauvignon fruit and superior wines. The tasting room is
open seven days a week.
Chardonnay
Claret
Malbec
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Sauvignon Blanc
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier

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 PEBBLESTONE CELLARS
ROGUE VALLEY
PEBBLESTONE CELLARS is entering a new
phase, as the oldest vines on the Ellis Vineyards
estate approach twenty years of age. A new
logo, consisting of an old vine planted in the
rocky soils of an ancient alluvial fan, reflects
the mature character of the vineyard. It also
marks the evolution of the enterprise Dick and
Pat Ellis began when they started producing
estate wines in 2004. By 2006, those wines
were on the market as Pebblestone Cellars and
the Ellises were holding tastings on their back
Pebblestone Cellars porch. Next came the opening of the cottage
tasting room on Camp Baker Road in 2010.
New Tasting Room
1670 Pioneer Road In December, 2016, their spacious new Tasting
Room on Pioneer Road was completed. It is
Talent OR 97540
situated on the south end of the property where
541-512-1655
visitors may enjoy views of Wagner Butte and
pebblestonecellars.wine Mount Ashland. The vineyard plantings have
expanded over the last three years to now
Hours: include Malbec, Albarino and Grenache.
April-November,
Amid the changes, what has remained constant
Daily except Tuesdays, noon-5pm is the superior quality of Pebblestone wines.
For over ten years, they have produced well-
December, see website balanced, aromatic whites and structured red
wines of distinction. Recent accolades include
January-March,
Best of Show awards for their Viognier at the
Weekends, noon-5pm 2013, 2015 and 2016 Oregon Wine Experience.
And, at the San Francisco Wine Competition,
Varietals: they were awarded Best of Class for Viognier in
Albarino 2016 and Double Gold for Tempranillo in 2017.
Cab Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Grenache Ros
Malbec
Melange-Bordeaux Blend
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
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STONERIVER VINEYARD
STONERIVER VINEYARD is in the heart of
the Bear Creek Valley on historic Brookbank
Orchards, one of Oregons earliest-registered
farms. The property has a long history, dating
back to the early 1900s, of producing some
of the valleys most exceptional and mouth-
watering fruit. StoneRiver Vineyard is located
in a beautiful countryside setting mid-way
between Ashland and Medford on the west side
of I-5. Take Talent Exit 21 and follow the signs.
Step into our tasting room and you will
immediately feel the warmth of Old-World
StoneRiver Vineyard
charm infused with a unique sense of being
2178 Pioneer Road
at home. Our tasting room is housed in a
Talent OR 97540 converted wood barn, which for most of the
541-864-9234 last century, was used as the Pioneer Orchards
stonerivervineyard.com country store. It has a casual atmosphere that is
second-to-none in the valley. Dont just come
Hours: for the wine, we also have a vintage, free-to-play
juke box, awesome board games, a player piano,
May-October,
and even a shuffleboard!
Wednesday-Monday, Noon-6pm
StoneRiver Vineyard has an amazing variety
Closed Tuesday
of wines for every palate. Come experience
November-April, breathtaking scenery, friendly people and
Saturday & Sunday, noon-5pm wicked good wine. See you soon!
Varietals:
Chardonnay
Pinot Gris
Grenache
Syrah
Viognier
Roussanne
Petite Sirah
Cab Franc
Pinot Noir
Tempranillo
Crimson Blend
Amethyst Blend
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TRIUM is a Latin term meaning, of the three,
reflective of the three classic Bordeaux varietals:
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet
Franc. These comprise the core varietals
for Triums flagship wine, Growers Cuve.
The Trium label, with its reproduction of a
sixteenth-century woodcut depicting a vineyard
worker, speaks to the hard work in the vineyard
that pays off in the glass and to the owners
dedication and uncompromising standards
from planting to bottling.
Since 2003, the Lotspeich family has selected
part of the harvest from their 17-acre Pheasant
Vineyard for Trium wines, a boutique label
of no more than one thousand cases per year.
Triums flagship vintage is Growers Cuve, a
proprietary Bordeaux blend that has regularly
garnered awards since its first bottling.
Visitors to the estate tasting room, a pleasant Winemaking Cold Storage Wine Lab Services
nook perched at the top of the hill overlooking
the vines, will likely meet Laura Lotspeich. A NAUMES CRUSH & FERMENTATION is Southern Oregons newest,
typical member of a wine-producing family, state-of-the-art custom crush winemaking facility, available to vinify
Laura is part agricultural worker and part your quality wines your customers will love. Your grapes deserve the
Trium connoisseur, equally at home driving a tractor
7112 Rapp Lane or describing the palate notes of a vintage in the
best bring them to Naumes Crush and let us do the rest.
Talent OR 97540 glass. It only takes one sip of Trium to discover Naumes Crush offers extensive cold storage for your grapes. If youre
541-535-4015 how well this family does it all. ready to pick but the winery isnt ready due to resources/labor, weather
triumwines.com conditions, or any other reason, cold storage can be an invaluable
solution. Naumes provides the flexibility to get your fruit off the vines,
Hours: process fruit cold, at your convenience and to consolidate multiple days
April 1-October 30th, of picking for a shipment... whether the winery is ready or not!
Thursday-Monday, 11am-5:30pm
Naumes Crush also offers comprehensive laboratory services for
Varietals: analyzing your vineyard, juice, must and wine samples. Receive
Cabernet Franc accurate results without the delay of shipping, at much lower costs
Cabernet Sauvignon than leading wine labs.
Merlot For more details, email info@naumescf.com or call 541-608-1721
Pinot Gris and visit www.naumescf.com for testimonials from satisfied customers.
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the Kinderman Family in 2002 with visions of
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a passion for wine. Located on 126 acres
featuring an iconic 105-year-old farmhouse
tasting room, the family carefully selected a
southern-facing slope to plant 30 acres to 17
varietals. With spectacular mountain views,
Agate Ridge hosts a variety of fun events during
Agate Ridge Vineyard the year including the music series, Rockin at
1098 Nick Young Road the Ridge, Bonfire Fridays, vineyard dinners,
Eagle Point OR 97524 plein air art classes, and celebrations. See the
541-830-3050 website for a full list of winery events.
agateridgevineyard.com Taking pride in producing exclusively-estate
wines, winemaker Matt Cates alongside the
Hours: family has total creative control from vine to
Friday, Saturday & Sunday wine. The unique microclimate and volcanic
soils provide the foundation for the caliber of
11am-5pm, through April fruit that allows Agate Ridge to have produced
Daily, noon-6pm highly-esteemed, award-winning wine for over
May-October a decade. Several wines that recently medaled
at the 2015 San Francisco Chronicle Wine
Varietals: Competition include a 2012 Viognier (Double
Cabernet Sauvignon Gold), 2013 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc (Gold)
Malbec and a 2010 Black Sticky Dessert Wine.
Petite Sirah
Pinot Noir
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Syrah

