by Colleen Kelly | Jul 7, 2023
The Eola-Amity Hills AVA lies about 15 miles southwest of the winery, where a notch through the Coast Range allows cool ocean winds to flow in from the west, dropping temperatures dramatically during late summer afternoons. This helps to retain firm acidity in the...
by Colleen Kelly | Jul 7, 2023
The Basalte Pinot Noir is our bedrock bottling from the Willamette Valley. It is sourced from vineyards that have fairly thin volcanic clay topsoil over fractured basalt. This type of very rocky soil lends itself to muscular, firmly structured wines, with persistent...
by Colleen Kelly | Jul 7, 2023
The Medici vineyard is situated on the south-facing Chehalem Mountain slope, just a few miles east of the J. Christopher winery. The oldest blocks were planted in 1976, producing lovely, distinctive Pinot Noir and Riesling fruit. We took over the farming in 2015 and...
by Colleen Kelly | Jul 7, 2023
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir This second-label Willamette Valley wine is a blend of barrels from the three appellations where we have long-standing grower relations. The winemaking and fruit sources are the same for all of the wines we produce, but through our...
by Colleen Kelly | Jul 6, 2023
The name of “Armagh” was bestowed by the original Irish settlers who arrived in 1849 and named the lush, rolling hills after their homeland. In 1968 the vineyard was planted by Jim Barry and yields less than two tons per acre. The soil is sandy gravel and receives an...
