Quality winegrowing in America was in its infancy in the 1970’s. The Spurrier tasting in Paris in 1976 gave the first international credibility to California Cabernet and Chardonnay. Three years later, again in Paris, and the following year in Beaune, The Eyrie Vineyards 1975 Pinot noir brought international attention to Oregon, a wine region unfamiliar to almost anyone except a handful of hardy pioneers. With these two tastings, Oregon won its first recognition as the New World home for Pinot noir.
Wines from The Eyrie Vineyards Winery
- David Letts The Eyrie Vineyards Chardonnay Dundee Oregon
1999 Oregon, USA
- David Letts The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Dundee Oregon
2003 Oregon, USA
- David Letts The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Noir Dundee Oregon
2002 Oregon, USA
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Oregon
Oregon, USA Rated 3.5/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris
Rated 3.5/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA Rated 3.5/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Blanc
Rated 3/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris Dundee Hills
Dundee Hills, Yamhill County, Willamette Valley AVA, Oregon, USA Rated 3.5/5
- The Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Blanc
Rated 3/5
- Eyrie Vineyard Willamette Pinot Blanc Oregon
Oregon, USA Rated 3/5
- The Eyrie Vineyards Muscat Ottonel
Rated 3/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Muscat Ottonel
Rated 3/5
- Eyrie Pinot Blanc
Rated 3/5
- Eyrie Vineyards Pinot Gris
2007 Rated 3.5/5
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| Cycles….. ... malolactic that carries the wine safely through winter. A period of age, the careful tumult into the bottle—and someday to the table, where another end, and another beginning, awaits the wine-to-be.” ~ Jason Lett, The Eyrie Vineyards. |
| Valentine Saturday ~ “TRUFFLE SHUFFLE” in McMinnville! Two locations, One Great Event ~ $15 Tasting Fee, all inclusive. The Eyrie Vineyards 935 NE 10th Avenue - 503-472-6315 – info@eyrievineyards.com. WineWorks Oregon 475 NE 17th St. – 503-472-32215 – wine@walnutcitywineworks.com. |
| Spontaneous Fermentation: Bubble, Bubble, Less Toil, or Trouble ... Far more of the valley is planted to wine grapes now than in the seventies, he notes, which may mean that more and better adapted yeasts are growing now, too. Over Eyrie's many vintages “different grapes from different vineyards perform ... |
