Explore, Tour & Taste! with the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers

More than 30 vineyard and winery members of the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers will participate in the 3rd annual Labor Day Weekend "Explore, Tour & Taste!" hosting special pre-harvest vineyard presentations, open houses and much more. Locations in the hills from Newberg to Sherwood, Wilsonville to Hillsboro including Ribbon Ridge and Parrett Mountain, invite the public to visit, meet the winemakers and growers and join them for special events and wine tastings. 

Details and touring map posted at www.chehalemmountains.org 

2010 participants include: A Blooming Hill Vineyard, Adelsheim, Alloro Vineyard, Anam Cara, Anne Amie, ArborBrook, Ardiri Winery, Artisanal Wine Cellars, Bergström, Carabella, Chehalem, Cooper Mountain, deLancelotti, Elk Cove, Et Fille, Freja, K&M Wines, Lachini, Laura Volkman, Longplay Wine, Ponzi , Prive, Quailhurst Vineyard Estate, Raptor Ridge, Redman, REX HILL, ROCO, Styring, Terra Vina Wines, Trisaetum, Utopia Wines, and Vidon.

The Chehalem (pronounced "Sha-HAY-lum") Mountains AVA is the nearest wine growing region to Portland, Home to over 1,600 acres of vineyard, the region spans portions of Clackamas, Yamhill and Washington counties, and stretches 20 miles from the outskirts of Wilsonville in the southeast, past Sherwood and Newberg almost to Forest Grove in the northwest. Within the boundaries of the Chehalem Mountains lies Ribbon Ridge AVA, a small wine growing region of 335 vineyard acres, 275 of which are planted to Pinot noir.