Wine

Item Description

This auction is for a privately guided reserve tour and tasting at Willamette Valley Vineyards, in Turner Oregon for up to ten people.

 www.wvv.com

Elegant, Classic Oregon Wines

“Our mission in growing cool-climate varietals is to create elegant, classic Oregon wines from the Willamette Valley Appellation. As native Oregonians, we treasure our environment and use sustainable practices in growing and vinifying our winegrapes.”

Founder, Jim Bernau, purchased the Estate site in 1983 and cleared away the old pioneer plum orchard hidden in scotch broom and blackberry vines. He planted Pinot Noir (Pommard and Wadenswil clones), Chardonnay (Dijon and Espiguette) and Pinot Gris.  In the beginning he hand watered the vines with thousands of feet of hose.

Numerous classes at UC Davis, and seminars from here to France, sharpened Jim’s viticultural skills and in 1989 he was ready to build his dream--a world class winery in the Willamette Valley—and make cool-climate varietals, especially Pinot Noir, in sufficient quantities to be served and sold in the best restaurants and bottle shops in the world.

A combination of determination and extraordinary people has brought Willamette Valley Vineyards from an idea to one of the region's leading wineries, earning the title "One of America's Great Pinot Noir Producers," from Wine Enthusiast Magazine.

Our approach is to grow, by hand, the highest quality fruit using careful canopy management, and to achieve wines that are truly expressive of the varietal and the place where they are grown. Since we ferment and barrel each vineyard lot separately (sometimes as small as two barrels) we can save the best barrels for single vineyard bottlings and Signature Cuvée.

Item Special Note

Expires 2014

Tour duration will be approximately two hours.

Available tour times:  11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm

Tours cannot be scheduled during a holiday or festival

Tours limited during grape harvest and crush season (October & November)

Due to high demand a credit card is required to hold your reservation.  If a cancellation is not made 24 hours prior to tour date, a $25 cancellation fee will be charged.

Please schedule tour 48 hours in advance.