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DISPLAY UNTIL 08/05/17 $5.95 US BRINGING THE OUTDOORS IN there’s a soothing hot tub and a Babica Hen Café ley. Their B&B allows their guests planted to Tempranillo, thanks masseuse on call. babicahencafe.com the opportunity to “taste the place” to cuttings from nearby . Perhaps more importantly, the Dundee Bistro Wine & Bubble Bar and spend a couple of nights. Other varieties include Caber- inn features a tasting room where dundeebistro.com In 2002, the Delfinos built this inti- net Sauvignon, Zinfandel and estate wines are poured, wines Tina’s Restaurant mate cottage for their friends who Dolcetto. (After all, Delfino means produced by Alberto Alcazar, tinasdundee.com would drive up from San Francisco dolphin in Italian.) Jim, who was longtime cellarmaster for Ken to help them plant their vineyards. raised by farmers, works both Wright Cellars - perhaps Oregon’s Soon after, they transformed it the vineyard and the 1,000-case winery, which explains the hot most acclaimed winemaker.There DELFINO VINEYARDS B&B into a comfortably modern B&B in tub and beautiful swimming pool are nine suites. Rates start at $150, (Roseburg, OR) the shadow Callahan Ridge, eight nearby. Terri taps into the business and there will be a chilled bottle delfinovineyards.com miles from Interstate 5 and 80 of Alcazar’s refreshing Pinot Gris miles from the Pacific Ocean. administration from her previous Jim and Terri Delfino became refu- waiting. life to manage the tasting room gees of the Bay Area in 2001 when Turn off Colonial Road and at the and the B&B. NEARBY WINERIES & DINING they found this 160-acre ranch on end of Laurel Oaks Drive is the Centrally located, there’s Mel- Domaine Drouhin-Oregon the internet and started Delfino Delfinos’ home and their guest rose Vineyards to the north and domainedrouhin.com Vineyards. Upon launching their cottage, which stands as part of a Abacela to the south. The 600-acre Domaine Serene winery and tasting room in 2006, Norman Rockwell painting. Wildlife Safari in Winston is 20 domaineserene.com the Delfinos created a complete A crisp morning walk leads past minutes away. Seasonal harvest from the White Rose Estate wine country experience for the their sizable pond and their 18 culinary gardens at Allison Inn’s whiteroseestate.com southern part of the Umpqua Val- acres — nearly half of which are Jory restaurant. Durant Vineyards’ romantic Garden Suite apartment overlooks the vineyard, olive grove and lavender fields. Pre- pare for down home hospitality with Terri and Jim Delfino at Delfi- no Vineyards. Bangkok Chicken at Peerless. Weisinger Family Winery estate grown grapes. FACING PAGE A relaxing afternoon at Stoller Family Estate.

OREGON VINEYARD STAYS A WEEKEND AMONG THE VINES Eight great places to stay on -producing estates, from private cottages nestled in the vineyards to delightful B&Bs. These wineries invite you to kick back and stay awhile. written by ERIC DEGERMAN

ARMONEA Davenport began to transform the harmony, and her daughter contin- Farm also partners with Equestri- WINE COUNTRY FARM property in 1990. ues the legacy. an Wine Tours, which provides (Dayton, OR) She found Riesling vines dating The attractions and amenities at horseback and carriage tours, a winecountryfarm.com to 1970, a planting along Breyman Wine Country Farm are extensive, special tie to Davenport and her love for equines. Her farm remains Winemakers see the red volcanic Orchard Road that’s believed to starting with the view from a an ideal basecamp from which to soil of Oregon’s Dundee Hills be the third-oldest in the Dundee spacious patio surrounded by ever- research some of the New World’s as prime Pinot Noir producing Hills American Viticultural