Sharpen Your Business Acumen: The Wine Business Executive Workshop at Linfield University Clayfolk potters gather in the gardens of Edenvale winery music and wine for purchase An evening dedicated to celebrating top wineries while making a meaningful impact in our community Gain insight from leading female wine professionals The Industry's Leading Publication for Wineries and Growers one of Oregon’s founding wineries, proudly announces the appointment of Ariel Daly as Vineyard Manager alongside the well-deserved promotions of Gina Hennen and Shaun Vrooman within its esteemed winemaking team Ariel Daly Joins Adelsheim Vineyard as Vineyard Manager: With a wealth of experience and a passion for sustainable viticulture Ariel brings a fresh perspective and innovative approach to the management of Adelsheim’s 173 acres of estate vineyards Ariel was with Atlas Vineyard Management and served as an undergraduate student research assistant to the Skinkis Lab at Oregon State University After graduation from Wichita State University her passion for wine led her to complete the Vineyard Management and Operations program at Chemeketa College Ariel is thrilled to join Adelsheim and realize her dream of working with historic Willamette Valley vines Director of Winemaking and Viticulture: Gina Hennen an integral part of the Adelsheim family for seventeen remarkable years has been promoted to Director of Winemaking and Viticulture Her unwavering dedication to crafting wines of elegance and distinction has been instrumental in shaping Adelsheim's legacy Gina spent several years as a semiconductor engineer in Dublin She decided to make a change inspired by a love of food and wine and enrolled in the Winemaking program at Chemeketa College blending science and artisanship at one of Oregon’s most historic wineries who has held key roles on the winemaking team for over seven years Shaun will play a pivotal role in maintaining the exacting standards that define Adelsheim's portfolio Shaun’s career began in restaurant hospitality where he built several wine programs in Tennessee and Colorado This led him to study winemaking through the UC Davis extension program and Chemeketa College the appointments and promotions underscore the winery's commitment to excellence and its ongoing pursuit of crafting sustainable wines that capture the essence of Oregon's terroir "We are delighted to welcome Ariel Daly to the Adelsheim family and are confident that her expertise and passion for sustainable viticulture will further elevate our vineyard operations," said Lynn Loacker "Gina Hennen's promotion to Director of Winemaking and Viticulture is a testament to her exceptional leadership and unwavering dedication to crafting wines of distinction," said Rob Alstrin Adelsheim Vineyard was established in 1971 with a curious spirit and driven by relentless pursuit of terroir in an undiscovered wine region the Chehalem Mountains of the Northern Willamette Valley Over five decades later, we have played an instrumental role in nearly every aspect of the Oregon wine story and continue to be one of the region’s most respected wineries Our winemaking reveals an authentic expression of Pinot noir and Chardonnay from eight estate vineyards across 173 acres of richly diverse soil types Subscribe to S Magazine Sign up for the Newsletter S Magazine Canada's leading luxury lifestyle magazine for sophisticated women Gina Hennen, the winemaker at Adelsheim Winery in Willamette Valley has become a shining inspiration for female vintners as she breaks through a traditionally male-run industry Hennen has made it her mission to create a diverse and supportive working environment at Adelsheim Winery where women are a vital part of the team. S/ recently spoke with Hennen to gain better insight into how the winemaking industry can make steps toward gender equality as well as other female vintners who are an inspiration to her My two previous careers were both in male-dominated industries (engineering and restaurant kitchens) concrete movement toward parity and increased representation—not just in terms of gender—in the wine industry and that makes me very hopeful for the future “One of my thesis advisors gave me a bottle of Blanc de Blancs Champagne after I turned in my thesis I have a terrible memory for wines so don’t ask me what it was but I do remember that it was the first wine to turn my head At the time it didn’t register as a potential career choice even though I was in Portland the more I imagined myself doing just that.” I’m extremely fortunate to have a supportive network of winemakers in the Willamette Valley We have a tasting group and social club that meets regularly and we discuss all kinds of issues—winemaking and other It’s tremendously helpful to get feedback and bounce around ideas “It starts with our harvest interns—they are the future of the industry At Adelsheim we do our best to have a gender balance on our harvest team and we have an intensive focus on development and learning during harvest I want everyone who works here to have learned as much as they can during their time with us there are wonderful organizations here in the Valley (e.g Women in Wine) that are focused on equity and representation These are wonderful organizations to support.” Discover Adelsheim wines here. Adelsheim Vineyard is one of nearly 100 global wineries featured in this year’s International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville David Adelsheim arrived in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and began planting wine grapes He started with a 19-acre piece of land near the town of Newberg, in what is now the Chehalem Mountains American Viticultural Area He didn’t choose this spot