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The Schmidt Family Vineyards Craftsman-style winery and tasting room is surrounded by herb and flower gardens outside. The winery produces about 1,700 cases annually, 75% of which are estate wines.
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Judy and Cal Schmidt, shown here, purchased the 75-acre Bennett Ranch, Missouri Flat, Applegate Valley, in 2000, where they planted Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah the following year. They added ...
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John Weisinger is shown putting up the sign for his new winery on the south side of Ashland. Licensed in 1988, Weisinger’s is the third oldest winery in Jackson County after Valley View and Ashland Vineyards. ...
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This display at Weisinger’s was made to show the volunteer workforce how to pick grapes by giving examples.
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As with many small wineries, Weisinger’s accepts volunteer help at harvest time to minimize labor costs and offer friends and patrons an opportunity to experience this exciting time in the vineyard. Here ...
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The founder’s son, Eric Weisinger, winemaker at Weisinger’s from 1998 to 2006, is shown in 1997 while still an assistant winemaker to his father, pressing off Gewürztraminer. Eric is a member of a second ...
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7. [Image] Grape stomp, Weisinger’s
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
8. [Image] Weisinger’s of Ashland
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
9. [Image] John Weisinger sampling a tank of claret
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...
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11. [Image] Grape stomp, Weisinger’s
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
12. [Image] John Weisinger labeling by hand
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
13. [Image] Weisinger’s Winery and Gewürztraminer vineyard
Founder John Weisinger had the lifetime dream of starting a small artisan winery and fulfilling his passion for wine making. He chose the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon to realize that dream. The first ...Citation -
Pheasant Hill Vineyard, planted in 1990 Kurt and Laura Lotspeich in the Wagner Creek drainage above Talent, Oregon. They sold their harvest to other wineries until they joined with Nancy Tappan’s Evans ...
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The courtyard at Pheasant Hill Vineyard leads to a tasting room featuring Trium’s Pinot Gris, Viognier, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Grower’s Cuvee are produced exclusively from Pheasant ...
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Laura Lotspeich is shown driving a tractor as she directs a vineyard crew at Pheasant Hill Vineyard. Fruit from this vineyard and Evans Creek Vineyard is used to produce Trium wines made by winemaker ...
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Nancy Iannios pours Schmidt Family vintages at the 2009 World of Wine Festival. WOW is an annual event, sponsored by area businesses, the Southern Oregon Winery Association, and the Rogue Valley Winegrowers ...
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18. [Image] Maria Largaespada of Longsword Vineyard
LongSword Vineyard is a family owned and operated vineyard and winery located in the scenic Applegate Valley. Co-owners Maria Largaespada and her husband Matthew Sorensen came from Indianapolis in 1999 ...Citation -
LongSword Vineyard is a family owned and operated vineyard and winery located in the scenic Applegate Valley. Co-owners Maria Largaespada and her husband Matthew Sorensen came from Indianapolis in 1999 ...
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Winemaker Eric Weisinger and the late Arnold Kohnert on the crush pad at Weisinger’s of Ashland as fruit from Kohnert’s Pompadour Vineyard is delivered. Kohnert’s vineyard, later managed by Randy Gold, ...
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Agate Ridge Vineyard on 126 acres of the former Dugan homestead is an example of preservation of agricultural-use land through viticulture. The Kinderman family planted the 30-acre vineyard in 2002.
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Joseph H. Stewart, left, and family founded Eden Valley Orchards on a 160-acre parcel where EdenVale Winery is now located. He is credited as father of the commercial pear industry in Southern Oregon, ...
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Maria Largaespada, right, and daughter Melinda Fryman stand outside the fields of the 10-acre LongSword Vineyard west of Ruch on Highway 238, Applegate Valley that was established and planted to Chardonnay ...
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24. [Image] Bob Denman, Slagle Creek Vineyards
Bob Denman is shown with harvested grapes at Slagle Creek Vineyard (established 1980). He produced grapes for other wineries before his own Slagle Creek Vineyards label was introduced in 2001. Other vintners ...Citation -
Jim and June Navarro first planted Soloro Vineyard on North Applegate Road in the Applegate Valley to Syrah, Grenache Noir, Rousanne, Marsanne and Viognier in 2006.
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26. [Image] Soloro Vineyard tasting room
The Soloro tasting room, with Jim and June Navarro, behind counter, Andy Pearl, left, and their first customers. The wines are made by Steve Anderson, Eola Hills, Willamette Valley, and Linda Donovan of ...Citation -
Novavine technicians machine-graft varietal cuttings onto rootstocks matched to the soils where they will be planted. Soloro Vineyard’s Rhone varietals were imported from Tablas Creek from Chateau de ...
