December 2007 Issue

Winery hosts events year round

The Pear Bureau Northwest collaborates on the Wine, Cheese, and Pear Jubilee held each spring.

Winners of the grape-stomping contest at Willamette Valley Vineyards go on to the world championship in California. There’s more to a successful winery these days than making premium wines. Case in point: Willamette Valley Vineyards just south of Salem, Oregon. The winery began to materialize in 1983 when founder David Bernau tore out an old pioneer plum orchard that had succumbed to wild blackberry vines and scotch broom. In the southwest-facing void, he planted Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay. Today, the winery is one of the largest in Oregon and known not only for its impressive wine portfolio but […]

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