Area. green trees and blocks of Char- premier producers of Pinot Noir. property, but wine lovers have In 2006, Davenport built Armonea donnay, Pinot Noir and Riesling. A Lace up hiking boots or clip into been appreciating this peaceful Winery near the barn that dates to stone’s throw to the east are vines cycling shoes for short trips to sev- view of the Willamette Valley and 1870. Davenport, named her winery owned by Domaine Drouhin and eral nearby wineries. Upon return, the Cascades since the late Joan as a tribute to the Spanish word for Domaine Serene. Wine Country

116 PortraitMagazine.com PortraitMagazine.com 117 Cost is $250 per night, with a Gorge Winegrowers Association for the Durant oils, so the family business, that corner of the estate REUSTLE PRAYER ROCK in order to grow and make world- minimum stay of two nights at rightfully embraces its slogan relies on California as the source is yours. A two-night stay is $550. VINEYARDS INN class wine. He pioneered U.S. the one-bedroom cottage. Arrival of “a world of wine in 40 miles.” for most of what they feed into the Stoneycrest Cottage is essentially (Roseburg, OR) production of a white grape native includes a bottle of award-winning Bartholomews’ 15-acre site fits Northwest’s first commercial olive a two-bedroom home with full reustlevineyards.com to Austria — Grüner Veltliner. wine. in deliciously with its Syrah and mill. Tours, tastings and classes kitchen, laundry and deck tucked The Umpqua Valley’s place in the His gold medals in international Tempranillo. are available by appointment. in a remote corner of the estate. history of Oregon wine often gets wine competitions span Grüner, NEARBY WINERIES & DINING A two-night stay is $705 overlooked, but Stephen Reustle is Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc as Abacela More residents of the Portland/ Grapes from across the 60 acres helping to change that with work well as Syrah, Tempranillo and abacela.com Vancouver area are appreciating of Durant Vineyards, founded in NEARBY WINERIES & DINING the natural beauty that the Corps 1973, end up in the hands of some from his Prayer Rock Vineyards. Pinot Noir. Girardet Vineyards & Winery Argyle Winery of Discovery first recorded for of the state’s top winemakers. A About 15 miles away, the late And this spring, Reustle-Prayer girardetwine.com argylewinery.com Thomas Jefferson. In an hour, few of those vintners bottle Pinot Richard Sommer pioneered Pinot Rock Vineyards was named the Spangler Vineyards Dobbes Family Estate a wine lover can touchdown at Noir, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay Noir plantings in the state at Pacific Northwest Winery of the spanglervineyards.com dobbesfamilyestate.com Portland International Airport, for Durant Vineyards, a 3,000-case HillCrest Vineyard in 1961. Three Year by Wine Press Northwest Erath Winery The Parrott House rent a car and be standing in Three brand. miles away, Calvin Scott Henry III, magazine. erath.com parrotthouseroseburg.com Sleeps Vineyard or tasting at one Lodging at Red Ridge Farms pro- founder of Henry Estate, devel- Recently, Stephen and his wife, Salud of more than 30 wineries. vides substantial privacy after a The Painted Lady oped a vine trellising system used Gloria, took the building that once saludroseburg.com Three Sleeps refers to an answer day of touring or dining in Dundee thepaintedladyrestaurant.com around the globe. served as their winery and trans- True Kitchen + Bar Lewis & Clark received when or Newberg. The Garden Suite, a Subterra - A Wine Cellar Reustle, whose winery is along formed it into a two-story guest facebook.com/truekitchenandbar they asked a Northwest tribe to fully furnished one-bedroom loft Restaurant Cal Henry Road, also