VINEYARDS

Exploring the potential of the Columbia Gorge AVA.

Two people pruning grapevines in a vineyard on a sunny day with mountains and clouds in the background.

Oak Ridge Vineyard –Columbia Gorge AVA

  • 1400 feet elevation

  • Gewürztraminer, for sparkling wine

  • Ashy loam soil

  • Planted in 1982 and ongoing, organically farmed by the Woodward Family  •   implementing biodynamic practices

  • Certified organic by Washington State, dry-farmed

  • South-facing vineyard in the hills of Husum, in the foothills of the Cascades  •  Oak Ridge is on the northern end of the AVA

  • Oak Ridge Vineyard is approximately 13 acres with a south facing, forest-lined aspect

Vineyard rows with pruned vines, supported by trellises and wires, in a rural landscape with mountains in the background during daytime.

Rainmaker Vineyard –Columbia Gorge AVA

  • 1200 feet elevation

  • Pinot Noir, for rosé

  • Volcanic soils, clay loam

  • Sustainably farmed by the Singer Family, planted in 2013 and ongoing

  • Rainmaker Vineyard is approximately 20 acres with a south facing bowl-shaped aspect

Vineyard rows with green grapevines in a rural landscape with hills and mountains under a clear blue sky.

Windhorse Vineyard –Columbia Gorge AVA

  • 1000 feet elevation

  • Syrah, Joseph Phelps & clone 174

  • Volcanic loam soil

  • Planted in 2019 and ongoing, owned by Alan Busacca & Steve Bruere

  • Certified L.I.V.E. & Salmon Safe

  • Planted in elevations up to 1300 feet, Windhorse Vineyard is located about 5 miles southwest of The Dalles, OR, on the east side of the AVA

  • 34 acres are planted on 160 acres of wild land, mostly oak-pine-grass woodland

Close-up of a grapevine with young grape leaves growing on the vine in a vineyard setting

Derelict Vineyard –
Columbia Gorge AVA

  • 2000 feet elevation

  • Chardonnay & Pinot Noir, for sparkling wine

  • Originally planted in late 1970s or early 1980s, abandoned at some point in the 1990s

  • not farmed again until 2017, when 7.5 acres of the original 40 were revitalized and vines retrained onto trellises , many trees and original grapevine trunks needed to be cleared to allow this to happen

  • South and west facing vineyard, surrounded by mature evergreen & oak trees • Derelict is on the far east end of the AVA

  • farmed by Kate & Nick Jacob until 2022