Three Feathers are Flying Again! We’re off to London to present our wines to the British market at the annual Oregon & Washington wine tasting event presented by the Oregon Wine Board and Hilltop Wines. On March 15, Elise and husband François will travel from Paris to London on the Eurostar via the Chunnel (Channel Tunnel) with Three Feathers 2016 … Read More
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Winter arrives, finally We’ve been experiencing a mild winter this year with temperatures rarely below freezing and despite the weather reports, rainfall seemed pretty normal. We were all beginning to think that we would not be getting any cold weather and many vineyards, including ours, chose to prune vines a little earlier than normal. Last week, however, temperatures took a … Read More
Celebrating the Circle of Vineyard Life | Holiday Baked Brie
Celebrating the Circle of Vineyard Life What an eventful year it has been! Starting with a few weeks of planning in January we pruned vines the first week of February. In March and April we prepped the soil and the aisles and started preventative spraying. The vines broke their dormancy the first week of May and after that it was … Read More
Giving Thanks
Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. – Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from Proclamation 466 (November 2, 1901) when President Roosevelt established the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day. Here at Three … Read More
Upcoming Three Feathers Wine Tasting Events
Upcoming Three Feathers Wine Tasting Events We are pleased to announce two new upcoming tasting events where all three of our Pinot Noir wines (2016 & 2017 Three Feathers and the 2017 Cuvée Virginia) will be featured and available for sale: November 15th at Taste on 23rd in Northwest Portland from 6 – 8 pm December 21st at Urban Decanter … Read More
Three Feathers 2018 Holiday Season Limited Offer!
Three Feathers 2018 Holiday Special Like our wine? Share our finely crafted wines with the connoisseurs in your life. Three Feathers is proposing to make your 2018 Holiday Season stress free and your friends happy and impressed with your thoughtful gift. Send us your Gift List and we will specially gift package, address and ship wine to your wine lovers … Read More
Bringing in the 2018 Harvest
Bringing in the 2018 Harvest Choosing the best moment to harvest grapes is a delicate matter. We spent three weeks in the vineyard, three hours a day, trimming leaves away from the fruit and thinning clusters that seem to be lagging behind. We checked the sugar content (Brix) every few days to see if the fruit was at the perfect … Read More
So, where are you located exactly?
The Big Picture “So, where are you located exactly?” is a FAQ at Three Feathers Estate & Vineyard. During travels within Oregon, out-of-state and overseas, we are amazed at how many people recognize the Willamette Valley as a Pinot Noir wine producing region. Some even recognize “Willamette Valley” before they mentally locate the State of Oregon! Explaining what an AVA … Read More
Veraison Diary
50 Shades of Purple Véraison is a French word describing the process of ripening in grapes. After the plants bloom, they go through a two month long period of maturation during which the plants, essentially climbing vines, put on tremendous growth of the shoots and tendrils. Just when you are exhausted from trimming, hedging and trying to keep the vines … Read More
2017 Three Feathers Wines are Here!
Presenting our 2017 Three Feathers Wines! We are pleased to announce that our much anticipated 2017 wines have been Bottled and will Ship starting September 15. 2017 Three Feathers Pinot Noir We continue to perfect our small-lot single-clone Pinot Noir from the Dijon Clone 667 grapes grown in Block One of Three Feathers Vineyard. The complexity of this vintage is … Read More