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Does V a lle y View s consistent d riv e fo r q u a lity at th e ,r own expense make them a s a in tly business? Mo, it ju s t means th ey re sm art and w o rth y of a li t t l e in k , a li t t l e p raise and some patronage by a p p re c ia tiv e and lik e minded w in e d rin k e rs Rem em ber you don't need to make g re a t, hell even good wine to become outrageously successful Check out E rnest and Ju lio Gallo and some the the nasty s tu ff they produce i f you a re n 't quite su re of that statement High q u a lity Bordeaux style v in e s a re , to th is w n t a r 's c h a g rin , not an easy find in Oregon due to our r e la tiv e ly cool end v e t c lim a te But Cabernet Sauviqnon, M e rlo , end Sauvignon Blanc can be made end made damn v e il in th is state Paupers th ey a re not C utting grapes means a s a c rific e ,n the amount of w in e they could make So i f you and. most lik e ly , sell This is a philosophy not w id e ly adhered to by many A m erican businesses Greed is a strange thing It causes companies lik e IB M and G arn eral M otors who make re lis h the deep, r ic h , complex fla v o rs of Bordeaux reds and lik e hundreds of m illio n s of d o lla rs in p ro fit in a q u a rte r year to lay to see the sun shine e v e ry now and then ( i t 's June 1 5 th and o ff employees because it is not enough pouring ra in as I w r i t e ) , allo w me to introduce you to V a l l e y taka a back seal to the m ighty d ollar too often V ie w V l a e y a r d Located ju s t outside of Jackso n ville way Q u a lity and In te g rity te s t. V a lle y View is set in the w a rm m ic ro c lim a te of the p a r tic u la r ly th e ir Anna M e n a series The te rm "Anna M a ria " ( i n horwr of th e ir m o th e r, how can you not love th e t? ) Is th e ir Applegate V alley clas s ific a tio n for th e ir highest q u a lity w ines Ves, th e re a re places along The I dye which And at an elevatio n of 1 6 0 0 feet th is w in e ry is Two wines of p a rtic u la r note in th is series a re the 1 9 9 2 Chardonnay and the p e rfe c tly situated to produce w o rld class Bordeaux wines along 1 9 9 0 Reserve w ith some of the finest Chardonnay in the state th is style of wine is supposed to be about, ric h and soft in the This area has a fascinating h is to ry of w in em akin g to go along w ith its sunny days • W«M V *ir. • G il I'*. * « g v > • IS.»». Sit* • V a lle y View s wines re fle c t the care that is put into them , down south, for those of you who failed your Oregon geography a re d ry and hot I ip r w m » th* t ( » m .4 iht X I N u U tn g (h *i a<ar> « ill I r l i g M w w I «a lur *11 * g r * lh r im iB j r u w 11 n u ll « x « « t Given the way P eter B r it t s name and mouth n« i i s n ' i i « n i ' « A m i'« •W» t»*t» lb! «•! \ m I * I *!»».•»«« M(l ,','el I» <h* Ila Ito* Uw M * * m m t»..*g ■MhM ml *M **■ tMVgMt T h e ir Anna M a n a Chardonnay is e x a c tly what io TV» makes it d iffic u lt to go back Even a good Chardonnay w ill seem H r a w ttup by and c a k » v tb r great a i n r t and kdv fun pale by com parison Maybe he Then th ere is the Anna M a ria Reserve It Is called Reserve founded a th riv in g w in e In d u s try In th is p a rt of Oregon because it is a blend o, M e rlo t ( 5 5 % ) and Caber net Sauvignon ( 4 5 % ) and due to Oregon s w in e la b e llin g laws cannot be V in eyard acreage in the v a lle y at the tim e v ir t u a lly equalled the designated as e ith e r v a r ie ty c u rre n t acreage in the v a lle y today th is w in e le ft so it is not a v a ila b le for tasting at the w in e ry he started the state a f i r s t w in e r y . V alley V ie w , and W in e rie s shipped th e ir The question that came to my m ind w hen I tested th is w in e (e h , Franciscoand muddy outposts such as Seattle (see Tim othy the perks of being a w r i t e r ) w as, T a n a w ine be so good that it Amendment P ro h ib itio n T e r r ib ly wrong to my lis t of 'Reasons to continue to L iv e ' - - • 1 4 3 The 10 th bottle of Anna M a rla 1 9 9 0 Reserve How a bunch of men in th e a rly D rin k the I w i ll p ro b ab ly end up T w en tieth C e n tu ry who w e re m ostly practiced tip p le rs liv in g a long tim e because C h ris tia n and I s p lit a bottle and in them selves got together and decided to outlaw the sale of alcohol 5 0 years I can e a s ily p ic tu re the two of us, our shared hoarding Is beyond me m e n ta litie s s till going strong, knocking each other over the I f only we could send Bob Packwood and a box or two of M s fa