for any particular reason he planted and sourced fruit from throughout the large valley that stretches from the Columbia River in the north clear down to Eugene Since launching his eponymous winery in 1978 (there were just 10 wineries in Oregon then) the focus has been on crafting wines from the broader Willamette Valley returning to his roots in a way by sharpening his efforts on fruit solely from the Chehalem Mountains all using grapes from the Chehalem Mountains so ask for them at your favorite wine shop Adelsheim Vineyard 2015 Staking Claim Chardonnay followed by flavors of firm orchard fruit and ripe pear Adelsheim Vineyard 2016 Bryan Creek Pinot Blanc Adelsheim Vineyard 2015 Breaking Ground Pinot Noir which features highly sought-after pinot noir grapes The federal government recognized the Chehalem Mountains as a grape-growing region in 2006 There are three soil types and different elevations mixed into this region revealing its greatness based on the location of where it is grown This model works in its ancestral home in France’s Burgundy where the industry’s pioneers continue to refine its style the emerging profile would seem to be purity of fruit that results in seductive wines Adelsheim Vineyard is one of nearly 100 wineries from around the world featured in this year’s International Pinot Noir Celebration Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser News Center News Center Research Education Patient Care Give About Research Education Patient Care Give About Pediatrics March 24 By Erin Digitale The recent federal report on suicides among youth in Santa Clara County will inform how the community continues to support mental health for young people said Stanford psychiatrist Steven Adelsheim Earlier this month, the federal government released a report on risk factors for suicide among youth in Santa Clara County which was requested by members of the Palo Alto community in response to youth suicides in 2009 and 2014 reviewed the epidemiology of suicidal behaviors in young people living in the county as well as aspects of the community response Steven Adelsheim, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has been involved in several efforts to improve mental health care for young people in the community He spoke with science writer Erin Digitale about the new report which was produced by the Centers for Disease Control and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Q: What did the report say about suicide rates and precipitating circumstances behind youth suicides in Santa Clara County Adelsheim: The report found that youth suicide rates for residents of Santa Clara County have remained really stable with no significant difference over time since 2003 When you look across the board at the county's 10- to 24-year-olds the annual suicide rate is 5.4 per 100,000 people which is very similar to the California rate of 5.3 per 100,000 The national suicide rate among this age group is higher than rates for our county and state Looking at the county's youth suicides in detail two-thirds occurred among young people aged 20 to 24 and three-fourths of young people who died by suicide were male Their ethnicity distribution was close to that of the county as a whole When the researchers looked at youth who died by suicide the cities of Palo Alto and Morgan Hill did have higher rates than the county as a whole: 14.1 suicide deaths per 100,000 among Palo Alto residents and 12.7 per 100,000 among Morgan Hill residents A key finding of the report was that many people who died by suicide had faced a recent crisis or mental health issue About a third were currently being treated for mental illness and 48 percent had current mental health problems Fifty-two percent had had a recent life crisis such as a breakup with a boyfriend or girlfriend problems at school or a significant argument Q: To what extent do you think the findings support or refute assumptions people may have made about youth suicides in Santa Clara County there was a sense that losses of young people in the Palo Alto area were much larger compared to the county as a whole It's true that the rate of youth suicides within Palo Alto was found to be higher than for young people elsewhere in the county and there may be some ongoing stressors among Palo Alto youth that the community is working hard to address But the findings also make clear that no single factor explains suicide-related deaths The report reflects well on efforts the Palo Alto community has been making to improve all aspects of mental health among young people Strong partnerships have been formed between the school district mental health care providers - including our team at Stanford - and many others All these partners deserve credit because their efforts are making a difference Adelsheim: When you look broadly at the entire county and note the rate of suicides in males aged 20 to 24 it raises important questions about how young people who are no longer high school age can access mental health services I think we need to recognize their crises and build better access to early mental health care across the board We also need to start asking why these young men are less likely to access mental health care and build programs for them to easily get it The contrast between youth suicide rates in rural and urban areas of Northern California is also noteworthy Bay Area counties have rates that are very similar to the state rate of around 5 to 6 suicide deaths per 100,000 young people while rural counties have much higher rates The top three were Mendocino (16.2 per 100,000) Lake (15.2 per 100,000) and Humboldt (12.5 per 100,000) counties One difficulty is that many rural counties generally lack the financial