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Oak Knoll Winery is a privately held winery located in the Tualatin Valley near Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Established in 1970, it is the oldest winery in Washington County, [1] and produces Pinot noir, Pinot gris, and Chardonnay. The winery also known for producing Frambosia, a red raspberry wine. [2]
Pacific Pinot Noir: A Comprehensive Winery Guide for Consumers and Connoisseurs, 2008, ISBN 978-0520253179; Cooking with the Wines of Oregon, 2007, ISBN 1-55285-843-X; Grail, The: A year ambling & shambling through an Oregon vineyard in pursuit of the best pinot noir wine in the whole wild world, 2006, ISBN 978-0870710933
Oregon Pinot Noir wins No. 1 on Best Buys list King Estate's Inscription Pinot Noir has won the No. 1 spot on Wine Enthusiast's Best Buys list — a list that details the best wines to buy in the ...
Among the first varieties planted by Sommer in 1961 was the first Pinot noir in Oregon that was also the first commercially available Oregon Pinot noir with the 1967 vintage. Also in the 1960s, several winemakers started planting Pinot noir grapes in the Willamette Valley, including David Lett and Charles Coury. [2]
Pinot Noir is the predominant grape planted and includes the Wadenswil, Pommard, Pinot Droit and the Dijon clones 777, 677, and 115. In addition, there are smaller plantings of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, White Riesling and Müller-Thurgau.
The vines were originally planted in 1982, and there are 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) of Pinot noir. The initial single vineyard wine from this location was from the 1994 vintage. [10] [3] [8] Louise is named after Paul Gerrie's maternal grandmother and was the first vineyard to finish being replanted with 9 acres (3.6 ha) of Pinot noir. The first single ...
Matt Kramer of The Oregonian considers King Estate the benchmark producer of Pinot gris in the country. [2] While the winery also makes Pinot noir and limited amounts of Chardonnay, it is mainly credited with bringing the Pinot gris grape varietal into national consciousness. [3] The winery was founded in 1991 by Ed King Jr. and his son, Ed ...
David Lett, owner-winemaker at The Eyrie Vineyards in Oregon with a bottle of the 1975 Eyrie Vineyards South Block Reserve—the bottle that put Oregon on the world's Pinot noir map. David Lett (1939 – October 9, 2008) was the founder and winemaker for The Eyrie Vineyards in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a pioneer in the Oregon wine ...