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
Three Feathers 2021 Madeleine | Oregon Pinot Noir
Three Feathers 2021 Madeleine Oregon Pinot Noir Three Feathers 2021 Madeleine Oregon Pinot Noir is our second vintage of Pinot Madeleine. A rare, old-world clone of Pinot Noir, it is also known as Pinot Noir Précoce or Frühburgunder. This finicky grape has smaller berries and ripens a full two to three weeks earlier than standard Pinot Noir – read our … Read More
Three Feathers 2021 Cuvée Virginia | Oregon Pinot Noir
2021 Cuvée Virginia Oregon Pinot Noir Cuvée Virginia Oregon Pinot Noir is named in honor of our Mother and Grandmother, Dorothea Virginia Roosevelt, whose generosity during her lifetime and after has made these vineyards possible. The Cuvée is a barrel-selected blend of 100% Estate Grown Pinot Noir grapes from Torio Vineyard and Three Feathers Vineyard. These two Chehalem Mountains sites … Read More
Victor’s Infallible Smoked Turkey Weber-style
Victor’s Infallible Smoked Turkey Weber-style This lip-smacking Smoked Turkey recipe is back by popular demand! Friends from out-of-town came to dinner. After a long week of hot weather spent tending the vines, we wanted to serve them something perfect from the barbecue and decided that a good wholesome smoked turkey would fit the bill. After all, who says that turkey … Read More
Waste Not, Want Not | The Worlds Most Expensive Jelly
Brix, Birds and The Worlds Most Expensive Jelly Waste Not, Want Not is part of our continuing effort to find creative uses for our harvested Pinot Noir grapes that don’t go into wine-making. As I explained last year in my recipe for Blackberry Pinot Noir Sauce, I have a problem with wasting grapes. During pre-harvest months, while we wait for … 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
Torio Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA
Torio Vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA Torio Vineyard, named after grandson Vittorio, is situated only one mile from the highest point in the Willamette Valley; Bald Peak State Park at 1,633 feet in elevation. At 1,140 feet, Torio Vineyard commands a dramatic view of Mount Saint Helen’s and Mount Adams. The gentle slopes of Laurelwood soil are primarily west, … 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
Announcing our 2022 Harvest Party Wine Tasting Open House
2022 Harvest Party Wine Tasting Open House Sunday, September 25th 2022 from 12 noon to 5 pm | Tasting fee $25 Explore 503 Members from Cellar 503 Taste for Free along with Three Feathers Flight Club Members! 19569 SW Finnigan Hill Road Hillsboro, OR 97123 Harvest Party at Three Feathers – Visit the Vineyards and Taste our 2021 Pinots… This … Read More