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Viognier

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DEL RIO VINEYARDS
DEL RIO VINEYARDS is both a place deeply
rooted in history and a winery reflecting the
latest in viticulture and enology. The tasting
room was built in 1864 and served for many
years as the Rock Point Stage Hotel. The parcel
of land that comprises one of the largest wine-
growing operations in the Rogue Valley was a
payment to the original owner for his service
in the Rogue Indian Wars. The big red building
displaying the Del Rio name that today houses
the winery began as the fruit packinghouse of
Del Rio Orchards.
Del Rios estate Cabernet Sauvignon,
Chardonnay, Malbec, Merlot, Muscat, Pinot
Gris, Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Viognier reflect
the time-honored traditions of Old World
winemaking blended with New World
innovation by winemaker Jean-Michel
Del Rio Vineyards Jussiaume. At the recent 2017 San Francisco
Chronicle Wine Competition, the 2015 Pinot
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Gris received a Double Gold medal and the NV
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Jolee Ros took a Gold medal.
541-855-2062
2017 is shaping up to be an exciting year at
delriovineyards.com
Del Rio Vineyards. With spring, comes new
endeavors from the planting of 160 acres on the
Hours:
new Birdseye property to launching an elegant
Daily, 11am-5pm new look. The first wine to dawn the new label
is the 2016 Estate-Grown Grenache Ros! In
Varietals: May, join the celebration of Oregon wine with
Cabernet Franc weekly music at the tasting room and a locavore
Cabernet Sauvignon dinner on May 20. And, on Friday, June 16, the
Chardonnay highly-popular summer concert series begins!
Claret
Malbec
Merlot
Muscat
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Syrah
Viognier
KRISELLE CELLARS
UPPER ROGUE
KRISELLE CELLARS is all about inspiration.
The 30-acre vineyard and tasting room are
sited on a south-facing slope overlooking the
ranchland between the Upper Table Rock
Plateau and the Rogue River.
The vineyard is comprised of alluvial soils
studded with round river stones that inspire the
wine label with its embossed silver wine bottle
emerging from the soil, expressing Kriselle
Cellars dedication to the land.
The tasting room crowning the hill and
overlooking the vineyard is in Grand Lodge-
style and features a soaring roofline and
breathtaking views. A great-room fireplace and
outdoor fire-pit keep the atmosphere warm and
Kriselle Cellars inviting any time of year.
12956 Modoc Road
Kriselle Cellars' owner and winemaker, Scott
White City OR 97503 Steingraber, produces award-winning varietals
541-830-VINO (8466) and distinctive blends including Cabernet
krisellecellars.com Sauvignon, Tempranillo, Malbec, Sauvignon
Blanc, Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, and Viognier.
Spring Hours:
Be sure and explore Kriselle Cellars' award-
Beginning April 1st, winning winestheir 2013 Ditani recently
Daily, 11am-5:30pm, with some received a Double Gold medal at the Northwest
Wine Competition and the 2015 Viognier took
extended evening hours
Double Gold at the Oregon Wine Awards and
Check our website or Facebook San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
page for updates Kriselle Cellars welcomes you to enjoy a
sampling of their food and wine pairing
Varietals: options. Cheese plates are available with your
Cabernet Franc wine experience daily, and on Saturdays and
Cabernet Sauvignon Sundays, you can savor one of the wood-fired
pizzas, crafted to complement their wines.
Malbec
Red Blends (Di'tani and S/CS)
Ros
Sangiovese
Sauvignon Blanc
Tempranillo
Viognier
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238 Central Point OR 97502

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CAPRICE VINEYARDS
Caprice Vineyards
970 Old Stage Road
Central Point OR 97502
541-499-0449
capricevineyards.com
Hours:
March-December,
Thursday-Monday, noon-5pm
Closed Tuesday & Wednesday
Live music series May-September
every Saturday & Sunday, 2-5pm
Varietals:
Blush
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Chardonnay Reserve
Claret
Gewurztraminer
Port
Viognier
Walker Creek Farm
$899,000
670 Old Stage Road, Jacksonville
5 BR | 3.5 BA | 3614 SF | 2.56 Irrig Acs
CAPRICE VINEYARDS AND ALPACA FARM
became home to Jim and Jeanne Davidian and
their alpacas in 2004 when they moved their
Riverside, California ranching operation to a
property outside Jacksonville that happened to
include a 7-acre vineyard. Since bottling their
first 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, offerings have
expanded to include Chardonnay, Viognier,
Gewurztraminer and Claretall made in
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small quantities with special attention to the
character of estate fruit produced by vines
nearly thirty years old.
Inside the tasting room or outside on the patio,
visitors may enjoy Caprice wines accompanied
by snack plates of assorted meats, cheeses,
olives and crackers. Youll also want to browse
the boutique featuring a selection of unique
and beautiful alpaca fiber sweaters, hats, gloves, Jacksonville Country Farmhouse
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scarves and hand-spun yarnsgreat for holiday
shopping. For hands-on fabric craft enthusiasts,
Caprice offers fiber arts classes and displays
of spinning, weaving, knitting and felting. See 728 Old Stage Rd, Jacksonville
the website for details. Into fall, a weekly live 3 BR | 4 BA | 3456 SF | 3.38 Irrig Acres
music series, "Music Under the Arbor," offers-
up talented, local musicians performing under
Caprices vine-covered arbor.
And of course, animal lovers will want to visit
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DAISY CREEK VINEYARD

DAISY CREEK VINEYARD owners Russ and lan guest suites & gallery
Margaret Lyon came to Jacksonville in 1994
looking for a place similar to the Northern pure panache!
Rhone Valleys famous Cte Rotie, (roasted
slope) the perfect place to grow Syrah and
Viognier. On a 23-acre tract where fortune- {541} 899 8000
seekers once panned Daisy Creek for gold, 245 west main street, jacksonville
the Lyons planted a couple of acres of vines. (one block to britt)
Thanks in large part to the mineral-laden soils

