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October 14, 2016 CapitalPress.com CONTINUED from Page 1 “I think they’re just very smart,” he said. “They’ve come to recognize Oregon is a good place to buy property that has water, which is a big concern for California. “I don’t see what they’re doing as being a negative at all – it’s very much a positive for the Oregon wine indus- try,” McLain said. “They have the power to become ambas- sadors for the industry that other people don’t have the size and the money to do.” McLain owns a vineyard and winery himself. His real estate brokerage, McLain & Associates, lists half a dozen new Willamette Valley vine- yard properties for sale on its website. McLain said the Willa- mette Valley has ample room for expansion. He said he spent 15 years mapping slope and soil types in the valley and estimates there are 200,000 acres suitable for wine grape production. Most of that is now in timber or other crops. The expanding presence in Oregon of Jackson Family and other big wine companies Eric Mortenson/Capital Press Wine barrels are stacked for transfer into storage in this photo from 2014. Oregon’s wine industry, full of small, boutique operations, is seeing purchases by large winemakers such as Jackson Family Wines, which purchased WillaKenzie Estate winery. such as Louis Jadot, a noted winemaker from the Burgun- dy region of France that has purchased at least two Oregon properties, is a matter of keen interest to people in the busi- ness. Jean Yates, president of Oregon Wine Marketing, near Corvallis, said larger win- eries are good for ancillary businesses such as Realtors, cork and label makers, equipment dealers, ship- ping companies and the like. Concerns include wa- ter and a shrinking labor force. Larger businesses are able to pay more and offer better beneits and might draw workers from smaller vineyards and wineries, she said. Yates, who publishes an on-line business newsletter at oregon-wine.com, said the challenge for Oregon’s growing wine industry is to retain the characteristics that set it apart. Among them are the quirky, tal- ented individuals original- ly drawn to make wine in Oregon and the collabora- tive, “family farm” nature of their operations. Begin- ning with what’s become the state’s signature wine, Pinot noir, the early found- ers came at it from varied backgrounds, helped each other and created an indus- try known for its quality, not quantity. “That aspect of the in- dustry is one of the things that separates us from oth- er areas,” Yates said. “You don’t want to lose it in the rush to grow the industry.” Yates said the Jackson Family purchases marks a second round of outside pur- chases of vineyards and win- eries. Beginning about 2002, the California Public Em- ployees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, aggressively bought vineyards and winer- ies in Oregon. But its man- agement company ran into trouble during the recession, triggering another round of sales. Meanwhile, the industry appears to approve of Jackson Family’s expansion. Oregon Wine Board communications manager Michelle Kaufmann- said the industry is “excited to welcome anyone into our community, any person or corporation, that is committed to making the highest quality wines possible and enriching our wine community, which is exactly what we’ve seen Jack- son Family do with the other acquisitions they’ve made.” Kaufmann said Jackson OUR VISIT TE AND SI WEB OME A Y! BEC R TODA BE MEM Family has kept Oregonians on staff at its other purchased facilities and allowed them to make their own operational decisions, so their wine brands remain distinguishable. Mark Chien, director of the Oregon Wine Research Institute at Oregon State Uni- versity, said Jackson Fami- ly’s wines are high quality, “absolutely in line” with the acclaimed wine Oregon is known for. “It’s an interest- ing development in the wine industry,” Chien said of the company’s WillaKenzie pur- chase. Almost Everything Starts on a Farm or Ranch 630 NW Hickory St. Suite 120; PMB 50 Albany, OR 97321 (503) 243-FARM (3276) www.owaonline.org ROP-41-4-4/#7 Winery 11 TO EDUCATE • TO PROMOTE • TO UNITE ROP-41-4-2/#7 Join the Portland community as we Make Strides Against Breast Cancer, Sunday, October 16 at the Fields Park in NW Portland. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Almost everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in the US (excluding skin cancer) and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death inwomen. 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