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Sokol Blosser Winery is a historic vineyard, tasting room and winery facility located northeast of Dayton, Oregon in the Red Hills of Dundee in Yamhill County. It was founded by Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser in 1971 in what is now known as the Dundee Hills AVA .
There are 95 vineyards and 26 wineries with 20 tasting rooms in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA. Pinot noir is the most widely planted variety with over 1,721 acres; there are 66.4 acres of Chardonnay; 48 acres of Pinot gris and platings of Riesling, Muscat, Syrah, Dolcetto, Tempranillo, Auxerrois, Viognier, Pinot blanc, Gewürztraminer and Carmine ...
Only grapes grown in vineyards with elevations ranging from 200 feet (100 m) to 1,000 feet (300 m) may be used to produce wines that bear the appellation name on their labels. The AVA includes over 1,200 acres (486 ha) of vineyard, and the region is in the rain shadow of the 3,500 feet (1,100 m) Oregon Coast Range, a short distance to the west ...
Oregon's oldest estate winery. [57] Honeywood Winery Willamette Valley AVA: 1934 Oldest continuously operating winery in Oregon. [58] Ponzi Vineyards Laurelwood District AVA: 1970 Dick and Nancy Ponzi are recognized as being among Oregon's winemaking pioneers and leaders. [59] Sokol Blosser Winery: Dundee Hills AVA: 1971 One of the earliest ...
Dayton is a rural community, with many people involved in agriculture such as vegetable, berry, nut, nursery plants, wheat production and dairy farming. The vineyards and wineries located in the Willamette Valley AVA and the Dundee Hills AVA are an increasing source of direct economic activity as well as a source of visitors to the city. [9]
Soléna and Grand Cru Estates winery. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 718 square miles (1,860 km 2), of which 716 square miles (1,850 km 2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), or 0.3%, is water. [5] It is the fifth-smallest county in Oregon by area.
Oregon Route 18 reopened Sunday afternoon north of Dayton following a crash between Oregon Route 99W and Dayton, the Oregon Department of Transportation said. The closure at milepost 52 lasted ...
The Red Hill Douglas County, Oregon AVA is entirely contained within the Umpqua Valley AVA. This AVA includes 5,500 acres (2,226 ha), and is located near Yoncalla . Originally petitioned as the "Red Hill AVA", the proposed appellation brought protest from Willamette Valley vintners, where a region known as Red Hill is also located; the name of ...