support to provide the same access to evidence-based interventions across large rural areas A possible solution is building out telehealth and telepsychiatry capacity which we at Stanford have done in a small way by providing this kind of support to a pediatric practice in Monterey There may be value in expanding these types of support to more rural counties to expand access to mental health care Q: One area of focus for the CDC report was the quality of news reporting about Santa Clara County's youth suicides Adelsheim: Responsible news reporting is an important element of reducing suicide contagion among youth but the CDC report shows that local and national coverage of youth suicides was fairly uneven in quality Problems the CDC documented in media reports included use of sensationalistic terms and headlines as well as photos or language depicting the means by which people had died Those should be avoided in news coverage of suicides there are several things media stories can include to make coverage more responsible which the report found were sometimes missing it helps to talk about suicide as a public health issue that is multifactorial and can have important mental health aspects It's useful to talk about hope and tell stories of people who were struggling but then did better And it's very important to say that treatment for mental health problems works and to provide contact information for crisis services and say \"If you're concerned that you may harm yourself avoiding sensationalism and showing that help is available are really important Q: How have Stanford Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford responded to the need for better mental health services for our community's youth We're also working to launch a program for youth with early signs of psychosis to help decrease suicide risk among those in the early stages of serious psychiatric conditions we've partnered with Mills-Peninsula Hospital to have Stanford child and adolescent psychiatrist staff several pediatric inpatient mental health beds Having hospital beds available for youth in crisis is important We also want to be able to help young people much earlier we've been developing a local version of the headspace program based on a successful Australian program of the same name for providing outpatient counseling and other early-intervention services to youth Santa Clara County has allocated funding for two staff positions a youth development specialist and a school employment specialist and we're partnering with the county to potentially access additional innovation grant funding to support the development of two county headspace sites The headspace model is designed to help youth aged 12 to 25 so it's a potential access point for young people aged 20 to 24 who might not otherwise get mental health care Our marketing for headspace will include messages saying that this is a place to go for help recovering from breakups and other difficult life events rather than overtly branding it as a mental health clinic We hope this approach will help us draw in a larger swath of young people we are supporting a broad range of community-based services We want to have capacity that stretches from prevention to early intervention to acute-care services and we're really proud to partner with so many community groups to work toward this worthy goal Individuals in crisis can receive help from the Santa Clara County Suicide & Crisis Hotline at (855) 278-4204 Help is also available from anywhere in the United States via Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741) or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255 Earlier this month, the federal government released a report on risk factors for suicide among youth in Santa Clara County Steven Adelsheim, MD, clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the School of Medicine and a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford "If you're concerned that you may harm yourself Individuals in crisis can receive help from the Santa Clara County Suicide & Crisis Hotline at (855) 278-4204 Stanford Medicine is an integrated academic health system comprising the Stanford School of Medicine and adult and pediatric health care delivery systems. 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The sub-AVA that sprawls over the range that defines the northern limits of Willamette Valley has been home to most, but not all, of the label's 11 estate vineyards. The winery's newest offering, a 2013 Pinot Noir called Breaking Ground, is made entirely from Chehalem Mountains AVA grapes. It's the first step in a transition to put the winery's focus back onto Chehalem Mountains. 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(Even better, 10 percent of the sale price of each bottle goes to benefit the Trail Blazers Foundation.) Each bottle is adorned with eye-catching art by designer Bethany Ng so if it's your dream to drink from a bottle with "Rip City it's probably worth a buy no matter what the actual product tastes like The pinot is surprisingly delicate and measured It'll be available by the glass in the Rose Quarter this season and it's easy to imagine sipping with some nachos or whatever The chardonnay fares far worse—it tastes like somebody dosed the bottle with eye droppers of vanilla extract and liquid wood chips If the pinot is like CJ McCollum—pretty good but fine for the Blazers—the chardonnay is like Meyers Leonard: underachieving and better off in Florida Related: The Co-Owner of One of Portland's Best Wine Bar Has Released Three Unique Summer Sippers Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the label artist Bethany Ng BUY IT: Adelsheim's Commemorative Blazer Wines are available for order at adelsheim.com/blazers Willamette Week’s reporting has concrete impacts that change laws, force action from civic leaders, and drive compromised politicians from public office. 