Discover Why Local is Better: The Appeal Behind Three Feathers Three Feathers Vineyard is a small, locally owned family farm where, among other things, we grow our own Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris grapes. We use these local grapes, and these grapes only, to produce our Limited Edition Wines. Why is that important? Why is that desirable? Our vineyard and … 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
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
Three Feathers Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA
Three Feathers Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA Three Feathers Vineyard, just 2 miles down the road from Torio Vineyard, was planted in 2014 and is comprised of 10-acres of Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. At 800 feet in altitude, this vineyard’s northeast and southwest-facing slopes overlook distant Chehalem hills. The highest point of the Estate commands a picturesque view … Read More
Our Vineyards | Growing Oregon Pinot Noir in The Willamette Valley
Our Vineyards – Growing Oregon Pinot Noir in The Willamette Valley Our vineyards at Three Feathers Estate are situated in the heart of the Chehalem Mountains American Viticultural Area (AVA), at the highest and northern most corner of the Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon. We are about 60 miles (km) east of the Pacific Ocean and 25 miles (km) southwest of … 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