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28. [Image] Troon Vineyard
Troon Vineyard, shown here, was awarded the Best New World Zinfandel prize at Jerry D. Mead’s New World International Wine Competition, Ontario, CA., in 2002, the year before the winery was taken over ...Citation -
29. [Image] Herb Quady and Chris Martin, Troon Vineyard
Herb Quady (l.), winemaker, and Chris Martin, owner, taste from the barrel. Quady’s family, who have been vineyard operators in California since 1975, have added Quady North, an Applegate vineyard and ...Citation -
30. [Image] Del Rio Vineyards and Winery
Located along the Rogue River just north of Gold Hill, Del Rio Vineyards and Winery is the home of one of the largest vineyards in Southern Oregon. Del Rio began its existence as the small community of ...Citation -
31. [Image] Joe Ginet of Plaisance Ranch
It has taken three generations of “Joseph Ginets” to make one adventurous Frenchman’s American dream come true. In 1890, the first Joseph Ginet left his home in the French Alps to see the world. The Ginet ...Citation -
32. [Image] Joseph Ginet and Family, Plaisance Ranch
Joseph Ginet, founder of the original Plaisance Ranch, is shown (ca. 1920) with his wife, Corinne Valiquette, and their children, front row, left to right, Olivette, Virginia and Josephine, with baby ...Citation -
33. [Image] Ousterhout Vineyard
Ousterhout Vineyard, shown here with Agate Ridge in the background, employs a lyre trellis system.Citation -
34. [Image] John Ousterhout, Rogue Valley wine pioneer
John Ousterhout farmed turkeys for many years before trying viticulture. In 1970 he planted his vineyard from cuttings supplied by Porter Lombard, head of Oregon State University’s Hanley Road Research ...Citation -
35. [Image] Paschal Winery and Vineyard, Talent, Oregon
In the 1990s, Roy and Jill Paschal bought a piece of property overlooking world-famous pear orchards and the Cascade-Siskiyou mountain ranges, located minutes from Ashland, Oregon. They began planting ...Citation -
Sam's Valley Vineyard lies to the North and East of the Rogue Valley. Its location in the interior of the region makes it among the warmest in Southern Oregon, probably due to diminished maritime influence. ...
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Sam's Valley Vineyard lies to the North and East of the Rogue Valley. Its location in the interior of the region makes it among the warmest in Southern Oregon, probably due to diminished maritime influence. ...
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38. [Image] Wooldridge Creek Winery
Wooldridge Creek Winery, in the heart of the Applegate River Valley, was founded by Ted and Mary Warrick in 1978. Wooldridge Creek is named after the family who settled the property in the 1850s. For several ...Citation -
The former Del Rio Orchard packing house is used to day by Del Rio Winery and Vineyards, which sells most of its harvest to about 40 Oregon, California and Washington wineries. Jean-Michel Jussiaume is ...
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Del Rio Vineyards and Winery, shown here along the north side of the Rogue River at Gold Hill, has 14 varieties of grapes planted since 1998 on 185 acres. The south-facing slopes favor warm-climate grapes, ...
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41. [Image] Margaret Dugan driving tractor on what is today the site of Agate Ridge Vineyard near Eagle Point
In its time as the Dugan homestead, the farm that is site of Agate Ridge Vineyard near the Table Rocks and Eagle Point was in wheat production.Citation -
42. [Image] Jim and Sue Devitt, of Devitt Winery
Former Pope Valley Winery owner and winemaker in Napa County, California, Jim Devitt and wife Sue established their Applegate Valley vineyard in 2001. They opened their tasting room in 2004 with one vintage, ...Citation -
43. [Image] Devitt Winery sign
The Devitt Winery sign welcomes visitors to the winery whenever the additional open sign is out. If visitors call ahead, the Devitts will make sure that it is.Citation -
Owners Scott and Loraine Folin, shown here sorting grapes from the 2009 harvest, at Folin Cellars, located about 10 miles north of Medford at an elevation of 1300-1450 feet. Their vineyard is planted to ...
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The tasting room at Folin Cellars winery, shown here, occupies the main floor of the winery building and features beam ceilings and large windows that let in natural light and afford beautiful views of ...
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46. [Image] Winemaker Rob Folin, barrel room, Folin Cellars
Winemaker Rob Folin advocates minimal intervention in the winemaking to emphasize the unique character of varietals grown for Folin Cellars. He returned to his parents’ winery after experience in the ...Citation -
47. [Image] Paschal Winery and Vineyard
Paschal winery and Vineyard, established by Roy and Jill Paschal, was started with 13-acres planted to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay around 1990.Citation -
Paschal Winery has hosted many musical events, including the Jessica Fichot Group of Los Angeles presented by the Siskiyou Institute.