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washed down from the Siskiyou Mountains by elanguestsuites.com
the creek, and in larger part to the hard work
of the couple tending the vines, the fruit theyre
growing turned-out to be goodreally good.
Today the vineyard occupies over half of
Daisy Creek Vineyard
the property and produces eight wine grape
varietals that include Viognier, Marsanne, Fine dining
675 Shafer Lane
Jacksonville OR 97530
Roussanne, Riesling white wines, and Malbec,
Syrah, Merlot and Petit Verdot. in the heart of
541-899-8329
daisycreekwine.com
Virtually all the single vintage varietals have
won medals at prestigious competitions
wine country
including the San Francisco Chronicle
Hours: Wine Competition, Sunriver Sunfest, Savor
May-October, Northwest, Greatest of the Grape and the
Thursday-Sunday, noon-5pm Oregon Wine Experience.
November-April, Closed When the tasting room re-opens in early May
for the season, the Lyons are delighted to offer
Varietals: visitors a tasting and might even point-out
Whites: the location of the remains of a slurry mine, a
reminder of the old-timers who came seeking
Double Play Blend gold. Most of them never found any. Margaret
Marsanne and Russ certainly did.
Riesling
Roussanne
Triple Play Blend
Viognier
Reds:
Lyon Red Blend
Malbec
Merlot
Gogis Restaurant
Petit Verdot Dinner~Wednesday-Sunday 5-9p
Sunday Brunch~10a-1p 235 W Main Street, Jacksonville
Reservations: 541-899-8699 www.gogisrestaurant.com

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 DANCIN VINEYARDS & WINERY

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OPEN DAILY Within a year of their storybook meeting
in 1995, Dan and Cindy (DANCIN) began
researching wine and viticulture at UC Davis.
Twelve years later, they discovered a perfect plot of
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DANCIN Vineyards & Winery
4477 South Stage Road
Medford OR 97501
541-245-1133
dancinvineyards.com
Hours:
October-April:
Thursday-Sunday, noon-7pm
May-September:
Thursday-Sunday, noon-8pm
Or by appointment
Varietals:
The perfect end to a day Chardonnay
in the Applegate Valley Barbera
Pinot Noir
525 Bigham Knoll Drive, Jacksonville
www.theschoolhaus.com Port
541.899.1000 Syrah
Oregon, just outside of the gold rush community
of Jacksonville. With its northwest facing slope,
it would become the perfect terroir for growing
Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a sense of place.
Planted to seven distinct clones of Pinot Noir
and four different clones of Chardonnay,
the vineyards are meticulously maintained,
making every effort to achieve vine balance.
At the point of perfect ripeness, each cluster
is hand-harvested and sorted, first in the
vineyard, and then twice more on the crush
pad. Their limited-production, exquisite Pinot
Noirs, Chardonnays and other varietals are
hand-crafted in their gravity-flow winery,
using minimalist, old-world techniques that
complement the practices in the vineyard.
Situated just minutes from Ashland, Medford
and Jacksonville, the Tasting Room is the
perfect setting to drink in the views of the Table
Rocks, Mt McLoughlin and the Rogue Valley
while savoring award-winning, estate-grown
wines along with artisan wood-fired pizzas and
much more all served tableside!

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 QUADY NORTH
Pony Espresso Caf
The perfect place to begin your
wine country adventure.

Breakfast and lunch all day, everyday.

Perfect picnic: wraps, sandwiches, soups, salads. QUADY NORTHs Jacksonville tasting room is
Fresh, from scratch cooking and baked goods. located in a charming brick building, reckoned
Draft beer, kombucha, local wines, great coffee. by some to be the old telephone exchange, at
the corner of 5th and California Streets. The
Beautifully remodeled deck seating. modest premises belie the big wines inside.
Convenient drive-thru pick up.
Quady North is the name of Herb Quadys
Also in Ashland. Applegate Valley wine venture, a scion of his
parents Fresno area Quady Winery. Quady
545 N. 5th St. | Jacksonville Open everyday until 5pm 541-899-3757
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North is known for big, bold Bordeaux and

www.ponyespressojville.com Rhone varietals. After working as Assistant
Winemaker at the California Central Coast
Bonny Doon Vineyard, Quady came to Oregon
to found his own brand, convinced that the
Excellence Quady North
truly-compelling wines were being made from
grapes grown in cooler areas. In 2005, the

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with two in the Rogue Valley, and the list of
varietals has expanded to include Grenache,
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publications such as Vinous, Wine Advocate,
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SOUTH STAGE CELLARS
South Stage Cellars
125 South Third Street
Jacksonville OR 97530
541-899-9120
southstagecellars.com
Spring/Summer Hours:
Open 7 days a week.
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Sunday, 1-7pm
Wed, Fri, Sat, Live Music, 1-8pm
Wednesday Wine & Dine, 6-8pm
Saturday Sip 'n Supper, 6-8pm
Some of our 28 Varietals:
Albario
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Malbec
Petit Sirah
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Sangiovese
Sauv Blanc
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
SOUTH STAGE CELLARS is housed in a
charming, historic building with a magical,
expansive, shaded wine garden, making the
perfect place to enjoy a dazzling array of
fine wines made by a number of outstanding
Oregon winemakers. Don and Traute Moore of
Jacksonville Company
Quail Run Vineyards are among the pioneers Where style meets elegance.
of Southern Oregons grape industry. Over 25
years ago, they introduced many new varieties
JACKSONVILLE
155 West California Street Jacksonville
of wine grapes from around the world while www.jacksonvillecompany.com
their vineyards increased to include 18 different
sites throughout the Rogue Valley.
Second generation, son and owner, Michael
Moore, now manages the vineyard operations.
He continues to expand and improve Quail
Run Vineyards through numerous viticultural
experiments and innovations, providing
sustainably-grown LIVE certified grapes
for their estate label and over 30 wineries
throughout Oregon.
The South Stage Cellars label offers 28
varieties of award-winning wines. Labels from
other Oregon wineries are also available on-
An Expansive Selection
site, all made exclusively from Quail Run fruit.
The wonderful variety of wine flavors can be
accompanied by gourmet cheese, sausage or
smoked salmon plates, available daily. SSC offers
twice-a-week dinners, live music and unique
wine education programs throughout the year.
Sharing a bottle of wine with friends
and family is truly one of lifes simple
Whatever your pleasure, youll find the tasting
room staff warm and well-informed, the ambience pleasures. At Rays Food Place we have
informal and friendly, and the wines incomparable. an expansive wine selection which
includes high quality, hand-selected
local and regional wines. Explore our
stunning variety of wines today!
Locations in Oregon and Northern California www.gorays.com
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where agriculture
meets artistry

Join us for our Spring

Uncorked Barrel Tour
Sunday, May 21 - 11am to 5pm
Enjoy 18 wineries, appetizers, tastings and fun at this
self-paced wine tour event. Tickets are $49 each and
include a commemorative Wine Trail wine glass.Visit
our website for tickets and more information.

