Van Duzer Corridor AVA
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About
The Van Duzer Corridor is an anomaly in the Coast Range through which oceanic winds funnel into the Valley, creating a cooling effect that occurs as early as 2:00 in the afternoon. This breeze dries out the vine canopy and decreases fungus pressure, making the area highly attractive for grape growing and supporting sustainable practices by drastically reducing the need for fungus spray. As a phenomenon of wind protection, the grape skins thicken, leading to an abundance of anthocyanins (color) and tannin.
The buffering effect is highly noticeable and varies from one vintage to another. When nearby regions of the Willamette Valley face overly warm conditions, this area is usually slightly cooler. The opposite is also true; when the nearby regions of the Willamette Valley face below-average temperatures during the growing season, this area receives generous mild air from the ocean, tempering the cold. These combined effects allow for near-perfect growing conditions with highly consistent quality.
Within the 35.9 square mile triangle that composes the Van Duzer Corridor, nearly 1,000 acres are occupied by 18 commercial vineyards and 6 bonded wineries.
Van Duzer Corridor Wineries
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Quick Facts
Established: 2019 Wineries: 6
Tasting Rooms: 6
Vineyards: 18
Total Area: 60,000 acres
Planted Area: 1000 acres
Most common grape varieties: Info coming soon
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Can't wait for JOHAN!!!! 💥
🍷Pouring the "Drueskall" skin contact Pinot Gris by johanvineyards from Van Duzer Corridor AVA of the iconic Willamette Valley, OR. This wine is bursting with strawberry that evolves over time into strawberry leather. Soft approachable tannins tickle the inside of my cheeks.
Discovered Johan Vineyards pre-pandemic domestiquewine in Washington DC 🤸♀️🤸♀️🤸♀️ Freaking obsessed. Heard these wines are coming to MA... CANNOT WAIT!!
New this week: JOHAN VINEYARDS! 🍇✨
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We welcome this Willamette Valley winery and their delightful 2017 Pinot Noir and 2019 Pinot Noir Pét Nat.
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All the grapes are estate grown and certified biodynamic. Plus the wines are super tasty and priced under $30!
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Come pick one up soon and enjoy!
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Progress report: openclaimvineyards in Dallas, Oregon is coming along so beautifully!
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Today’s Feature: JohanVineyards 🌿
+ Willamette Valley in the (newly established) Van Duzer Corridor AVA
+ 85-acre certified-Biodynamic Estate winery
+ A self-sustained holistic farm system
+ Head winemaker is Morgan Beck
+ Established in 2005
+ Their long-term view in both in the vineyard and the cellar is to nurture a healthy, diverse microbiological system in the soil and produce wines that are alive and capable of evolving over many years
+ They use Biodynamic Farming (pretty rare and very noteworthy!)
•• 🌿 I am currently drinking this and it is super good, very different vibe than most Pinot Noir I’ve tried lately. Also, it’s a stellar 2015!
•• 🌿 Wine provided by CaskandCruPNW
We enjoyed this daywines 2016 Pinot Noir from johanvineyards over the weekend. With the nice weather, we sipped it outside while the kids were having water fights. Although we are all on this roller coaster of uncertainty, we've been trying to find ways to enjoy the slower pace and slightly chaotic days of working and schooling from home. This weekend meant making significant progress on home projects, and getting into the sunshine. Hope you all are staying well and hanging on! Cheers.
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Throwback to last year's harvest bunch.
Good luck to all the crews out there across the region - we can't wait to share your beautiful wine.🍷
Wine Wednesday news. Contract signed havlinvineyard. Who’s ready for syrah? 🍷😋📄#oregonsyrah #parrawineco #wvcommunity #latinoownedbusiness #vanduzercorridorava #oregoncultwine #latinowinebrand #oregonwineindustry #dallasoregon #grapecontracts #willamettevalley
2007 Three Barrel Estate Pinot Noir johanvineyards : Fave Vintage + Storytelling + Sunday’s Best.
Nose : Bramble-berry + Clove + Anise
Taste : Fresh Acidity + Cranberry Cherry + Smooth Tannins + Long Warm Finish
Our fall club pickup was yesterday. A sensory delight indeed. Thank You anlynhsn + dagsundby for making our weekend brighter and immensely more delicious. Savoring our experience a bit longer with a library wine. Drink now and be delighted, cellar and be equally delighted I’m sure of it !! 🖤Tawn
Stand together by not standing together. Take time to appreciate the little things like a date night on the patio with a charcuterie board and a bottle of Pinot Gris. 🌱
📷: uncorkandfork
#nationalwineandcheeseday #wineandcheese #winepairing #pinotgris #datenight #stayhome #oregonwine #willamettevalley #vanduzercorridorava #vineyard #wvoregonwines #wine #rainstormwines #banfivintnersusa
Deolinda and Dave Coelho working the crush pad, getting #wvharvest2019 done! #coelhowinery #amityoregon #pinotnoir #oregonwine #handson #lovethebunnywine #oregonwinecountry #crushinggrapes #winery #winerylife #yamhillcounty #vanduzercorridorava
It is a BEAUTY of a day for harvesting the Estate Pinot Gris! #willamettevalley #winemaking #pinotgris #pinotnoir #vineyards #harvesting #vanduzercorridorava #wine #vinestowines #haveabeautyofaday #rainstormwines #pacificrimandco
Baby Gamay 🌱 plants are doing very well with this summer weather we have been having #plants #Gamay #grapes #vines #vineyards #summer #wine #winelover #winetime #winetasting #vanduzercorridorava #pinot #pinotnoir #harvest #earth #oregon #farming