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Adelsheim Vineyard is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoffrey Hall as Grower Relations Liaison Hall's responsibilities include fostering all aspects of our relationships with Adelsheim's contracted fruit growers He will be an ambassador of the company as he visits current and potential growers in the field suggests viticultural practices that could improve quality coordinates harvest and delivery logistics and recognizes our grower's accomplishments Hall earned his Masters in Horticulture with an emphasis in Viticulture from Washington State University in 2010 and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Idaho in 2007 The Portland Trail Blazers sharpshooter teamed with Adelsheim Vineyard to create his just-announced McCollum Heritage 91 label forging a bond with his backyard wine region his fiancée and his state's all-star grape McCollum, 28, made waves in 2019 when he broke a franchise record by scoring 37 points in a Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets to advance the Trail Blazers to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since the 2000 NBA playoffs. Adelsheim joined the roster soon after: The winery helped create the Blazers' 50th anniversary commemorative wines and are now working with the team to raise COVID-19 relief funds for the community "It's crazy how this all came to life with me being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers and falling into the goldmine of Pinot Noir here in Oregon," McCollum told Wine Spectator. He's in good company with the Blazers, whose top tasters include Carmelo Anthony and Damian Lillard The longtime fan was ready to jump into the wine game "go[ing] through the process of what it's like to create a wine from start to finish." In the early days of Heritage 91's development McCollum blind-tasted several wines with Adelsheim winemaker Gina Hennen and was immediately drawn to flavors from volcanic soils The resulting Pinot Noir is a blend sourced from three contiguous estate vineyard properties "[CJ] is so engaged in the entire process and genuinely wants to learn everything he can about the business," Hennen said Hennen added that "the final blend should contain echoes of each vineyard and yet be dominated by none of them." The 2018 Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir will be available for purchase Sept 15 for $50; McCollum says more releases are in the works He took a break from poking around his 600-bottle cellar to speak with editorial assistant Shawn Zylberberg about his new wine's genesis and falling in love with his local wine region as well as his teammates' reaction to the news that he'd become a winemaker It changed my outlook on Pinot and volcanic soil [Soon] I knew I was a big fan of Bryan Creek Vineyard and Willamette Valley and it gave me a chance to be as interactive as possible Gina Hennen took a lot of my advice in terms of my taste preferences and brought the wine to life using multi-vineyard blends of many different Pinot Noirs I think Gina has done a great job with making wine historically so I felt extremely comfortable with putting my bottle in their hands WS: Have your teammates had an exclusive first sip?CM: They haven't tried it yet, and have been giving me a hard time because I've kept it under wraps and really didn't tell anyone until about a week ago. We all live close to each other and they've been saying, "We live this close and you never brought a bottle to our house?" So I'm gonna make sure all my teammates and homies get a bottle this weekend. As CEO of Houston’s Goodnight Hospitality—the group behind restaurants March, Rosie … Winemaker Jared Etzel moves on from Domaine Roy & Fils to success with a new Pinot Noir … Winemakers bringing the region’s terroir to the fore Top wine pros share the sweet wines they think deserve more love, from Pedro Ximénez Sherry … Castello Solicchiata is the volcano’s most historic noble winery. Why is it hidden away? The Italian wine visionary sat down with  Wine Spectator's editor and publisher to chat … In 1971, after meeting several of the pioneering winemakers, David Adelsheim and his former wife, Ginny, purchased 19 acres in the Chehalem Mountains. They converted part of their basement for use as the first winery in 1978, becoming one of 10 families making wine in the area prior to 1980. Over the course of Adelsheim Vineyard’s decades-long history David has worn many hats — vineyard manager His early winemaking experience included work at The Eyrie Vineyards and at the experimental winery of the Lycée Viticole in Beaune he wrote and pushed the OLCC to approve the strictest labeling regulations in America David also helped write AVA petitions for the Willamette Valley He’s been instrumental in helping the Oregon industry procure important clones and varieties from France and Germany not to mention the founding of Oregon Pinot Camp in 2000 establishing the Oregon Wine Board in 2005 and rebuilding the Willamette Valley Wineries Association in 2007 he sold his ownership of Adelsheim Vineyard to his partners of 25 years my first role was to help him get up to speed in that job that allowed me to refocus on a few things I’d always done – export sales and supporting our distributor salespeople requires cultural and language sensitivity It also requires tremendous focus on education You can’t tell people just about Adelsheim; you have to give customers a sense of the whole Willamette Valley wine industry you usually need