Distinctive from land to glass.

From lush valley floors to steep, terraced hillsides, vineyards are planted

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on all kinds of topography in countless wine regions around the world.
While wine country is always picturesque, few settings are as strikingly
beautiful as the Applegate Valley in Southern Oregon. In what Sunset
Magazine called Wine country the way it should be, here youll
find a group of 18 unique wineries producing a diverse array of
outstanding wines.

Plan your trip @ www.applegatewinetrail.com

 DEVITT WINERY
DEVITT WINERY began as the logical answer
to a sticky problem. In 2003, Jim Devitt had
harvested a bumper crop of grapes from his
vineyard; the only fly in the ointment was there
was no home for his grapes. Having owned
and operated Pope Valley Winery in the Napa
Valley during the 1970s and '80s, the solution
was to build a winery and return to the wine
business. So Devitt Winery in the Applegate
Valley was born.
Today the vineyard that originally consisted
of Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet
Sauvignon has flourished to further include,
Pinot Noir, Tempranillo, Syrah, and Viognier.
Recently, Jims grandson Brendon Butler took
over winemaking duties, insuring that a new
generation continues in the family footsteps of
quality winemaking that Jim began.
At Devitt Winery there is no pretension, or
frills. Visitors will find a fine wine experience
that harkens back to the days of the small
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wine producers. For the Devitt family, its
Devitt Winery & Vineyards about growing exceptional fruit and making
extraordinary wine and having a sense of
11412 Hwy 238
humor in the bargain. So dont be surprised
Jacksonville OR 97530 that the wine list includes a Rosato called,
541-899-7511 The Butler Did It, a dessert wine dubbed,
devittwinery.com When Pigs Fly, Le Petit Oink or in tribute to a
deceased pet, Aggie Dog Red. Despite names
Hours: that are occasionally silly, the Devitt standard
Daily, noon-5pm for wines of exceptional quality is quite
seriousbut also fun.
Varietals:
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
44 SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017
LONGSWORD VINEYARD
LongSword Vineyard
8555 Hwy 238
Jacksonville OR 97530
541-899-1746
LongSwordVineyard.com
Hours:
Daily, noon-5pm
May 13th Spring Kite Festival
June 17-24 Rat Race National
Paragliding Competition
Varietals:
Chardonnay
Gerwurtztraminer
Merlot
Sparkling Chardonnay
Sparkling Ros
Syrah
LONGSWORD VINEYARD offers an
unforgettable slice of Southern Oregon wine
culture. Family-owned, operated, and farmed,
LongSword specializes in unique wines as
complex as they are enjoyable. The LongSword
family prides itself on serving its exceptional
wines in a relaxed, informal atmosphere that
speaks to both wine aficionados and wine
novices alike. Located in the heart of the
Applegate Valley, both the tasting room and
patio offer stunning panoramic views of the
surrounding Cascade, Siskiyou, and Coastal
mountain ranges, enhancing a truly delightful
wine tasting experience.
Spring is always an exciting time at LongSword
Vineyard. The warm air heralds the return of
the many paragliders and hanggliders who take
flight from Woodrat Mountain and land in
front of the tasting room, providing wonderful
live entertainment. Longer days also provide
ample opportunities to meet the many animals
that call LongSword home, including a flock of
28 Plymouth barred rock chickens, four Pilgrim
geese, and three resident Babydoll Southdown
rams: Hawking, Einstein, and Newton.
This spring, LongSword is excited to offer
new varietals including a surprisingly dry and
deliciously floral, Gewrztraminer as well as a
richly bold Syrah. In May, LongSword will be
hosting its second annual Spring Launch Party on
the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend, featuring
the Rogue Valley Windchasers kite-flying club. In
June, fans of the paragliders wont want to miss
the annual National Rat Race Competition,
which will take place June 17th-24th.
RED LILY VINEYARDS
the
Very Best
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RED LILY VINEYARDS is a boutique, family-

owned winery in the beautiful Applegate Valley,
specializing in classic Spanish wines, including
Tempranillo and Verdejo. Red Lily is named for
Bolanders Lily, a rare species of red lily growing
in the nearby Siskiyou Mountains, and for the
owners daughter, Lily.
Red Lilys winery and tasting room are located Check-out our website for wine tasting packages:
in an idyllic setting on the banks of the
Applegate River with an amazing riverside countryhouseinns.com
beach, the site of their popular summer concert
series featuring rising local musical artists.
Red Lily features a rustic-chic tasting room, an
outdoor patio with gorgeous views of the valley,
a historic 80-year-old pole barn, expansive
grounds with lush grass areas dotted with picnic
tables, and charming indoor nooks where you
can relax and enjoy fabulous wines and food
offerings no matter the time of year or weather.
Red Lily offers an array of Spanish-inspired wines,
Red Lily Vineyards including their flagship Red Lily Tempranillo

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11777 Hwy 238 (2012 vintage DOUBLE GOLD at 2016 San
Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition).
Jacksonville OR 97530 The signature white wine is the Stargazer Breakfast All Day Sundays
541-846-6800 Verdejoverdejo is a Spanish white grape
redlilyvineyards.com relatively unknown in the U.S. that produces
amazingly complex and layered wines. For
Hours: something different, try the 2014 Night School
November 1-April 30th, port-style dessert wine, a DOUBLE GOLD
Thursday-Sunday, 11am-5pm winner at the 2016 Oregon Wine Experience.