is making house. There’s a master suite, full describe a distance to be traveled above the gift shop, overlooks subterrarestaurant.com history. The East Coast native sold kitchen, wood stove and weight by canoe. One can get a sense the nursery and the valley. But Jory at The Allison Inn & Spa his successful marketing business room with a treadmill. It comes DOMINIO IV of those explorers’ wonder with when the gates lock at the close of theallison.com/jory-restaurant and moved to the Umpqua in 2001 with heavenly views of the valley, THREE SLEEPS B & B the loop hike at nearby Rowena (Mosier, OR) Plateau, part of the Tom McCall threesleepsvineyardbandb.com Nature Preserve. Patrick Reuter makes the wines Among the amenities at Three at Dominio IV in McMinnville’s Sleeps is the breakfast featuring The Chef’s Table at Allison Granary District, and his wife eggs from local hens and farm- Inn’s Jory restaurant, is one of the — decorated viticulturist Leigh fresh fruit. The Bartholomews also best seats in the house. Weising- Bartholomew — manages the can arrange for a licensed massage er Family Winery established vineyards they pull from for their therapist to provide in-suite treat- Ashland’s first estate winery. Youngberg Hill Inn is perched brand. ment. with sweeping views. Devotees Those vines include their estate Rates start at $160, and there is a have long sought reservations at site in the Columbia Gorge, Three two-night minimum stay on week- Joel Palmer House for its special- Sleeps Vineyard, which they ends and holiday weekends. ty dishes with wild mushrooms farm biodynamically. Among the and truffles. reasons for such stewardship is NEARBY WINERIES & DINING because Leigh’s folks, Glenn and Cathedral Ridge Winery Liz Bartholomew, live within Three cathedralridgewinery.com DURANT VINEYARDS Mill, Durant Vineyards, gourmet Sleeps Vineyard. They also operate Garnier Vineyards (Dayton, OR) salts, three gardens, an outdoor Three Sleeps Vineyard B&B, a garniervineyards.com redridgefarms.com pottery shop, solarium and a plant destination with views of Mount Mt. Hood Winery The Durant family offers a wine nursery that includes culinary Adams, cherry orchards and mthoodwinery.com country experience in the Dundee lavender. grapevines for acclaimed Dominio Celilo Restaurant & Bar Hills that is unmatched in the It’s a beautiful, remarkable and IV wines. celilorestaurant.com Northwest, providing wines from enterprising endeavor for Paul Du- Critics are slowly beginning Simon’s Cliffhouse at the Colum- estate vineyards, olive oil pressed rant and his parents, Ken and Pen- to realize the quality of wines bia Gorge Hotel on the estate and two exceptional ny. In the North Willamette Valley, lodging options. Pinot Noir thrives, however, the produced in the Columbia Gorge. columbiagorgehotel.com 17 acres of olive trees is a special The diversity of wines here is Three Rivers Grill Red Ridge Farms accurately bills Stoneycrest Cottage at Durant Vineyards remarkable, ranging from Albariño itself as “a destination for the sens- passion. Those trees don’t come has all the amenities of home, ideal for threeriversgrill.com two couples on a wine country weekend. to Zinfandel, and the Columbia es” as home to the Oregon Olive close to satisfying the demand

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ABOVE If you’re a breakfast lover, head to Babica Hen Café in Dundee for a scrumptious menu of favorites with local farm fresh youngberghill.com eggs, pasture raised pork, tasty waffles and more. RIGHT The Vineyard Cottage at Weisinger Family Winery is nestled next 10660 SW Youngberg Hill Road McMinnville, OR 97128 ph 503.472.2727 to a quiet Pinot Noir vineyard. Completely modernized with all the comforts of home.