v o rite w in e back to those days head w ith our w a lk e rs to p reven t the other one fro m d rin k in g it In any case, P ro h ib itio n wiped out tha burgeoning w in e in d u s try of Oregon at less than the ab solu tely p erfect occasion and W ashington hard to believe I have attained any position of re s p o n s ib ility M e a n w h ile , C a lifo rn ia continued to ship in d ivid ual production and consumption of alcohol w h ich w as,, become Anna M a ria labels when they a re bottled in the next and s till Is , legal couple of months a re the , 9 9 2 M e r lo t, 1 9 9 2 Cabernet D u rin g the I 3 years of P ro h ib itio n W hen the good old boys in DC realized that most everyone hated the la w , no one Sauvignon and the 19 9 3 Fume Blanc V a lle y View also o ffe rs a Jazz label series of Chardonnay, C ab ern et, M e rlo t, Sauvignon Blanc and a blush that a ra a ll v a ry good d a y -in and day-o ut ric h in p a rt because of P ro h ib itio n , they hoisted a few and table wines a, a ttra c tiv e p rices repealed the amendment is the level between th e ir Jozz and Anna M a ria s e rie s , w i ll soon S outhern Oregon's w in e g row ing in d u s try la y dorm ant for about 4 0 years In 1 9 7 1 the in d u s try , along w ith the name Y a lle y V iew , was The W inovskys moved fro m statem ent that makes Lon Mabon hack up lit t le phlegm bunnies to re s e ttle to the C aribbean to grow bananas One of the sons, M a r k , now oversees the day to day business operations of this He showed us around and gave us the low down M a rk has the rep u tatio n o f being THE person to ta lk to when it enhance the value of Oregon as a w ine region w in e tasting sid e k ic k , C h ris tia n (h is name, not his dogm a), and the lig h t w h ite haze of Cottonwood seed f i l l the a ir P a tro llin g the grounds is B C (B la c k Cat, not the dumb comic s t r ip ) who showed up at the w in e ry a few years ago and decided to make it It comas at a ris k A business, o r even co m m u n ities, states or nations, w ill benefit when they a re able and w illin g to serve a d iv e rs e population So go to the sun Take I - 5 south for about 5 hours out of P ortlan d and d ix o v e r o te of Oregon's outstanding w in e rie s T h e ir wines a re hard to find outside of Jackson County since the state e v e ry day between 11AM and 5 P M to d rin k w in e and pet him The tasting room is in the back of the w in e ry and may have been an afterth o ug h t They w ill prosper they sell about 7 0 % of th e ir w in a rig h t (h e re and none outside B C th in k s it is great that a ll sorts of people show up It w ouldn't hold other h a lf could play some h alf c o u rt on the adjacent m akeshift R um ors, how ever, that beating the person pouring the w in e on any given day in a game of o n e -o n -o n e gets you a case of S o r r y , a ,I you o u t-o f-s ta te r s w ith subscriptions to The Edge, you'll ju s t have to plan a vacation here (see the add on th is page to do ju s t th a t) though a whole basketball team , but w h ile I Z 2 the team tasted the w in e , a re unfounded V a lly V iew applies V alley View does do m ail orders Call them a, ( 5 0 3 ) 8 9 9 - 8 4 6 8 fo r In fo rm a tio n L a u re l's W in e Shop and the W in e Shack in Cannon Beach both c a r r y som eof th e ir w in e and the la rg e r Freddy's u s u a lly have » m e as w e ll But take a weekend to exp erien ce V a lle y View Vineyards f i r s , hand Buy » m a w ine and ta ll them The Upper The U pper Left Edge encourage everyone to w o rk in to th e ir own The dominate one is 'Less is m ore * G ra p e v in e s Ideal g row ing conditions a r t not ideal L a u r e ls C annon H eat h W in e S h o p le f t Edge sent you soma sim ple p rin c ip le s Io th e ir w in e m aking that we here at a re in te re s tin g plants C annon be a. h O f t t ? l l O And, of course, they don't get to rid e the 'P in o t In spite of these ris k s Songbird's melodies, p resu m ab ly of the W e s te rn Meadowlark according to my o rn ith o lo g ic e lly oriented way of life fc»g to V a lle y View as the Bordeaux grapes tax the boundaries of the G r a v y tra ln * that Is c u r r e n t ly ,n fu ll swing vin e y a rd s a re located on Applegate Rd at the entrance to the If you have to w a it, the w in e ,s w o rth it I Jd N IIumlcH. b r() Y alley V iew 's production of Bordeaux v a rie ta ls m ight happen v a lle y n e w s tasting room , w in e ry and th e ir 2 6 acres of c o u rt 436-1100 C u r r e n tly , Pino, area's grow ing season increasing ,he p o s s ib ility that bad