May 1-October 31,

Daily, 11am-5pm
Varietals:
Graciano
Grenache
Tempranillo
Verdejo
Dessert Wines

SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017 45

 VALLEY VIEW WINERY
VALLEY VIEW is an iconic name in the Rogue
Valley. Not only is it the name of Peter Britts
original Jacksonville winery, circa 1858, but it
also came to be the name of the first modern
winery in the Rogue Valley. Founded by Frank
and Ann Wisnovsky, Valley View was bonded in
1978. Using fruit from his Applegate Valley estate,
planted in 1972, Wisnovsky made Bordeaux
varietals up until his death in 1980 when Valley
View operations were passed on to Ann and sons.
The thirty-seven-year-old winery is now
operated by Mark and Michael Wisnovsky.
The vineyard has more than doubled in size
since the original planting and now includes
Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc,
Tempranillo, Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc,
Rousanne, Chardonnay and Syrah. Wines have
been made by UC Davis-trained enologist John
F. Guerrero since 1985. Wines offered at the
Applegate Valley Wine Pavilion in Ruch include
Rogue Valley red and white blends, as well as
Chardonnay, Viognier, Syrah, Tempranillo,
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Valley View Winery Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet
1000 Upper Applegate Road Franc and a Port-style dessert wine bottled
Jacksonville OR 97530 under the premium Anna Maria label.
541-899-8468
valleyviewwinery.com
Hours:
Daily, 11am-5pm
Varietals:
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
46 SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017
SCHMIDT FAMILY VINEYARDS
SCHMIDT FAMILY VINEYARDS was
established by Cal and Judy Schmidt on the
75-acre Bennett Ranch in the Missouri Flat
section of the Applegate Valley. In addition to a
Luxe award as the best family-owned winery in
Oregon, notable recent awards include Double
Gold medals for the 2013 Tempranillo, 2012
Schmidt Family Vineyards Malbec & Merlot and Gold for the 2014 Albarino
330 Kubli Road from Wine Press Northwest. At the 2017 San
Grants Pass OR 97527 Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the
541-846-9985 2014 Reserve Chardonnay took Double Gold
and the 2015 Viognier took Silver.
sfvineyards.com
A visit to the winery is a mustpicture a classic
Hours: craftsman structure nestled in sumptuous
Daily, noon-5pm, all year gardens against magnificent mountain vistas
and you almost have it. Youll marvel at the
including Kitchen casually-elegant main tasting room, with
soaring ceilings, stone fireplace and expansive
Friday Extended Hours, windows that let the outdoors inside. In the
noon-8pm, Music from 5-8pm, barrel room mercantile, find wines for sale
Kitchen is open noon-7:30pm along with a selection of artisan clothing,
jewelry, wine accessories and more.
Varietals & Blends: With two tasting rooms, covered stone patios
Albarino and lush gardens, relax with a glass of wine
Barbera while enjoying an antipasto plate or pizza or
Cabernet Franc calzone from the outdoor wood-fired pizza
Cabernet Sauvignon oven. This Spring and Summer, dont miss the
sumptuous Mothers Day celebration on May
Chardonnay
14 and the Fathers Day Car Show on June 18, a
Malbec benefit for Canine Angels.
Merlot No matter the time of year, Schmidt is simply
Pinot Gris delightful!
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Ross
Sauvignon Blanc
Syrah
Vermentino
Viognier
Zinfandel
SCHULTZ WINES
SCHULTZ WINES is the label associated with
Glory Oaks Vineyard & Farm, a new venue in
the Applegate Valley. Glory Oaks is a long way
from Baton Rouge, Louisiana where owners
Greg and Debbie Schultz took their first steps
toward becoming viticulturists. Their journey
began with a few classes on wine at Louisiana
State University that sparked a tasting trip to
Southern Oregon. It was love at first sight. Greg
and Debbie were enchanted by the beauty of
the land, the friendliness of the people, and
the opportunities in the wine industry. Schultz
Wines was established in 2010 and their wines
have been made by Linda Donovan and her
talented team at Pallet Wine Company ever since.
The first bottling of Schultz Wine was a 2010
Chardonnay that won a gold medal at the 2011
World of Wine competition. Not long after,
Schultz Wines
while hiking the Enchanted Forest Trail, they
755 Slagle Creek Rd found a for sale sign on the property that
Grants Pass OR 97527 would become Glory Oaks. Tempranillo and
541-414-8448 Malbec are now planted and the existing ranch
schultzwines.com house has been converted into a tasting room
offering stunning views of the vineyard and
Hours: valley. The tasting room offers Pinot Noir, with
Saturday & Sunday, noon-5pm fruit sourced from the Willamette Valley, and
Merlot, Chardonnay, Viognier, Syrah, Pinot
and by appointment Gris and red dessert wine with fruit sourced
from the Applegate Valley. Bring a picnic
As a family business, we have
lunch and enjoy deck-seating with views of the
occasional closures. Please check our surrounding hills and valleys, and the sounds of
website or Facebook page for details. birds and the creek. Its the perfect pairinga
great story and fine wines!
Varietals:
Chardonnay
Merlot
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Syrah
Tempranillo Dessert Wine
Viognier
SERRA VINEYARDS
SERRA VINEYARDS winery & tasting
room sits on an 80-acre estate located on the
Applegate Valley's famed Kubli Bench. With
over 30 acres under vine, Krissa and Scott
Fernandes annually produce 1000+ cases
of wine showcasing estate-grown Viognier,
Pinot Noir, Tempranillo, Malbec, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and Syrah.
The result, as expressed by the array of medals
Serra Vineyards wines receive from both
national and international wine competitions
throughout the year, is a flight of medal-
winning wines for all of our guests! Recently,
Serra won Gold for their 2014 Tempranillo
at the 2017 San Francisco Chronicle Wine
Competition and best of class medals for
their 2011 Pinot Noir and 2012 Cabernet
Sauvignon at the Seattle Wine Competition.
Open 7 days-a-week, year-round, Serra
Vineyards is a picnic, pet and family-friendly
destination with legendary views of the
vineyards below and the infinite, surrounding
APPLEGATE VALLEY
Serra Vineyards mountain ranges. Serra Vineyards boasts one
222 Missouri Flat Road of the most spectacular settings in Southern
Grants Pass OR 97527 Oregon and one of the nicest patio decks in
the Applegate Valley! Offering something
541-846-9223
for everyone, come enjoy our local artisan
serravineyards.com marketplace, local craft brews and regular
foodie flights & instant picnic menu!
Hours:
As Serra Vineyards is a must-see on your
Daily, 11am-5pm
winery tour, we invite you to come experience
Varietals: our award-winning wines enhanced by true
Southern Oregon hospitality.
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon
Malbec
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Tempranillo
Syrah
Viognier
SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017 47
 TROON VINEYARD
TROON VINEYARD is an historic vineyard
still on the cutting edge of winemaking. Planted
in the Applegate Valley in 1972 by Southern
Oregon wine pioneer Dick Troon, today they
are still pioneers in search of the finest varieties
for our region. Troons goal is producing world-
class wines, which in the last year, have received
dozens of 90+ point reviews from wine critics
across the country.
The Troon Vineyard is surrounded by the
majestic Siskiyou Mountains and the pristine
beauty of the Applegate Valley. They focus
on naturally-produced wines using natural
yeast fermentations and winemaking without
additives from certified sustainable LIVE and
Salmon Safe vineyards. Everything at Troon
is dedicated to making truly memorable and
exciting wines.
In addition to stunning views from the tasting
Troon Vineyard
room, you can relax and picnic on the patio
1475 Kubli Road or in the garden, featuring a bocce ball court
Grants Pass OR 97527
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and other games. You can also create your own
541-846-9900 light picnic from their picnic bar. Troons goal is
troonvineyard.com creating a warm and welcoming experience for
all guests.
Hours: While many people first visit Troon for the
Daily, 11am-5pm incredible views, be assured that your second
visit will be for the incredible wines.
Appointments not required,
except for large groups.
Varietals:
Vermentino
Tannat
Malbec
Syrah
Sangiovese
Tempranillo
Zinfandel
Creative Co-Ferments
48 SOUTHERN OREGON WINE SCENE / SPRING 2017
WOOLDRIDGE CREEK WINERY & CRUSHPAD CREAMERY
WOOLDRIDGE CREEK WINERY &
CRUSHPAD CREAMERY is home to a winery,
vineyard, a creameryand now a charcuterie!
And, its a story about a place, a partnership
and a plan. The place is a hillside vineyard deep
in the Applegate Valley winegrowing region
of Southern Oregon. The partnership arose
between the couple who planted the vineyard
back in 1977 and the couple who wanted to
add a winery to that vineyard. The plan came
together in 2005 when the winery was built
and Wooldridge Creek vineyard became
Wooldridge Creek Vineyard and Winery.
The great thing is this: the formation of
the Wooldridge Creek team has stood the
test of time. It continues to make sense and
Wooldridge Creek Winery make exceptional vintages. The original 18-
& CrushPad Creamery acre vineyard has expanded to 56, planted to
818 Slagle Creek Road Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc,
Syrah, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Viognier,
Grants Pass OR 97527
Gewurztraminer, Zinfandel, Malbec, Riesling and
541-846-6364
Tempranillo. The two couples are still committed
wcwinery.com
to the vision that brought them together. And the
plan has succeeded beyond belief.
Hours:
The sustainably-designed winery offers
Daily, 11am-5pm
unparalleled mountain and valley viewsthe
perfect spot to gather with friends. Today,
Varietals:
visitors can now sample cheeses and salami
Cabernet made on-site, making it the first combined
Chardonnay winery, creamery & charcuterie in Oregon!
Gewurztraminer
Malbec
Merlot
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Sauvignon
Syrah
Tempranillo
Viognier
Zinfandel
 PLAISANCE RANCH VINEYARD & WINERY AUGUSTINO ESTATE & VINEYARD

