Vibrant Spring 2026 Awakening at Three Feathers Oregon has experienced a mild and wet winter these past months. Not as much snow as desired but plenty of rain to fill up aquifers and retention ponds. Three Feathers vineyards, farm and gardens are springing to life! The bluebirds have arrived and are having their annual contest with the green swallows for … Read More
2025 Season at Three Feathers : A Rich & Abundant Journey
2025 Season at Three Feathers : A Rich & Abundant Journey As we approach Harvest 2025, it is time to summarize this rich and abundant season. We have had a good year with generous rainfall in the spring and relatively even weather ; no huge spikes of cold or hot, wet or dry. For some reason, which we cannot understand, … Read More
Lines on the Vines: Celebrating the End of the 2024 Season with Exciting New Three Feathers Vintages
Lines on the Vines: Celebrating the End of the 2024 Season with Exciting New Three Feathers Vintages
A Sneak Peek into the Vines: Growing Season 2024
A Sneak Peek into the Vines: Growing Season 2024 It’s almost August and I have been so busy that I have not had the time to post an update on the 2024 Vineyard Growing Season since before bud break in May! Budbreak occurred in both vineyards roughly May 25. After budbreak the plants grow rapidly. The vines bloomed a month later in … Read More
Awaiting Bud break: The Promise of a Thriving Vineyard Season
Awaiting Bud break: The Promise of a Thriving Vineyard Season Spring has arrived on Chehalem Mountains in all its glory and bud break in the vineyards is imminent! We have had our share of winter weather; snow, ice, fog, rain. The usual midwinter break of clement weather in February enabled workers all over the valley to prune vines. Now we … Read More
Get to Know the Riveting Origin of Three Feathers Pinot POP!
Get to Know the Riveting Origin of Three Feathers Pinot POP! Pinot POP! owes it’s beginnings to the 2020 vineyard growing season, which will go down in Oregon Wine history as the Year of the Fires. This is an unspoken topic in the Industry, as many vineyards suffered huge losses from smoke taint in their grapes. Wines produced that year … Read More
Harvest Highlights & Private Vineyard Tastings – An Amazing Vineyard Season Finale
Harvest Highlights – An Amazing Vineyard Season Finale Harvest, which marks the end of our vineyard season, came earlier than expected in 2023. This demonstrates the variability from year to year and the value in the uniqueness of each vintage. Not only did extended warm dry weather all summer bring fruit to ripen early, we also experienced an abrupt end … Read More
Lines on the Vines | Three Feathers 2023 Vineyard Growing Season
Lines on the Vines | Three Feathers 2023 Vineyard Growing Season The last time we wrote about the 2023 Vineyard Growing Season was in February – March. Now we are magically in July, and the plants are growing out of the trellises. We are busy thinning pruning and getting the vines out of the way of the tractors. How did … 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
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