to start with information on Oregon wine generally and we are their only Oregon wine and sometimes their only American wine The stories and facts needed to sell our wine become very different from what is needed in the States But even when selling wine to our distributors around the country with so many brands of Willamette Valley wine available one of the inherent advantages we have is our heritage And I have certain advantages in that department The other major role I took on had to do with advocacy and public policy Our winery has always played a role in such matters DA: I’m still on the Board of the Chehalem Mountains Winegrowers and starting work that will further define the wines of that AVA and increase understanding about the relationships between the sectors of the Chehalem Mountains and the style of wines possible in each With my involvement in the export of Adelsheim wine I’ve worked closely with the Oregon Wine Board on the 2017 major redesign of the Oregon stand at ProWein in Düsseldorf (the world’s largest wine trade fair.) Each year I’ve been asked to present seminars there (in English and German) on WV Pinot noir And I helped with the first Mexico City tasting in January 2020 including with the seminar presented on Oregon wines Ken Wright convened a meeting to discuss the threats to the reputation of the Willamette Valley and what could be done led to the labeling proposals from the Willamette Valley Wineries Association and the knock-down The fight for preserving our reputation is not over DA: Now that’s an existential question If you’re the person in charge of running a company your job is really to help your employees to do their jobs superbly You are an intrinsic part of every department and every major decision Your life is overfilled with big and small issues and your to-do list continually grows Your calendar is filled every day and almost every hour with meetings I loved that life and did a pretty good job under all that pressure When it was all suddenly handed off to someone else I had trouble starting a day without every hour being predetermined starting my third year of having no employees and very few meetings I am really enjoying being able to observe and investigate bigger longer term issues: the historical arc of the WV wine industry; the role for wines of place in the United States without Baby Boomers; and the things our industry must do to prevent its suffocation under its own success The reputation of Willamette Valley wines was built on our cooler It’s why a light goes on in the brain of wine professionals who try WV wine for the first time This isn’t what was expected from a New World wine region It’s more like a wine from northern Europe That juxtaposition can only happen in a place with a cooler climate — at least during the final ripening period we can mitigate climate change for a while by picking earlier and by planting vineyards at higher elevations and on northerly slopes But we can’t mitigate against change forever When our climate is no longer perfect for Pinot The second huge challenge is the “colonization” of Oregon – and particularly of the Willamette Valley — by California around a quarter of Oregon grapes go to California to be made into wine large capacity facilities with low-cost Oregon grapes being turned into low-priced wines not if the consumer wants an Oregon wine that tastes like what s/he has come to love The California version doesn’t need to follow Oregon’s strict labeling regulations so a Pinot noir can be 25% Syrah … or worse This is way too complex an issue to get bogged down in details here the Willamette Valley wine industry was built on collaboration The winemakers and salespeople at the California wineries do not collaborate with the industry people in Oregon They can afford to work on their own and show us how to do it “correctly!” (Obviously this is not meant as a diatribe against every California winery making wine from Oregon grapes are often very collaborative and seek to produce wines in the traditional Willamette Valley style.) What kind of wine tourist wants to visit a region where the most famous wineries are on crowded (and potentially hazardous) country roads; where the tasting room view is of other tasting rooms; and tastings are either by appointment only or are so crowded that you have to wait in line just to try a wine (I know it’s hard to imagine “crowded” tasting rooms and roads right at this pandemic moment but this could be again in our not-so-distant future.) And what do our neighbors Will they start trying to stop every winery project proposed to the county commission there’s the short-term challenge of recovering from the COVID-19 economic crisis we tried Oregon wines side-by-side with some pretty wonderful Burgundies And I was left with the nagging impression that many of the Willamette Valley Pinots were riper than the Burgundies I came to suspect that we as an industry had developed a “house palate.” That is we’ve tasted riper and riper WV Pinots for so many years that we have forgotten what cool-climate Pinot noir can taste like This is more than just a question of consumer preference Riper wines tend to hide the specific references to place and to vintage under their overwhelming richness and concentration the wines that are impressing me now are coming from the WV winemakers But it’s not simply a matter of picking earlier It demands clarity as to what constitutes “ripe enough” and then extremely accurate decision-making on when to pick each block Earlier picking is much more difficult and risky Underripeness is as problematic as overripeness Thomas Savre at Lingua Franca and Shane Moore at Gran Moraine Jason Lett at Eyrie has continued that tradition