ILLINOIS VALLEY
PLAISANCE RANCH traces its roots to a AUGUSTINO ESTATE is one of the newest
pioneering French vintner, Joseph Ginet, who tasting rooms to open. Located in O'Brien,
established a vineyard on Sterling Creek outside just west of Grants Pass in the Illinois Valley,
wine with all foods or as an aperitif.This brilliantly
where the Ginet family originated. Enjoy this elegant
red grape grown in the Savoie region of France
from the grape variety Mondeus. It is the major
This brilliantly colored, heavy bodied wine is made

VINTAGE 2014 Jacksonville in the 1890s called Plaisance
Orchards. Along with selling grapes and grape
Mondeuse plant starts, he produced various orchard fruits.
In 1998, a third-generation, Joe Ginet, grandson
of Joseph, with help from cousins from Savoie,
France, established the modern-day vineyard
Plaisance Ranch
CONTAINS SULFITES
in the Williams Valley, planting 18 varieties and
ALC. 13.1% BY VOL. 750 ML
16955 Water Gap Rd. six rootstocks on 17 acres.
Williams OR 97544 A winery with such a heritage could hardly be
541-846-7175 ordinary, evidenced by the slew of accolades
in 2016. Accolades include three consecutive
plaisanceranch.com
years of 90+ ratings from The Wine Spectator.
Plaisance Ranch also earned 91 points in the
Hours:
Daily, noon-6pm Wine Enthusiast, took #5 on the Seattle
Times Top 50 Wines of the Pacific Northwest,
Closed Tuesdays and captured a silver, two double golds and best
of show at the 2016 Oregon Wine Experience.
Join our email list for information
on our 2017 "Wine Down" events! Winemaker Joe Ginet and his wife Suzi
Augustino Estate is unlike any tasting room in
Southern Oregon. Surrounded by mountains
and bordered by a rushing river, Augustinos
location offers a place to enjoy one of the most
unique tasting experiences anywhere on the
West Coast.
The new 1500 square foot Treeloon tasting
rooma combination tree house/tasting room
perched in the tree tops, offers guests a magical
location from which to relax and enjoy one
of the regions most incredible settings with
stunning views. The Treeloon was recently
showcased on a 2016 episode of the DIY
networks hit show, The Treehouse Guys!
The Augustino familys 350-acre Rockn R Ranch
has grown to include the new tasting room,
Augustino Estate & Vineyard 50 acres of vineyard plantings, a wedding and
special events venue, a Tipi Village, and an
320 Brown Road

