A vineyard update:
2018 is off to a “normal” start in the vineyards for the Willamette Valley. We have hit our average dates for major physiological events with bud break around April 15th to 20th and bloom around June 20th. These averages were the same as we saw in 2017 and […]
“I came to Oregon’s wine industry twenty years ago not knowing what Pinot Noir was, with a drive to learn and a love of farming. I immersed myself in growing the grapes, which led to learning to make the wine. I am still learning. It is an ongoing process, constantly […]
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Retail price $28
Club Member price $22.40
This 5 acre vineyard, planted in 2008 is located in Alpine. It includes Pommard, Wadenswill and 667 Pinot Noir clones. “Bound by oak when first poured, this posh […]
2017 Spindrift Cellars Year in Review
This past year has been full of new beginnings for Spindrift Cellars and the Compton family. We started off 2017 with a fresh new look to our wine label. Introducing the square shape, clean lines, and a simplistic elegance that our distributors had been asking […]
The 2017 growing season is coming to an end with rather nice “normal” weather for the Willamette Valley. As I write this letter we started our first picking of the season today, September 28, 2017; by comparison 2015 and 2016 we were mostly picked by now. The entire season was […]