there And I was blown away last fall by a 2016 from Maggie Harrison (Antica Terra) that was much more reserved and expressive than what I remember from her previously her first Chardonnays show the traits of earlier picking and the next Pinots will DA: We will have a new CEO – Rob Alstrin from Argyle – starting May 18 at Adelsheim He and I have a long history of working together on many projects I’m very excited to help him position the winery for an even greater future Eugenia and I are hoping to visit and help its staff learn to sell Oregon wine Adelsheim Vineyard is pleased to announce that Sam Schmitt has been hired as its Director of Consumer Sales. \r\n\r\nRaised in the Chicago area Wine Manager and Wine Educator for Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar His diverse career has included owning and running a wine bar and more than 25 years’ experience in sales marketing strategy and implementation consulting for pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations worldwide He was also an adjunct faculty member at the Indiana University School of Business and End User Computing Management.\r\n\r\nHe is a Certified Wine Educator and Certified Sommelier with a highly regarded webinar series hosted by the Society of Wine Educators teaching wine professionals and enthusiasts about wine regions His passion is introducing people to exceptional wines and wine regions through food and wine pairing experiences and education events.\r\n\r\n“We have wanted to reinvent the customer experience at Adelsheim,” noted David Adelsheim “Sam brings with him a background in education and a vision of a new way to engage our guests that will turn a casual visit to Willamette Valley wine country into a long-remembered experience.”\r\n\r\nSam added “It is both an honor and a privilege to lead the DTC team at one of Oregon’s founding wineries as we reimagine luxury tasting room and wine club membership experiences for our guests I’m excited for this opportunity to play a role in shaping the future of Oregon wine-tourism.”\r\n\r\nSchmitt holds a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from Butler University.\r\n\r\nAbout Adelsheim Vineyard\r\nAdelsheim Vineyard is one of Oregon’s founding wineries and is still operated by the original owner We believe in staying true to place and honoring the natural characteristics of our land We know that raising the bar with every growing season requires tireless attention to detail who aim to change the world’s view about the production of exceptional wines in Oregon We champion the collaborative and pioneering spirit of Oregon’s Willamette Valley We open our doors 360 days per year to wine lovers seeking a uniquely Oregon experience announces today that Rob Alstrin will take over the reins as the company’s President and CEO Alstrin brings extensive executive experience within the Oregon wine industry to Adelsheim as it continues to expand its talented and seasoned leadership team Alstrin believes passionately in protecting and growing the iconic Adelsheim wine brand as it heads into a modern marketplace “The journey to Adelsheim is full circle for me Back in the late 90s I met David Adelsheim while working for the winery’s Florida distributor “David invited me to the very first Oregon Pinot Camp in 1999 and that changed the course of my career.  I am so honored to lead this amazing team and continue to share the values and driving principles of Adelsheim into the future.” Alstrin will take over all day-to-day operations Alstrin joins Adelsheim from Argyle Winery where he was responsible for all business aspects of the Argyle brand from new product development and expansion plans.  Previously he was founder and owner of Northwest Core Collection a national sales and marketing company representing several Oregon and Washington wineries such as Bergstrom Alstrin helped build brands for other Oregon wineries Alstrin will report to owner Lynn Loacker and the winery’s board of directors David Adelsheim remains active within the winery two of the Willamette Valley’s original wineries — Adelsheim Vineyard in Newberg and Sokol Blosser Winery in Dayton — are commemorating their golden anniversaries Their influential leaders share some reflections on their past talk about what they’re doing in the present and provide a glimpse into the future and David Adelsheim was in the Army during the Vietnam War; however There received his first serious introduction to the genteel subject of wine “I had a captain who was from Puerto Rico who really knew wine,” he said and he would talk about it in a much more serious way than I was used to hearing about wine.” spent a summer camping out of the back of a car in Europe The Old World did much to advance his knowledge of food and I took an uninteresting job at a bank and read every book I could find about wine,” he said His interest in wine remained just that until 1971 when he and Ginny were drawn in by the “back to the land” movement sweeping through America The Adelsheims were among the wave of young people who purchased rural property in the hopes of becoming self-sufficient and we heard that people were planting grapes That was extremely exciting,” he said A chance encounter with Dick Erath and Bill Blosser earned the couple an invitation to a May Day picnic with David and Diana Lett of The Eyrie Vineyards we were buying a piece of land with the intent of probably planting some grapes,” he said They put their first vines in the ground the following year the couple didn’t envision devoting themselves full-time to the wine industry Their dedication began to change as they became more involved in both their work and Oregon’s fledgling wine industry David is quick to point