Oregon Winery Of The Year
Both wines went on to merit a platinum at wine press northwest s 20th annual year end judging of gold medal wines with the cali s cuvée coming out as the no.
Oregon winery of the year. Wine press northwest magazine willamette valley vineyards was named 2011 oregon winery of the year by wine press northwest. Hood winery is located at 2882 van horn drive hood river or a few miles south of hood river on state highway 35. Facilities for wine tourists in oregon are considered underdeveloped compared to wine regions in california especially premium growing regions like the napa valley ava. Palencia wine co kennewick.
Long shadows vintners walla walla. This year s oregon winery of the year honor is an achievement and testament for mt. Meet some of oregon s colorful characters and learn why our region has become the home of new world pinot noir. The winery of the year is selected based on longevity quality reputation industry involvement facilities and other considerations.
The award was presented at the wine star awards dinner in miami on january 30 2017. Wine enthusiast magazine awarded oregon s willamette valley as its 2016 wine region of the year for the annual wine star awards. Oregon is a world class wine region with more than 700 wineries and more than 1 000 vineyards growing 72 grape varieties. 2011 oregon winery of the year.
The oregon wine experience is in its 14th year. A winery may wine the award once. Year after year penfolds proves that syrah or shiraz is as powerful a varietal in australia as cabernet sauvignon is in napa and grange can be as consistent a bottle as the best wines of. Past pacific northwest wineries of the year.
A few months later the left coast 2018 white pinot noir merited a gold medal at the oregon wine competition. How the pacific northwest winery of the year is chosen. Spangler vineyards of roseburg has been named the 2018 oregon winery of the year wine press northwest magazine announced in march. The first recorded winery valley view vineyard was established in jacksonville in what is now the rogue valley ava in the 1850s by peter britt several years before the state was founded in 1859 in the first oregon census in 1860 wine.
Andy perdue editor in chief states with over 350 possible candidates in oregon we make sure we are careful in our selection and that the winery is worth the award. To learn more about mt. Grapes were first planted in the oregon territory in 1847 by henderson luelling a horticulturist who traveled to the territory on the oregon trail.