
Willamette Valley AVA
Oregon
Cool and moist, the Willamette Valley wine region is Oregon’s largest AVA and contains most of Oregon’s wineries. This 100-mile long, 60-mile wide valley stretches between the Columbia River in the north, to just below Eugene in the south and the Oregon Coast Range in the west and the Cascade Mountains on the east. Home to about 400 wineries and a host of wine shops and wine bars, wine enthusiasts who visit, often come for the area’s well-known Pinot Noir.
The area, due to its cool climate, is limited in the varieties that will grow there. Within the Valley there are six sub-regions designated as AVAs in 2005 and 2006. The AVAs are: McMinnville Foothills, Dundee Hills, Ribbon Ridge, Yamhill-Carlton, Eola-Amity Hills and the Chehalem Mountains. The region encompasses some 3.3 million acres with most of the grapes coming from vineyards on the hillsides in the western part of the valley. In the north the Valley includes Oregon’s largest city, Portland which many visitors use as their home base when visiting the Willamette Valley wine region.
We have had to pleasure to feature wines from this region in our Pinot Noir Wine Club.

Geodesy Wine
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Knudsen Vineyards
Embracing a family winegrowing and winemaking legacy in Oregon's Dundee Hills, Knudsen Vineyards crafts small-lot Pinot Noir.
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Luminous Hills Vineyard
A unique high-elevation vineyard site offering a thoughtfully crafted range of Pinot Noirs that beautifully capture the distinct character of this special wine growing region.
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Rocky Point Cellars
The winery’s focus is on single vineyard designated wines
Rocky Point Cellars is a small, boutique winery nestled in the beautif ...
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