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Winemaker Herb Quady is shown here with visitors at the Quady North tasting room, Jacksonville, Oregon.
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Margaux, daughter of Herb and Meloney Quady, waters young vines prior to planting at Quady North, first planted in 2006 to high-quality French clones of Syrah, Cabernet Franc, and Viognier. Their 100-acre ...
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51. [Image] Quady North tasting room, Jacksonville, Oregon
The Quady North tasting room on California Street, Jacksonville, Oregon, opened in 2009.Citation -
Just north of Gold Hill, Sam’s Valley Vineyard was established in 2000 by the late Vern Garvin, pioneer of Oregon’s cable TV industry. Granddaughter Kelly Garvin is shown installing grow tubes around ...
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The Garvin’s premium estate label, Cliff Creek Cellars, is made by Joe Dobbs of Dundee, Oregon. In its first year of commercial production, Cliff Creek 2003 Syrah took Best of Show and Gold at the 2005 ...
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54. [Image] Dick Troon, Troon Vineyard
Dick Troon, who began by planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel on his 32-acre property in 1972, is shown putting up the Troon Vineyard sign. Troon vintages were offered starting in 1993 with River ...Citation -
55. [Image] Kim Kinderman on tractor, Agate Ridge Vineyard
The old Dugan homestead, shown above as it appeared in 1964, is preserved on the vineyard grounds as a tasting room.Citation -
Agate Ridge Vineyard was established in the Rogue Valley in 2001 by the Kinderman family. Uniting a keen knowledge of business and a passion for wine, they found the perfect vineyard site, a beautiful ...
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With most of the annual harvest contracted to other wineries, Folin Cellars produces 500 cases yearly using minimal intervention in the winemaking. The 2005 Reserve Tempranillo was a special 2-barrel selection ...
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58. [Image] Paschal Winery and Vineyard
With unparalleled views of the Rogue Valley and the Siskiyou Mountains, Paschal Winery and Vineyard was established by Roy and Jill Paschal. The 13 acre estate just south of Medford was planted around ...Citation -
59. [Image] Hillcrest Orchard workers, 1911
Hillcrest Orchard workers are shown standing outside the bunkhouse in 1911. Thanks to the commitment of the Parsons family and Hillcrest Corporation to historic preservation, many of the original buildings ...Citation -
60. [Image] Troon Vineyard
Entrance to Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, OregonCitation -
61. [Image] Dick Troon
Dick Troon was one of the pioneer viticulturalists in the Applegate Valley, along with Frank Wisnovsky and Roger and Barrie Layne. He formulated a course in viticulture for the Grants Pass campus of Rogue ...Citation -
62. [Image] Winemaker Greg Paneitz hosts a wine club dinner
Winemaker Greg Paneitz performs any and all duties in the winery from filling barrels to hosting wine club dinners held on the winery crush pad. Greg, in his best pair of dress sandals, presides from atop ...Citation -
63. [Image] Greg Paneitz, Wooldridge Creek Winery
Greg Paneitz, winemaker for Wooldridge Creek Vineyard and Winery, is at work in the barrel room. After finishing his studies at Fresno State University and the National School of Enology in Montpelier, ...Citation -
64. [Image] Wooldridge Creek Winery under construction
Wooldridge Creek Winery, shown in the building stage, was created using recycled steel trusses and wood from the property. The finished structure exemplifies sustainable practices, such as gravity feed ...Citation -
65. [Image] Winemaker Greg Paneitz, Wooldridge Creek Winery
Wooldridge Creek Winery, in the heart of the Applegate River Valley, was founded by Ted and Mary Warrick in 1978. Wooldridge Creek is named after the family who settled the property in the 1850s. For several ...Citation -
66. [Image] Wooldridge Creek Winery
Wooldridge Creek Winery, in the heart of the Applegate River Valley, was founded by Ted and Mary Warrick in 1978. Wooldridge Creek is named after the family who settled the property in the 1850s. For several ...Citation -
67. [Image] Wooldridge Creek Winery harvest
Wooldridge Creek Winery, in the heart of the Applegate River Valley, was founded by Ted and Mary Warrick in 1978. Wooldridge Creek is named after the family who settled the property in the 1850s. For several ...Citation -
68. [Image] Wooldridge Creek Winery
Wooldridge Creek Winery and Vineyard, shown here, was first planted in 1977 by Ted and Mary Warrick. Greg Paneitz and Kara Olmo joined them to establish the winery, which opened in 2005. The Warrick’s ...Citation