Three Feathers Vineyard Growing Season 2021

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Three Feathers family members gathered together for a portrait session Summer 2021

Three Feathers Vineyard Growing Season Report 2021 What a fabulous year we are having so far! Weather conditions have generally been ideal with a couple of notable exceptions in June. Bud break was the end of April and bloom came mid-June, forecasting harvest at the end of September. In early June we experienced two days of heavy rain.  This was … Read More

Rhubarb Pie à la Conticini

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An elegant, delectable rhubarb pie consisting of sweet pastry dough, almond cream and rhubarb compote topped with a caramelized rhubarb lattice.

Rhubarb Pie à la Conticini | An elegant, delectable dessert consisting of sweet pastry dough, almond cream and rhubarb compote topped with a caramelized rhubarb lattice At Three Feathers we are great fans of homegrown rhubarb and right now is the season. Sweet or savory (it’s great simply roasted in the oven as a side dish), this vegetable is a … Read More

Successful Wine Tasting Open House | Orzo Chicken Salad Recipe

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Three graces at Three Feathers during our 4th annual Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting event.

Successful Wine Tasting Open House | Delicious Orzo Chicken Salad Recipe Once again, Three Feathers Wine Tasting Open House on May 30th of Memorial Weekend was blessed with a fabulous day in every respect. The weather was warm and sunny. Our guests arrived prepared to spend the day in the gardens and vineyard. One brave group even spent a few … Read More

Announcing our 4th Annual Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting Event

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Handful of Three Feathers Pinot Précoce (Pinot Madeleine or, as in Germany Arh Valley - Frühburgunder).

Announcing our 4th Annual Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting Event Sunday, May 30, 2021 from 11 am to 5 pm | Tasting fee $15 19569 SW Finnigan Hill RoadHillsboro, OR 97123 Christine | 503-536-3083 | christine@threefeathersestate.comSandra | 503-701-5467 | sandra@threefeathersestate.com Something Old, Something New Our 2021 Memorial Weekend Wine Tasting Event will feature our first vintage of Pinot Gris. A new … Read More

2020 Vintage Line-up | Bottling Three Feathers Wines

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Three Feathers 2018 Blanc de Noirs coming around the line up to be boxed.

2020 Vintage Line-up | Bottling Three Feathers Wines It is time to start bottling our 2020 wines!  We had a good year in the vineyards with ideal weather conditions, a perfect mix of warm days and cool nights.  Despite the valley fires, we had good ripening and a plentiful harvest from mid-September to October 10th.  We will be debuting four … Read More

Oregon Rainfall

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Black and white pinhole photograph of snow-ladden formal gardens at Three Feathers Estate.

Kicking off the 2021 Vineyard Growing Season with Rain Oregon and Washington have a reputation for rainy weather.  I have never lived anywhere where there is such a preoccupation with rainfall. The truth is that here in the northern Willamette Valley we have a wet season and a dry season. Normal rain patterns are wet winters and dry summers. Average … Read More

Three Feathers Harvest Open House & Club Member pick-up

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Harvest Open House & Club Member pick-up | Invitation only Sunday, October 18, 2020 from 11 am to 4 pm | Tasting fee $15 As October approaches, it is time once again to select wines for your Three Feathers Flight Club shipment. This fall we are offering the 2018 Reserve 667 exclusively to Club Members.  A luscious Pinot Noir of … Read More

Geologically speaking | Three Feathers terroir

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Color photograph taken by photographer Elise Prudhomme at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA in 2014.

More about the Geology at Three Feathers I have always had an interest in Geology and Natural History but it was only moving to The Pacific Northwest, where evidence of geological turbulence is all around us that I more fully appreciated the instability of nature.  “Solid as a Rock” is a complete falsehood.  We see around us the constant changes … Read More