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In 1965, Oregon pinot noir was established when The Eyrie Vineyards planted grapes near Corvallis. [7] Oregon's wine reputation was made in 1979 when a French magazine ranked The Eyrie's 1975 Pinot noir third among 330 wines of the world. [8] By 2007, Oregon wineries were producing 1.7 million cases of wine for a total of $207.8 million in ...
Cooper Mountain Vineyards is an American winery located in Beaverton, Oregon, United States. Started in 1978, the certified organic wine maker produces Pinot noir, Pinot gris, Chardonnay, and Pinot blanc. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the vineyard is sited on the western slopes of Cooper Mountain, an extinct volcano. [1]
Essential Wines and Wineries of the Pacific Northwest: A Guide to the Wine Countries of Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Idaho, 2010, ISBN 978-0881929669; WineTrails of Oregon, 2009, ISBN 978-0979269813; Oregon Eco-Friendly Wine: Leading the World in "Green" Wine, 2008, ISBN 978-9197532648; Oregon: The Taste of Wine, 2008, ISBN 978 ...
LIVE, an Oregon non-profit, certifies wineries for meeting certain environmental standards; [14] over 320 vineyards and 41 wineries are now so certified. [14] In 2002, Oregon became a leader in green winemaking with the Sokol-Blossor barrel room and the Carlton Winemakers Studio being LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. [15]
The estate owns vineyards in Chablis, the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, as well as in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Drouhin is also one of the major négociants of Burgundy, and produces wines made from purchased grapes grown in different parts of Burgundy. Today both Maison Joseph Drouhin and Domaine Drouhin Oregon ...
The Columbia Valley is a large, treeless basin surrounding the Yakima, Snake and Columbia Rivers in Washington and Oregon while all surrounding areas are forested. The area is distinguished by its broadly undulating or rolling surface, cut by rivers and broken by long sloping basaltic uplifts extending generally in an east-west direction.
The nine-member board is appointed by the Governor of Oregon, [1] is supported financially by a tax on wine grapes produced in the state and the sale of Oregon wines in the state. The taxes are collected on its behalf by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and receives administrative support from the Oregon Department ...
The Rogue Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in southern Oregon.The federal government approved this appellation in 1991. It is entirely contained within the larger Southern Oregon AVA and includes the drainage basin of the Rogue River and several tributaries, including the Illinois River, the Applegate River, and Bear Creek.