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
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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
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Given the way P eter B r it t s name and
mouth
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T h e ir Anna M a n a Chardonnay is e x a c tly what
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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
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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
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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 )
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s .» o * a *•« «a a n
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did
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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
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