Our Story
About the Vineyard
Welcome to one of Southern Oregon’s most unique and celebrate old Vineyards. Our vines are own-rooted, with 18 acres of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay & Pinot Gris gracing both our Hillside blocks and the valley floor between Deer Creek & Thompson Creek. Situated toward the Northern boundary of the historic Illinois Valley, our growing site is characterized by a shorter, very mild growing season. Our soils are fast draining and quite rocky, and our vines see near constant airflow through the growing season with one of the most extreme diurnal shifts of any wine growing region in the world. Late spring frosts, occasional Southern Oregon heat bursts, and summer wildfires punctuate our otherwise mild and Mediterranean growing season. Our fruit ripens slowly with lots of hang time and is often the last fruit of its variety to be hitting the crush pad anywhere in Southern Oregon. Our grapes are characterized by the unique sense of place that only old vines can display, with purity of fruit, elegance, balance, mouthfeel and texture being the focuses of the palate style for our food-friendly and award winning wines.
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Our Ethos
Cultivating tangible change through community-benefitted farming, decanting purpose from the fruit of our vines.
OUR MISSION
Building a multi-faceted, sustainable farm and vineyard operation that invests in the growth and future of our team, farms with respect for the land and the people who work it, and empowers wine drinkers to put their values behind their dollars.
Our vision
Our Values
Excellence
We strive to achieve the highest standards of excellence in the ways we farm our land, produce our wines, empower our team, cultivate our customer experiences, and outreach in our communities.
Integrity
The foundation of our business is rooted in integrity over optics. Whether in our farming, wine production, vendor and customer relationship experience, or sales model, we will never compromise our values and principles for profit, political or convenience motives.
Generosity
We believe that you can never give too much. We have set ourselves on a path to achieving a model where the majority of profits from our business are re-invested into our employees and our community missions.
Stewardship
We seek to preserve and enrich the land we farm, our workers, and the world around us through responsible and accountable business practices that do good while doing no harm.