things because he's a good h is to ry teacher The business is compact Open 11 AM 5 I ’M Cloved Tue» H ow ever, no w in e region in the w o rld s u rv iv e s on the m e r it of on fro m w h ere the business has come and w h ere it la going He's earned i t , and not ju s t From Around The World I sell Week Pi not n o ir ,s done in t r u ly outstanding fo rm in th is state one w in e home Every Saturday A ftern oo n 1 5 PM Different Wme» It is a p rin c ip le that V alley View W in e ry believes applies to the n oir ,s m arketed as and th e re fo re Is known as T re g o n s W ine Applegate V a lle y W in e T a s tin g and unique Jazz labels D ra g o n 's streng th is in its d iv a rs ity * Mo, ju s t a p o litic a l w in e business as w a ll as the human business comes to w in e in Southern Oregon Collector Wine« I rom IH75 Through Current Vintage» Featuring Over ItMUlWme» Wine Rack». Cdatte» A Wme Related Items A 'B a r r e l S e le c t' la b e l, w h ich New J e rs e y to th is area to grow w in e grapes a fte r choosing not fa m ily w in e ry I vaiunng NmihwcM, ( jlifu tn i* A Imported W w * be phased out th e re b y ra is in g the q u a lity of the alre a d y solid become one of the great w in e regions of the w o rld w h ile revived by the W in o vsky fa m ily In C oosler Theater C o u rty a rd B u b liU u K l I '»77 was obeying it and businessmen such as Al Capone w e re getting C a lifo rn ia , of course, went on to C a n n o n llc a c h It Is sometimes W ines to look for that a re s t ill in the b a rre l but w ill lik e ly grapes and concentrate across the c o u n try to people fo r C a lifo rn ia 's w in e in d u s try tr ip le d in size < HI would ju s t k ill you?* I made it through a taste and have added Business boomed But something went wrong «1 U ' U A U IM They have lim ite d q uan tities of product up and down the W est Coast to big ctttes lik e San s Th? C f f l O n n ) ,h r s .» o * a *•« «a a n MUM did < M s - mm a w eggs *rf «o boo a »ii u e , W *• ■‘Mr Ibgoaos O( -at •*««•«• VI •»>•«■« eWio. The drawback to th is w in e is that i f you d rin k Chardonnay fre q u e n tly , d rin k in g th is p a rtic u la r Chardonnay image ora v ir t u a lly canonized ,n the Pogue V alley region you would th in k that the man invented w e s te rn c u ltu re in th is rem ote p a rt of the w o rld in the m id - I 9 th c e n tu ry » » v» m o s s ««naey <• wnfcd w R eceaaeead ed W in e r y T e a r fa r J o lg Give the residents or cannon Beech a b i, of a break and need » u t n Southern Oregon is an amazing land fille d w ith » m e amazing towns } 6 ) N . H e m lo c k (SO S) 4 »6 1666 My fo lk s , 2 0 year residents of M aine, w ere » enticed by the eree P e rfe c t w eather causes the vin es to produce too many grapes W hen th is happens the q u a lity of each in d ivid u al grape su ffers they had to pull up the tent stakes and move out of the tu n d ra to and the w ine made fro m them u ltim a te ly lack d is tin c tio n re s e ttle in Ashland e x a c tly one year ago There a re 5 w in e rie s V a lle y View endeavors to c u ll grapes fro m the v in e throughout in the region to e x p lo re the grow ing season so that the grapes that a re harvested are A s b la a d V l a e g a r d s and W a ,s t a g e r s V I oe y a r d s w ith in the excellen t c ity lim its of Ashland In an area that can e a s ily produce 5 o r m ore tons of grapes per a c re . V alley View looks to harvest I - 3 tons per acre nice tour Aside fro m V alley View th e re a ra T h e » th re e w in e rie s make fo r a v e r y F u rth e r west in and around Cave Junction a re z /w z B r id g e v ie w V la e g a r d s and F a r t s V i a t g a r d s (lo o k fo r a fro m th e ir v in e y a rd and the vin e y a rd s they purchase grapes re m a rk a b le 1 9 9 2 M e r lo t) fro m to make 1 0 - 1 2 , 0 0 0 gallons of w in e each year Taka a weekend down th e re to cam p, h ik e , see great th e a tre , catch » m e rays and d rin k » m e of the state's "o th e r* wines P o litic a lly I b e lie v e in dem ocracy, b a t c u lt u r a lly n e t at a ll V b o a o v o r a c u lt u r a l a a lte r ro lle up a m a jo r ity I kno w it is v r o n < Joba Sloaa I ake I line Io I ravel in Oregon’s Scenic Wine Country ' hcperience ihe beauty, pence nnd fantatfic nine o f Oregon'* nine region* For in fo r m a tio n on and r e s e r v a tio n « Ti> Aim iei<6 On ¿ u t r.ri/w n y ‘Tv Ann AÍvm n impnutHA ‘Tv Aim u'llh My rrUtuni, Amhuunn anA IvtvOv nnnri^Me 'JrnnA u tin S o l a-yn iny —Vo«.*** 10X7 8.W. 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