Interesting read on @wine_spectator today! “Willamette Valley, as I wrote a few weeks back, is a happening place. There are new projects and players and a sense of renewed energy in Oregon’s lead region for Pinot Noir, and I returned from a recent trip to Willamette with a better understanding of three new ventures that exemplify what I’m talking about.
There’s the impressive Résonance undertaking, owned by France’s Maison Louis Jadot, in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Lingua Franca is a new winery and vineyard in Eola-Amity Hills with Larry Stone at the helm. And there’s Rose & Arrow, the latest project from Mark Tarlov, who founded the Evening Land and Chapter 24 wineries