HOME OF HANDCRAFTED ARTISAN WINES award winning wines 40 acres of vines and the proximity HillCrest Vineyard and guest cottage B&B to the Reustle tasting room and hillcrestvineyard.com underground cave. Lighthouse Center Bakery & Cafe Reustle also serves as a gateway lighthousecenterbakery.com to exploration. It is 30 minutes Tomaselli’s Pastry Mill & Cafe from downtown Roseburg and less tomasellispastrymill.com than 40 minutes from the charming enclave of Elkton, pop. 193, and its four wineries. STOLLER FAMILY ESTATE (Dayton, OR) Lodging cost at Reustle is $480 for stollerfamilyestate.com a two-night stay. Guests likely spend more than that on wine after Bill Stoller learned the value of hard a sit-down tasting in the cave.. work and a lifelong appreciation for agriculture by growing up along the shoulders of the Dundee Hills — on NEARBY WINERIES & DINING his family’s turkey farm. Bradley Vineyards Over time, the Portland business- bradleyvineyards.com man, co-founder of the world’s larg- Brandborg Vineyard & Winery est privately held staffing company, brandborgwine.com envisioned something greater for Henry Estate Winery 3829 Colonial Road, Roseburg, OR 97471 that land, so in 1993, he bought the 541.673.7575 henryestate.com farm from a cousin. Nearly 25 years www.delfinovineyards.com later, Stoller Family Estate has The Joel Palmer House Restaurant grown into the largest contiguous Joelpalmerhouse.com vineyard in the Dundee Hills at Red Hills Market 200 acres. Stoller set the standard redhillsmarket.com for conservation by creating the world’s first LEED Gold Certi- fied winery. In the Salmon-Safe WEISINGER FAMILY vineyard, there are 100 Western WINERY bluebird boxes and more than (Ashland, OR) 40 raptor boxes for pest control. weisingers.com The 4,000-square-foot tasting Second-generation vigneron Eric room, with its floor-to-ceiling ga- Weisinger made wine throughout rage-style glass doors, uses solar to the New World before returning collect 100 percent of its power. On home and taking the reins of the a sunny day, there’s a massive lawn vineyard his father established for disc golf or games of football near Ashland in 1979. John sold Kennedy style. fruit to Oregon winemakers for And the wines by Melissa Burr nearly a decade before becoming are beautiful. In 2014, Wine Press the city’s first estate winery in Northwest named Stoller Family 1988. Estate its Pacific Northwest Win- Eric was nine when he and his two ery of the Year. younger sisters helped Dad plant There’s no better way to drink in those first 4 acres of Gewürztra- the Stoller experience than to rent miner. It was a natural selection for one of the three guest houses that someone with German roots, and predate the winery by decades that aromatic white grape lured and now are surrounded by vines. John from Texas to Southern Or- The Estate House features three egon’s Bear Creek Valley. At 2,200 bedrooms/two baths, a spacious feet, Weisinger Estate Vineyard is CLOCKWISE Reustle Prayer kitchen that fills up with the morn- one of the highest elevation sites Rock Vineyards guests can in the state, and they’ve since add- ing sun, flat-screen TV, back patio explore 40 acres of vineyards ed Tempranillo and Pinot Noir to You’ll Call It Amazing. They Call It Home. with barbecue and a garage. Rates and gardens, Seared Diver start at $495 per night. The Wine their property. Both produce wines Scallops, a signature dish at Come to the San Juan Islands to watch majestic orca whales. Farm House ($545) offers five bed- of renown. Alchemy Restaurant & Bar in The Winchester Inn. Armonea rooms. The Cottage House ($395), The Pinot Noir was planted next to Discover the place these amazing creatures call home. Wine Country Farm in Dayton a stone’s throw from the tasting the original farm house built in the partners with Equestrian room lawn, has three bedrooms/ 1920s. In 2013, Weisinger remod- Wine Tours. two baths with flat-screen TV and eled the 576-square-foot home into INSPIRATION FOR THE SENSES back patio with barbecue. The its Vineyard Cottage, turning it Cottage also carries the legacy of into a quaint and quintessential It comes with a complimentary his parents’ home when they lived getaway for wine lovers from Port- bottle of Weisinger wine, a local grizzlypeakwinery.com on the turkey farm. land to San Francisco, 350 miles to cheese basket, a complimentary Irvine & Roberts Family Vineyards the south. tasting at the 2,000-case winery Irvinevineyards.com NEARBY WINERIES & DINING There’s a full kitchen, a barbecue, and a discount on wine purchases. Alchemy Restaurant & Bar Archery Summit air conditioning and a fireplace For someone who wants to blend alchemyashland.com archerysummit.com to provide year-round comfort. a wine-country experience with Amuse Restaurant Technology includes Wi-Fi and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, amuserestaurant.com sokolblosser.com DirecTV with access to Netflix, which runs mid-February to early Pandora and Roku. Hop out of the Larks Home Kitchen Cuisine at Winter’s Hill Estate November, it’s a gold medal. hot tub straight into the queen- The Ashland Springs Hotel wintershillwine.com sized bed topped by a resort-style larksrestaurant.com The Block House Cafe NEARBY WINERIES & DINING VisitSanJuans.com mattress. Rates start at $200 per Loft Brasserie theblockhousecafe.com night with a two-night minimum. loftashland.com bellefiorewine.com Lopez Island • Orcas Island • San Juan Island / Friday Harbor

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N O R T H W E S T LEFT Local winemakers and win- ery owners often gather at Joel Palmer House in Dayton. The autographs on the walls are a literal “who’s who” of the Oregon wine industry. ABOVE Delfino Vineyards.

