New Vintages! 2022 Three Feathers Wines for pre-release New Vintages for 2022 – our Pinot Gris and Pinot POP – are in the making! We are scheduled to bottle our 2022 Pinot Gris in April 2023. The 2022 was a shorter, cooler vintage so wines are necessarily drier giving the Pinot Gris a fresh, mineral flavor reminiscent of Sauvignon Blanc. … Read More
Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh?
Winter Weather on Chehalem Mountains | The Springtime Cometh? In January and February 2023 we experienced normal Oregon winter weather. Rain and moderate temperatures with some stretches of dry days – enough to get the vineyards pruned. For some reason, we always seem to get a break in February and think that winter is subsiding and spring is here. This … Read More
New World Three Feathers Wines in Old World Paris
New World Three Feathers Wines in Old World Paris photos & text by Elise Prudhomme Three Feathers Wines came to Paris, France on February 13 – 15, 2023 during Wine Paris & Vinexpo 2023. François and I feel privileged to have participated in this International Trade Show along with well-established vineyards such as Adelsheim, Cristom, Domaine Drouhin and Grochau Cellars. … Read More
Three Feathers Madeleine in Paris – a Feather in our Cap!
Madeleine in Paris – a Feather in our Cap! Three Feathers Madeleine will be in Paris at Porte de Versailles next week! We will be pouring alongside fellow Oregon wineries at Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris from February 13 – 15th, with the Oregon Wine Board! Well-known speaker, Elaine Chukan Brown, is giving an Oregon hosted Masterclass at Vinexpo Paris … Read More
Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment
Midwinter Musings | A Time of Reassessment Midwinter is an opportunity for reassessment: planning for the future and learning from the past. I am steeped in budgets, planning for production of grapes and wine. Looking for ways to improve everything we do. Vineyards, as all farming endeavors, give new opportunities and new problems every season. This is what is meant … Read More
Our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s
Our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s | Harvest Wrap-up Wrapping up this year’s harvest and our 2022 Vintage takes us back to the 1990s. A cooler, wetter Oregon when harvest was pushed late into the year and ice wine was the latest thing. Compared to recent vintages, bud-break was a full three weeks later (May 1st on … Read More
Waiting, Watching and Worrying – Anticipating a Successful 2022 Harvest
Waiting, Watching and Worrying – Anticipating a Successful 2022 Harvest In anticipation of a successful 2022 harvest, a certain degree of waiting, watching and worrying is in process at Three Feathers. At Three Feathers and Torio Vineyard, we have reached the stage in the grapes development that the fruit is letting us see its potential. Comparing photos from this same … Read More
A 2022 Vintage Tale – How Beautifully Blue The Sky
A 2022 Vintage Tale – How Beautifully Blue The Sky A 2022 Vintage Tale reminds us of lyrics from Gilbert & Sullivan’s – The Pirates of Penzance. We find ourselves spending a lot of time minding the weather as our 2022 wine growing season unfolds. How beautifully blue the sky,The glass is rising very high,Continue fine I hope it may,And … Read More
Three Feathers Wines at the US Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, France
Three Feathers Wines travel to the US Ambassador’s Residence in Paris, France for a European Wine Tasting Event Article & Photos by Elise Prudhomme Three Feathers Wines traveled to France in May 2022 for a European Wine Tasting Event. The California Wine Institute invited the Oregon Wine Board to participate in a gala presentation at the US Ambassador’s Residence in … Read More
A Pet Story | Our Pets Contributed to Three Feathers
A Pet Story | Homage to our Pets Text by Christine Stimac, photos © Elise Prudhomme A Pet Story tells about how our pets contributed to Three Feathers by protecting the farm and keeping out wildlife. Today, our two dogs and four cats have all gone. The dogs were fourteen and seventeen when they passed away and the last cat … Read More