A Night in the Willamette Valley

saery64
Mar 21
2 min read

Updated: Mar 24

Join us Thursday, March 26th at 6:00 PM for a guided wine tasting celebrating Oregon's Willamette Valley — six wines, a charcuterie pairing, and an evening worth clearing your calendar for.

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Why Willamette Valley?

Tucked between the Coast Range and the Cascades, the Willamette Valley is shaped by a tension that makes great wine inevitable — warm days, dramatically cool afternoons as Pacific air rolls through the mountain gaps, and soils that range from iron-rich Jory clay in the Dundee Hills to the mineral-edged ancient marine sediments of the Eola-Amity. That combination of climate and geology produces wines of uncommon elegance: Pinot Noir with lift and restraint, whites with vivid acidity and texture, sparkling wines that belong in serious company.

We've put together six wines that tell this story from start to finish — paired with a charcuterie board designed to work with everything in your glass.

What's in the Glass

Coeur de Terre Pinot Gris — Stone fruit and ripe pear over a creamy, almost waxy texture, with a bright acid line that keeps everything honest. Not your average Grigio.

Purple Hands "Dundee Reserve" Chardonnay — Grown in iron-rich Jory soils, this cool-climate Chardonnay delivers white peach, toasted hazelnut, and a whisper of oak that complements rather than dominates. Burgundy fans, take note.

Goodfellow Extra Brut — Oregon sparkling wine is criminally underrated, and this one makes the case loudly. Bone dry, with fine persistent bubbles and flavors of green apple, brioche, and lemon curd.

Raptor Ridge "Barrel Select" Pinot Noir — Textbook Chehalem Mountains Pinot: earthy and savory up front, giving way to layers of dark cherry, dried herbs, and a long, structured finish that gets better with every sip.

Violin "Polk County Cuvée" Eola-Amity Hills 2022 — The Van Duzer wind corridor funnels cold Pacific air directly into this AVA every afternoon — producing Pinot Noir with a distinctive iron-edged character, red fruit, dried rose petal, and a mineral backbone unlike anything else in the valley.

Nicolas-Jay "Own-Rooted" Pinot Noir — The showstopper. Own-rooted vines are extraordinarily rare and produce wines of remarkable depth and site expression. Silky tannins, dark plum, forest floor, and a finish that lingers long after the glass is empty. Jean-Nicolas Méo of Burgundy's Méo-Camuzet is behind this label. That's all you need to know.