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welcome visitors to their tasting room to taste 8-acre private lake with lakeside bar. Overnight
April 28 July 28 OBrien OR 97534 cabin rentals will also be available in the near
wines produced according to family tradition.
May 26 August 18 They also produce certified organic grass-fed 541-596-2818 future, making for the perfect wine tasting get-
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 Harvest in Espaa
Reflections on my fall 2016 internship in the Ribera de Duero region of Spain
I ts fall in the Ribera de Duero region of Spain, and Im here to work the crush at
Bodega Dominio de Cair. How, you might ask, did a 57-year-old recovering
lawyer find himself in Spain making wine? The answer is sadly mundane: midlife
crisis. After 25 years of practice, I wanted to do something completely different.
So, in September 2015, I enrolled in the Viticulture and Enology program at
Southern Oregon Wine Institute (SOWI) in Roseburg. SOWI has a relationship
with a local college in Aranda, San Gabriel Colegio, which had come about because
Roseburg and Aranda have been sister cities since 2007. That relationship created
the opportunity that took me to Spain.
The Arranz family was my host in Aranda. Francisco (Paco) is a true character.
He grew up in La Horra (population 300) and is retired from Michelin, the famous
tire company. His wife, Rosa, is from the Philippines and a homemaker. Maria
Rosa, their daughter, is enrolled in the Enology Program at San Gabriel. Most
importantly, she was my guide and interpreter. When I arrived in Spain, I spoke no
Spanish and Paco spoke no English (both of which remained largely true when I
left). There is no Kevin in Spanish, and Paco couldnt pronounce my name. Thus,
my name became, Aye! or occasionally, Kiwi!
Dominio de Cair sits on a high hill outside Aranda. Its sleek stone and copper
exterior resembles a two-story wine barrel. Cair specializes in tempranillo made from
old vines grown on small parcels. Daniel Martinez is Cairs talented winemaker.
UMPQUA VALLEY
The Ribera de Duero, one of 11 Spanish Denominations de Origen (DO), was
named Wine Region of the Year in 2012 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. The Ribera
runs approximately 70 miles east and west, and 22 miles north and south and takes
its name from the Duero River, which flows east to west.
The Ribera and Rioja regions are the ancestral homes of Tempranillo, (known
locally as Tinto del Pais or Tinto Fino) the predominant grape grown in the region.
Tempranillo in the Ribera is made in four styles. Joven (young) has little if any
wood aging. Crianza is aged for two years, with a minimum of six months in oak
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by KEVIN BRECK
barrels. Reserva is aged for three years, with at least one year in oak. Gran Reserva
is aged five years, with at least 18 months in oak and 36 months in bottles.
The center of the Ribera is Aranda de Duero, a village of 33,000, two hours
by car from Madrid. The first historical reference to Aranda is in 1088 A.D. The
heart of the village is the historic walled Del Centro. The walled center is the
quintessential Medieval village: 14th and 15th century churches, a Roman bridge,
narrow, winding cobblestone streets walled with shops, interspersed with small
plazas, and crowded with strolling inhabitants. People, young and old, walk
everywhere here. During the warm months, restaurant and bar patrons crowd the
sidewalks and plazas. Beneath the streets of Aranda is a warren of stone cellars,
dug between the 12th and 17th centuries, originally to store food and wine. Some
are as deep as 40-50 feet below ground, and stretch over four miles. Although no
longer used for storage, they are still accessible via steep, worn stone stairs with
rough-hewn (and sometimes damp) walls.
The countryside around Aranda is dotted with tiny pueblos (villages). Many
village residents have their own wine cellars, which have been in their families for
generations. These family cellars are built beneath small hillocks and are accessed
through low, heavy wooden doors set into the hillsides. Rising above the knolls are
cylindrical-fitted stone structures with holes near their conical topschimneys that
provide ventilation for the subterranean family wine cellars.
The Ribera achieved its DO status in 1982, and is governed by a Consejo
Regulador. The Consejo determines its geographic boundaries, permitted
varieties, maximum yield per acre (three tons) and alcoholic strength. The
Consejo issues a debit card to each viticultor (grower) member for each parcel.
When a viticultor drops off a load at a bodega, he or she presents the card, and
the weight of the load is deducted from the permitted total. During harvest,
Consejo Observers are stationed at each bodega, to ensure that the delivered
amounts do not exceed permitted amounts.
 Most of the vineyard parcels here are small. For example, Paco owns four parcels
totaling 8.6 acres. Cair harvests 247 acres of vineyard spread over 180 parcels. Of those
247 acres, Cair owns 57. The rest are owned by nine different viticultors. Economies of
scale make commercial winemaking prohibitively expensive for small viticultors. Most,
therefore, either sell their grapes to bodegas such as Cair, or form cooperativas, which
make and sell the wine. Paco belongs to the Cooperativa Virgen de la Asuncin.
Many of the vines around Aranda are old. Several of the parcels harvested by Cair
have vines as much as 100-years-old. The age of one small parcel was revealed in
its obviously meandering rows. The explanation? They were laid out using horses!
While newer vines are often trained in the Espaldera style, (akin to Vertical Shoot
Positioning) the older vines are Vaso (goblet) trained. There are no poles or wires;
each vine is freestanding. The trunks are short and massive, typically with four or
more short arms radiating from the head. Sometimes the trunks sprawl for several
feet across the ground. Shoots grow out and down to the ground, giving the plant
its goblet shape (to me, they look like open umbrellas). These old vines are very low
producing; Cairs most expensive wine, Pendn, is made from vines at least 80 years
old, and only produce between 900-1,300 pounds per acre. This low production
permits the vines to concentrate their sugars and flavor compounds into fewer
grapes, giving their wine a greater intensity.
I began working at Cair on September 19 along with three other interns, all
fellow enology students: Maria Rosa, Maria de Pablo from Aranda, and Laura
Herraez from Segovia. We spent the first two weeks sampling Cairs 180 parcels.
Each morning we loaded the truck with water, plastic bags, maps, and interns, and
set off. Finding the correct parcel sometimes
felt like a scavenger hunt. The parcels are on
unmarked dirt roads, and are themselves
unmarked. Often, the parcel was actually
only five or six rows of a larger parcel, with no
visible delineation between them.
At our busiest, we collected as many as 30
samples in a day. Depending on the size of the
parcel, samples are collected from every few
rows, and from 4-8 vines per row. The samples
collected from each parcel are combined,
labeled and returned to the bodega. Back
at the bodega the samples are stored in the
barrel room for an hour or so to bring their
temperature down to 68.
Once the samples reach the desired
temperature, each is run through a blender
and strained. The strained juice is tested for
Baume, pH and total acidity. Baume estimates
the finished alcohol level in wine. The seeds Daniel Martinez (winemaker); Andrea Gil (enologist); Maria Rosa, the author.
are graded by color, and the juice is graded
for color intensity. These indicators, along with visual observation and tasting, are
tracked from week to week to determine when the grapes are ready to harvest.
We also kept a close eye on the weather. Weather occurring off the east coast of
the U.S. tends to make its way eastward across the Atlantic and then north along
the west coast of Spain.
When the grapes are ready, the method of harvesting depends on whether
the recipient is a bodega or cooperativa. At bodegas such as Cair, the grapes are
harvested into small, stackable plastic crates, which are then loaded onto wagons
and delivered to the cellar.
At the cooperativas, the grapes are harvested into rubber baskets. The baskets are
dumped into a wagon hitched behind a tractor. Once full, the wagon is pulled to the
