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

Clementine Cake, a Winter Delight

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Step by Step Clementine Cake Recipe with Three Feathers

Clementine Cake, a Winter Delight | two recipe versions, including gluten and dairy-free Winter is upon us and the markets are full of zesty organic clementines, mandarins, kumquats, juicy oranges and lemons in all sizes. Clementine Cake is unique in that it uses the entire fruit, including peel, pith and pulp. We have experimented with different types of citrus fruit, … 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

Support your Local Vineyard… or Think Small

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Christine Stimac working in Torio Vineyard on Three Feathers Estate

Support your Local Vineyard… or Think Small This has been a challenging time for those in the Wine and Vineyard business – especially for the small producers. Undoubtedly you have not noticed any shortage of wine in the big box stores and supermarkets. Unlike the toilet paper aisle, the wine aisle has been fully stocked throughout this pandemic. It has … Read More

No Clue about Clones

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A branch of Pinot Noir vine, during it's full growth phase at Three Feathers Estate.

No Clue about Clones It is common knowledge that the wine grape, Vitis vinifera, has many different varietals; Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot to name a few.  But many people are not aware that there are many cultivars within each varietal family. The Pinot grape, now known to be one of the oldest varieties, has several different family members: Pinot Noir, … Read More