YOUNGBERG HILL INN Registry. The wood-paneled lodge (McMinnville, OR) offers nine rooms, and each of the youngberghill.com five king suites somehow seem There are about two dozen B&Bs in tucked away to offer remarkable Yamhill County, but when it comes privacy. The Cellar Suite spans to presenting that experience 610 square feet. In-room options within the context of a vineyard, include Jacuzzi tubs and fire- Wayne and Nicolette Bailey at places. There are two courses at Youngberg Hill stand out from the breakfast with options such as rest in the coastal foothills of the Egg Florentine, Salmon Hash and North Willamette Valley. Pinot Poached Pears. Rates start at $199 per night, but the Martini With roots that reach back to farm- Suite ($399) comes with a private The MarQueen Hotel ing in Iowa, the Baileys bought second-floor patio and prime views the inn, 20-acre vineyard and the 600 Queen Anne Ave. N • Seattle, Washington of Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson winery in 2003. And because of (206) 282-7407 and the vineyard. their three young daughters, they www.marqueen.com immediately embraced organic Make sure to arrive by 4 p.m. practices for the vineyard first That’s when Wayne or members planted in 1989. Natasha and of his team stage a complimentary Jordan each have a block of Pinot one-hour wine tasting for B&B Noir and an acclaimed wine guests. They also can help arrange named after them. Aspen appears visits to neighboring wineries. on vineyard-designated bottlings of both Pinot Gris and Chardon- NEARBY WINERIES & DINING nay. Their father grows the grapes Coeur de Terre Vineyard and makes the wine. cdtvineyard.com As a destination, Youngberg Hill is Maysara Winery well-positioned with more than 100 maysara.com Come see why Wine Press NorthWest magazine named Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards the “2017 Northwest Winery wineries and tasting rooms within Yamhill Valley Vineyards of the Year.” Complete with its cozy “Vineyard Inn” Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards has fast become the Umpqua a 20-minute drive. yamhill.com Valley’s destination winery. Its wines have consistenly earned critical acclaim from wine judges, writers, and critics The sweeping views from atop Nick’s Italian Cafe around the globe. Plan a trip to visit or stay at Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards, the winery that brought Grüner Youngberg Hill make for some facebook.com/NicksItalianCafe of the most iconic images in the Veltliner to America, produced the “Best Syrah” in the new world, and was named the “2017 Northwest Winery The MarQueen Hotel offers elegant ambiance and old world charm in The Barberry Oregon wine industry, and the of the Year.” Just 7 miles west of I-5 exit 136. an urban setting. Every guest is sure to enjoy personalized service from Thebarberry.com our friendly, attentive staff. accommodations match expecta- La Rambla Restaurant & Bar tions. As innkeepers, the Baileys Your comfort and convenience are our highest priority. laramblaonthird.com are members of the elite Select DISCOVER WHY REUSTLE PRAYER ROCK VINEYARDS WAS NAMED 2017 NORTHWEST WINERY OF THE YEAR... VISIT REUSTLEVINEYARDS.COM