P ortland O bserver J a n u a ry 1. 1981 I
Wine Country
By Marc Garner
This month I will depart from rny
regular type o f topics and talk about
what was, un til three years ago,
Oregon’ s oldest winery.
The Redwoods W inery, bonded
in 1935 as the fifth in Oregon, has
succeeded all others in doing con
tinual business out in Milwaukie for
45 years. The person who has wit
nessed all o f this is Dora Broetje,
now in her mid-eighties.
Her father, John, migrated here
during the late 1800s from Illinois,
bringing with him some o f Oregon’s
first concord vines and also some
choice holly cuttings. Soon after
ward, other members o f the Broetje
fam ily came west and settled on
land now occupied by a G.I. Joe’s
store, between Courtney and Oat
field roads.
These people were horticulturists,
so it didn’t take long for the fertile
soil and long growing season to
make the Broetjes very successful
farmers. During this time they grew
currents and raspberries, as well as
the concord grapes.
For almost 30 years they made
wine fo r personal use and fo r
trading w ith their neighbors.
F inally, in 1935, at the end o f
prohibition, the Redwoods Winery
could make wine to sell commer
cially. That same year Oregon bon
ded 15 farmer’s wineries. Henry’s in
Oregon City was number nine; the
Redwoods was number five.
John Broetje died in 1943, leaving
his daughter, Dora, who was 50
years old, to make the wine. Dora,
w ith some help from relatives,
began making the wine. Their wine
was rather special in that it was kept
in the cask until it was ready to sell,
sim ilar to cognac. So when her
customers would come to buy wine,
they were buying wines that were
already three to five years old.
This wine had a natural
mellowness from the oak that other
wineries could not offer. Popularity
o f the Redwoods Winery grew very
fast.
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This was not a large operation at
any time. One o f the largest vintages
Dora remembers produced a little
over 25-48 gallon barrels. Along
with the current, raspberry and con-
cord wine, they made small batches
clearly the high point o f the after
o f rhubad and honey wines.
noon. The color reminded me o f a
The honey wine was very special,
fine, golden German dessert wine.
indeed: an old family recipe calling
Here again, the wine was perfectly
for only clover honey. It took 150
clear and had a taste o f honey an
pounds o f honey to make enough
oak - very smooth and mouth-
wine to f ill one oak barrel.
filling.
Nowadays the price o f honey alone
Then came a concord wine that
would make this wine rather special.
had been bottled at least 20 years
When I visited the winery two
ago. It tasted almost the same as the
weeks ago, I had a chance to sample
concord wine from the cask at 10
some o f the older wines made
years o f age.
during the late 60s and early 70s.
A ll o f the Redwoods wines were
These included, from the cask, con
around 20 percent alcohol, which
cord wine made in 1971,
helps them stand the test o f time.
The color was a brownish amber,
A ll o f the wines tasted that day were
perfectly clear and limpid. It had a
very drinkable and extremely well
strong bouquet o f oak with a little
made.
fruit and tasted like a lightweight,
Today, w ith added rules and
grapy cognac, very well made.
regulations, the winery had to close
Next I tried a 10-year-old rhubarb
down. The old barn b u ilt for
wine that was bottled three years ’ making and storing the wine is still
ago. This wine had a color o f light
there, along with the original patch
straw with some organge highlights.
o f concords planted by D ora’ s
The flavor was a bit light, though
father more than 80 years ago.
one easily tell it was rhubarb.
Along with the vines and barn are
Then, while looking fo r an old
the five huge Redwood trees, plant
bottle label, I came across four
ed in 1897, that gave the winery its
gallons o f the honey wine that was
name.
bottled four years ago. This was
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Holiday recipies
DEEP D IS H B LU EBERR Y
CO B BLER
2 -’A cupa flo u r
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup m arg arin e
5 to 8 tab lesp o o ns cold w a te r
2 tab lesp o o ns c o rn starch
'h teasp o on g ra te d le m o n rind
’/« teasp o on n u tm e g
1 /8 teasp o on salt
6 cups blueberries
% cup sugar
Combine flo u r and salt; cut in
margarine until mixture resumbles
coarse crumbs. Sprinkle with water
while mixing lightly with a fork;
form into a ball. Divide dough in
half. On lightly floured surface, roll
one half to 13-inch square. Place in
8- inch square baking dish.
Com bine sugar, cornstarch,
lemon rind, nutmeg and salt. Add
berries; mix lightly. Place in pastry
shell. Roll out remaining dough to
9- inch square; place over berry mix
ture. Seal and flute edges o f pastry;
cut slits in top. Bake at 375°, 45
minutes.
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with the garbage.
Instead, they can be turned into a
useful resource if they are chipped
and used fo r ground cover or
mulch.
This year, the M adison High
School and W ilson High School
Dad’s clubs and recycling Portland-
area Christmas trees in mulch.
The M adison club w ill accept
trees December 28 (Sunday) and
January 3 and 4 (Saturday and Sun
day) at the high school stadium
parking lot, 2735 N.E. 82nd. The
service is free for persons 65 years
and older. For others, it costs 50
cents fo r green trees and $l for
flocked trees or trees with stands.
This year, the club will not pick up
trees.
The Wilson club w ill accept trees
at SW 36th and Hamilton (not at the
high school) on Janauary 3 (Satur
day) fo r 50 cents. Club members
will pick up trees left in front yards
in the W ilson district between I0
a.m. and 4 p.m., January 3. The fee
is S I.
The Oregon City garbage service
w ill pick up undecorated trees from
its customers for free.
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