cooperativa. The entire load, tractor, wagon, and grapes, are weighed on a scale set into
the pavement. Next to the scale is a scale house. Protruding out of the roof is a mechanical
arm with a sensor on the tip. While the grapes are still in the wagon, the arm dips into the
load and analyzes the grado, or alcohol content, which determines the price per kilo. The
wagon is then driven to a hopper and dumped. The empty wagon and tractor return to
the scale and are weighed again to derive the net weight of the grapes.
In Spain, grape harvests are called Campaas (campaigns). At Cair, Campaa
2016 began on October 5, with the arrival of the first wagonload. Upon arrival,
the crates are stacked on pallets and weighed. Each pallet is marked to identify the
owner, the parcel, the number of crates, and the total number of pallets. They then
move either to cold storage or directly to the processing line.
Processing begins when the grapes are dumped onto two sorting tables, then
move to the stemmer, and then to the shaker table, which separates the whole
grapes from the broken grapes and other detritus. A worm screw partially crushes
the grapes and moves them into a hose, where they are pumped into tanks. The
resulting mix of grapes, skin and juice is called must. The skins and damaged grapes
are pumped into separate tanks for eventual sale to other wineries.
At full swing, this is a frenetic ballet: a forklift unloads the crates from the
wagons and moves them to the scale and then into storage; at the same time, a
pallet jack moves pallets from storage to the sorting tables. At each sorting table,
one person empties crates onto the table while two people sort the grapes. At the
same time, someone else is sampling the grapes for Baume. Another pallet jack
moves the empty crates to the washer. The cleaned crates are stacked on pallets and
loaded back onto the now-empty wagons.
Now to the must: after a cold soak, pump-overs maximize contact between
the skins and the juice. Pump-overs are exactly what they sound like: the must is
pumped through a pipe from the bottom of the tank to the top, and then dispersed
across the top of the must.
Next comes the additions: Sulfur dioxide, which acts as a preservative and
prevents oxidation, is added to the must when it is first pumped into the tanks.
The winemaker may also choose to add tannins to fix and clarify the color, tartaric
acid to preserve the wine and to improve aging, and yeast. Yeast is the kick-starter
for fermentation, which in turn is the engine that converts sugar into alcohol. Lest
you be concerned, all of these additives are already present in the grape or occur
naturally during fermentation.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one byproduct
of fermentation. As CO2 forms, it causes the
skins to rise to the top of the tank, forming
a sombrero (cap). Another byproduct of
fermentation is heat. During fermentation, the
temperature of the must may rise to as much
as 68 degrees. The cap traps heat beneath it,
which can cause the must to overheat and kill
the yeast. To prevent this, the cap is punched
down several times a day. For the tanks that
are so equipped, this is easily accomplished
using pump-overs. Otherwise, punch downs
are done by hand using a punch down tool,
which resembles a five-foot-long potato
masher. The tool is punched through the cap
(which may be two to three feet thick) and
then pulled back up to turn the cap.
During fermentation, the density and
temperature of the must are tested twice daily.
When density falls to 995 and residual sugar is
below 2.0, (and the wine is considered dry) fermentation is complete.
At Cair, it takes two tanks of must to produce one tank of finished wine. Once
fermentation is complete, the juice in the two tanks is combined into one. The
remaining must is pressed; the pressed juice will be sold to other wineries. The
pomace, the solid remains of the skins and seeds, is discarded.
The Campaa continued, with a few rain delays, for 16 days. Before harvest
began, Daniel had estimated a total yield of 385 tons. When the last crate was
weighed, the final tally was 578 tons. Every tank was full to the brim. In those 16
days, the vineyards changed color from bright, verdant green, to bronze, red and
gold. At sunset, the angled rays gave the vineyards a burnished sheen.
Photo captions, previous page:
1. Interns: the author, Maria Rosa Arranz, Maria de Pablo UMPQUA VALLEY
2. Maria Rosa, the author, Paco, Maria Arranz
3. Dominio de Cair
4. Paco on his tractor
5. Arranz siblings at harvest
6. Fermentation tanks (Depositos)
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A GRAPE'S JOURNEY/ DISTRIBUTION
by MJ DASPIT
Getting Wine Out
Into the World
A fter wine has been bottled, corked, foiled and labeled, the last part of the
grapes journey is the all-important process of getting the finished product
to consumers. While Southern Oregon is growing more grapes and making more
wine than ever before, local consumption is not growing fast enough to absorb it
all. This reality has resulted in wineries needing to get local wines to a larger local
consumer base and transport wines to larger urban areas across the country. So,
how do Southern Oregon wineries effectively expand their reach?
Wine Scene put this question to Mike Wisnovsky, whose father Frank Wisnovsky
planted the Rogue Valleys first post-prohibition commercial vineyard and in 1978
founded Valley View Winery. When Mike and his brother Mark assumed control
of the family business, their distribution followed the three tier model, in which a
commercial distributor functioned as a middleman between the winery and retail
outlets. Several years ago, under pressure to lower prices to remain competitive with
national and international brands, Wisnovsky took on distribution himself, riding
around in a truck and fighting to get my wines into the back door, then onto the
shelf and then onto the right shelf. Wisnovsky increased sales of Valley View wines
dramatically, first by concentrating on grocery store placement, then expanding into
on premise restaurant sales. His use of the direct sales model was so effective that he
now handles distribution of four other brands in addition to Valley View.
Quady North Sales Manager Darius Price spoke of self-distribution as a strategy
that works well in an area focused on local terroir. Restaurants prominently
display what they have from farms or creameries down the street. Taking
advantage of that emphasis means offering local wines particularly suited to a
restaurants menu. A chef might look at the price list and say, What is this? Can I
try it? Being a direct supplier I can say yes, as opposed to a distributor who might
not be able to open up a bottle for people to try before they put it on their list or in
their shop. Price pointed out that scarcely a day goes by in the tasting room that
he doesnt have clients who first discovered a Quady North wine at a restaurant.
Because I do the distribution, I know exactly what wines are at what place. They
may be drinking our 4-2-A Syrah at a restaurant in Medford, then they come into
our tasting room and I pour them a single-vineyard Syrah.
Since the Rogue Valley attracts visitors from all over the world, having a
Southern Oregon wine at a local restaurant can develop a clientele for that wine
on the other side of the country or planet. Local wineries can address the issue of
storage, fulfillment, transportation, and interstate distribution by using Oregon
Wine Services and Storage (OWS). A business that originated in McMinnville in
2001, OWS has operated a warehouse and shipping facility in Medford since June
2014. Manager Mark Sunderland talked about how the new facility can benefit
Southern Oregon wineries. Some of our clients just use us for storage, since the
secure warehouse stays at a constant temperature of 57-58 degrees, and retrieve
wine as they need it. The OWS warehouse is a bonded facility, meaning wines
can be held there, aging in-bottle, without any taxes being paid by the producer
until the wine leaves the premises, a financial strategy that can benefit the winery.
OWS also offers direct-to-consumer shipping of wines stored in the warehouse.
The winery collects the money and we take care of the packaging and shipping,
Sunderland explained. We also have a trucking division. Our trucks are up and
down Interstate 5 from here to the Bay Area and to McMinnville every week. From
there, OWS can take Southern Oregon wine literally anywhere in the country.
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