2018 Pétillant Naturel Grüner Veltliner johanvineyards : Hope + Warmth + Comfort.
Nose : Pineapple + Minerals moving to Apples + Baking Spices
Taste : Spritsy + Creamy + Tart + Layered Flavors + Grapefruit Pith + Tropical Fruits
This zesty biodynamically farmed Pét-Nat has us reminiscing of better days. Memories filled with connection, family, baking and communing. On our last visit Dag shared he looks forward to pairing this wine with a fresh baked apple pie. We couldn’t be more in alignment. Looking forward to sharing at table somewhere soon!! 🖤Kidd
Thank you johanvineyards for this lovely #biodynamic #blaufränkisch 🇦🇹| From the grill: veggie extravaganza (asparagus, leeks, eggplant, wee turnips) + #newyorksteak, mushrooms w shallots
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#oregonwinemonth (2 more days!) #vanduzercorridorava #shoplocal #homecooking #pandemiclife
What are you doing next Saturday the 18th? Come taste six vintages of Coelho Vineyard #pinotnoir. Tickets on our web store, at the tasting counter, 503-835-9305. Explore this #vanduzercorridorava vineyard with us!
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#amityoregon #coelhowinery #wvcellarseason #lovethebunnywine #makemoments #oregonwine #winetasting #verticalwinetasting #oregonpinotnoir
Canopy management happening in the Vineyard right now. 2nd wire is in place and shoots are being separated for maximum photosynthesis. #canopy #grapes #growth #harvest #wine #winery #winetime🍷 #vinelovers #vines #vineyard #vineyards #oregon #vanduzercorridorava #spring #springtime #sun #photography #photosynthesis
2016 Johan Vineyards Blaufrânkisch #johanvineyards #willamettevalleywine #vanduzercorridorava #wine #blaufränkisch #martincellars
Today we also did a sensory analysis of the Gamay Noir grapes we sampled from Havlin Vineyard (#vanduzercorridorava) this week. Brix were right at 20 degrees. This site has a way to go. The grapes did not pick up smoke taint (thank God!) but now we deal with rainfall. Every year that this site sees rainfall before the sugars properly accumulate for red wine production, I let the fruit hang! There will be beautiful sunshine on the other side of this rain event and that means flavors can continue to develop and the berries can fully ripen! It needs a couple weeks still! The juice squeezed for this sample tastes like strawberry/watermelon Jolly Rancher. When the juice matures and starts tasting more like Cherry Jolly Rancher it’s time to pick! That might sound silly, but those descriptors relate to sugar/acid balance and accumulation of flavors. Keep in mind - when you make winemaking decisions based on the vintage and the site as I do - you know this: you can add sugar, you can add acid, but you cannot add flavor. I let the fruit hang as long as it takes to fully accumulate the luscious and amazing flavors that can best be expressed in my finished wine.
#leahjorgensencellars #leahjørgensencellars #gamay #gamaynoir #vineyard #harvest2020 #harvest2020🍇
Barred owl 🦉 hanging out below zone #1 this morning. Raptors are our friends especially if you are a farmer 👨🌾 #owl #barredowl #barredowls #raptors #bird #wine #winery #winelover #winetasting #winetime #grape #grapes🍇 #vines #vineyard #vineyards #vineyardvines #vineyardlife #naturephotography #plants #hunter #rodentninjawarrior #oregon #vanduzercorridorava #dallasoregon
So pretty at the Winery today! I wish I could just sit out on the patio and enjoy the sun!
#winery #wine #winetasting #sunshine #wine #pinotnoir #outside #winegrapes #winebarrel #vanduzercorridorava #willamettevalleywinery #chateaubianca #oregon #exploreoregon #oregonwinery chateaubiancawinery
September #WineryHunt adventures, Part 1 of 2.
It was an incredible weekend for wine tasting in the Van Duzer Corridor AVA, just west of Salem. I absolutely love wine country this time of year. With harvest beginning and a new vintage starting to come to life, there is a buzz in the air that you just don’t get to experience any other time of year.... or perhaps that’s just my ears ringing from the canons scaring off the birds 🤪 one of the two.
Our first stop was eolahills Legacy Estate Vineyard - a new tasting room on a beautiful estate with lovely views of the vineyard. You can even camp here (I’m not much of a camper, but vineyard camping might be the thing to get me into it)! I did the eola flight because I just had to have bubbles to kick off my birthday and I was definitely intrigued by the sparking chardonnay (it was bright and delicious btw). Next on the list was the white Pinot Noir, which gets me excited every time I see it on a tasting menu. White Pinot is quickly becoming my favorite white! The three Pinots on the menu were all so different and wonderful in their own way. I snatched up a bottle of the 2016 Fossil Block Pinot Noir - the fossil rich soil on the slope where this Pinot grows imparts an earthy backdrop to this lovely, fruit forward Pinot.
Next we visited johanvineyards, an 85-acre Demeter-Certified Biodynamic vineyard. We arrived just as they were processing their first pick of the season and it was so fun to enjoy our tasting amongst the bustle of harvest. We got to learn a little bit about biodynamic farming and some processes that you don’t often see around here, like the natural carbonation of their Pét-Nat sparkling rosé. This process involves bottling the unfiltered wine during the primary fermentation, trapping the carbon dioxide that is released during fermentation inside the bottle, resulting in a soft natural carbonation that is super easy drinking. The three pinots were lovely as well, each one being a unique expression of a particular aspect of the estate. My favorite was the “Nils”, a more masculine expression of Pinot - earthy, dark fruit, well-balanced.
Stay tuned for Part 2!
Long legged spike hanging around and nesting under our package delivery box #deer #wine #winery #vines #vine #vineyard #vinyardvines #winery #winetime #winelover #oregon #vanduzercorridorava #summer #grapes #nature #earth
