Oregon Pinot Noir

Oregon Vine2Wine Tours is committed to providing our customers with a unique wine education. We visit small production, terroir driven wineries that do not over manipulate their wines. We feel that the wines you will taste show a sense of place. We walk our groups through basic winemaking, learn about wine faults, discuss wine and food pairings and go over what methods winemakers can use to mask the character of where the grapes come from. There is so much to learn about wine that people are often intimidated. Oregon Vine2Wine feels that once you start learning about wine you will want to learn more. There are several books, movies and websites available to the public. We recommend the following:

 

Documentaries:

Mondovino http://bit.ly/1qKWZP6

Oregon Wine: Grapes of Place http://bit.ly/1ufe5IE

 

Educational (and Entertaining) Videos:

Sideways (release of film increased Pinot sales) http://ffilms.org/sideways-2004/

Gary Vaynerchuck Wine Library TV interviews:

Kermit Lynch http://bit.ly/1vunlMd

Jancis Robinson http://bit.ly/1uZRpOb

 

Books:

"Authentic Wine" Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop http://amzn.to/1uNryZZ

"The World Atlas of Wine" Hugh Johnson & Jancis Robinson http://amzn.to/1uFuPJk

"Modern Encyclopedia of Wine" Hugh Johnson http://amzn.to/1x7b4sF

"The Vintner's Art" Hugh Johnson and James Halliday http://amzn.to/1xXX0Wj

"The Science of Wine" Jamie Goode http://amzn.to/1uNrvgT

"The Taste of Wine" Emile Peynaud http://amzn.to/1xXWRCd

"How To Taste" Jancis Robinson http://amzn.to/1vujCOy

"Great Tastes Made Simple" Andrea Immer http://amzn.to/11zFfzJ

"Pacific Pinot Noir" John Winthrop Haeger http://amzn.to/1r1ZeOh

"Knowing and Making Wine" Emile Peynaud http://amzn.to/1r2BauP

"From Vines to Wine" Jeff Cox http://amzn.to/1F6ot8w

"Making Sense of Burgundy" Matt Kramer http://amzn.to/1ugJuHi

"Making Sense of Wine" Matt Kramer http://amzn.to/1F8OEgI

"The Right Wine" Tom Maresca http://amzn.to/1vukNNZ

"How To Pronounce French, German, and Italian Wine Names" Diana Bellucci http://amzn.to/1F8P2Mf

"The Science Of Healthy Drinking" Gene Ford http://amzn.to/1qDgBub

 

 

Websites:

http://clospepe.com/wes-blog/(scroll the archives - lots of harvest/vintage info)

http://www.sou.edu/envirostudies/faculty/jones.html (link to Dr. Jones, a specialist in how climate impacts viticulture)

 

 

 

Pinot Noir at Harvest
French Oak barrels for Oregon Pinot Noir
Tasting Wine at Abacela in the Umpqua Valley
Reustle Prayer Rock in the Umpqua Valley