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The Chehalem Mountains AVA corresponds to the Chehalem Mountains and is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA.The region stretches 20 miles (32 km) from Northwest of Wilsonville in the southeast to Forest Grove in the northwest featuring the elevations of Ribbon Ridge, Parrett Mountain and Bald Peak.
To the south and southeast are the Chehalem Mountains, which includes elevations of over 1,000 feet (305 m), are considered to be a separate, distinct landform from the Tualatin Hills. The AVA is approximately 144,000 acres (225 sq mi) with 33 commercially-producing vineyards covering approximately 860.5 acres (348 ha) and 21 wineries.
The ridge is defined by local geographic boundaries and an uplift of ocean sediment. It lies at 45° 21' N latitude and 123° 04' W longitude, at the northwest end of the Chehalem Mountains. Colby Carter, an early settler from Missouri, named Ribbon Ridge in 1865, and the ridge has been known by that name ever since.
Chehalem is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located southwest of Sherwood along Oregon Route 99W. The word "Chehalem" is a corruption of the Atfalati word "Chahelim," a name given in 1877 to one of the bands of Atfalati.
Dundee Hills is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Yamhill County, Oregon within the Willamette Valley AVA, and is located about approximately 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Portland, Oregon, and about 40 miles (64 km) inland from the Pacific Ocean near the town of Newberg.
Trisaetum has a tasting room open to the public. The tasting room is located at the winery outside Newberg, Oregon. In addition, the winery has an art gallery featuring the works of the owner/winemaker. [2] Art Gallery - unique to Trisaetum is a 1,500-square-foot (140 m 2) art gallery located inside the winery.
Chehalem Valley, the valley formed by Chehalem Creek; West Chehalem, Oregon, a former community in Yamhill County, 5 miles northwest of Newberg, Oregon; Other. Chehalem Airpark, a private airport in Yamhill County; Chehalem blackberry, a cultivar of the blackberry, also known as 'Chehalem' Chehalem Elementary School in the Beaverton School District
A wine from Joseph Drouhin, a Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru.. Maison Joseph Drouhin is a French wine producer based in Burgundy that was founded in 1880. The estate owns vineyards in Chablis, the Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, as well as in the Willamette Valley in Oregon.