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Saint Joseph is an unincorporated community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about two miles (3.2 km) west of Lafayette near Oregon Route 99W . [ 2 ] The area is sometimes known as "St. Joe".
Saint-Joseph or St.-Joseph (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒozɛf]) is a French wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France.Though the appellation covers the largest amount of land, it is second in actual size under vine to Crozes-Hermitage, an appellation with which it shares much regarding style and prestige.
The area lies in the heart of Oregon's Pinot Noir producing zone. It is home to some of the oldest vineyards in Oregon, including David Hill, Ponzi and Cooper Mountain. The AVA petition filed at the TTB in 2015 was led by Alfredo Apolloni of Apolloni Vineyards, Rudy Marchesi of Montinore Estate and Mike Kuenz of David Hill Vineyard and Winery. [3]
The 1980s also saw continued efforts at marketing the Oregon wine industry. The Oregon Wine Advisory Board was established in 1983, and in 1984 the Willamette Valley AVA, [8] Umpqua Valley AVA, [9] Columbia Valley AVA, [10] and Walla Walla Valley AVAs [11] were established.
This has implications for use of the appellation on wines produced in Oregon and Washington. Because Federal rules require wines to be fully finished in the state in which the AVA lies, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] only a handful of Oregon wineries, [ 15 ] [ c ] out of the more than 100 wineries in both states in the Walla Walla Valley, [ 17 ] would be ...
The Oregon wine industry focuses on the higher-priced segments of the wine market. Oregon growers receive a higher average return per ton and a higher average revenue per case than do growers in other wine-producing regions in the United States. Despite producing a much smaller volume of wine, Oregon winery revenues per capita are comparable to ...
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.
Dick Ponzi (born March 26, 1934) is an American winemaker, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry [1] and the Oregon brewing industry, [2] and the founder of Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Willamette Valley's founding wineries. [nb 1] [5] He also had a successful career as a structural engineer. [4] Ponzi is regarded as an enological and ...