out that all the “founding families” in the Willamette Valley’s wine scene played some role in creating the industry that is known worldwide today David wrote Oregon’s strict wine labeling regulations and lobbied for their passage with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission He authored petitions for the Willamette Valley He was a leading voice in restructuring the Oregon Wine Board and Oregon Winegrowers Association and played a role in organizing major events such as the International Pinot Noir Celebration and Oregon Pinot Camp David stayed at the helm of the company until 2017 he and Ginny sold their stake to their long-time partners The change allowed David to take a step back from the day-to-day operations and focus on other projects he’s particularly excited to be working on the Chehalem Mountains AVA Neighborhood Project when the Chehalem Mountains AVA was approved people growing grapes within the AVA have had a geographic area to point to when someone has asked ‘Where are your grapes from?’” David said “But we have not been able to answer the next question: ‘What do your Pinot Noirs taste like?’ That’s because our AVA has so much variability: elevations “We’ve known our wines have different tastes and styles and that a lot of those differences have to do with where our grapes are planted,” he continued “But we haven’t been able to get our arms around those differences and come up with a grand unified explanation that would help everyone make sense of the differences we see in our wines And we need to do that if those people are to appreciate the wines from our appellation.” The project will spend the next six years trying figure out the nuances of a real explanation David and the marketing team have also been hard at work on a project they’re calling Founders’ Stories commemorating the winery’s 50th anniversary he personally conducted extensive interviews with owners from the other nine founding wineries in the Willamette Valley “It was an incredibly fun project in that I was forced into talking about the industry with each of these 10 individuals not just about what we’re going to do next week,” he said “You don’t usually get the opportunity to talk to people you’ve known for 50-plus years in that way.” The winery will release one episode per month for the rest of the year This month’s entry showcases an interview with Diana Lett the company will release several commemorative wines features three older vintages of the popular Elizabeth’s Reserve Pinot Noir selected by David and winemaker Gina Hennen the company will begin selling the 1991 Steamboat Pinot Noir Conference poster print illustrated by Ginny To further honor the artistic contributions she made to the winery — she illustrated the labels for many years — the winery is now releasing a yearly bottling of rosé featuring a label by a different artist The artist for the newly released 2020 bottling is Portlander Jeremy Okai Davis David remains optimistic about what the future holds for the company It has a passionate steward in Lynn Loacker — Jack passed away in 2020 — and a line of products admired throughout the world Between the Founders’ Stories project and his own work to tell the company’s story he and his colleagues are hard at work to ensure the company stays top of mind in the wine world and can remain a leader and innovator for the next 50 years Bill Blosser and Susan Sokol Blosser were also back-to-the-landers in the 1970s Like many of Oregon’s other wine industry pioneers “we were young urban professionals without much agricultural or even business experience,” said Susan “So we were all driven by the thought of how wonderful it would be to live off the land the aesthetic of making something that added to the quality of life was compelling,” she added That’s what led her and Bill to plant wine grapes on the 18 acres they acquired in December 1970 — the same month they had their first child Susan still brims with youthful enthusiasm when she talks about the events of 50 years ago “We knew that this was an area that was totally untested that we wanted to grow a grape that had never done well in the U.S. and that we didn’t have a background in agriculture We had a chance to develop something special — and by God We were young enough — in our mid-20s — that we didn’t have a lot to lose It was a risk that really sounded like fun.”  They quickly learned that “fun” was not the right word “It was constant work and facing challenges that we had no experience dealing with the couple didn’t waiver from their commitment to their business Bill put to good use his background as an urban planner by helping map out areas best suited for grape growing in the Willamette Valley then advocating that they be protected from development He chaired regulatory bodies such as the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission and was active in starting groups such as the Oregon Winegrowers Association and Yamhill County Wineries Association Susan has been widely recognized for her efforts to improving Oregon’s natural and business environments Soil and Water Conservation District for her work to prevent hillside erosion by using cover crops She advocated to join the LIVE program for companies engaging in sustainable agricultural practices helped the vineyards achieve organic certification and oversaw construction of the first LEED-certified winery building in the country Their whole lives revolved around the winery and that meant their children’s did too “Our idea of doing something as a family would be going to a wine festival,” Susan said Three generations would pile into the car and travel to events like the Newport Food and Wine Festival the couple was joined by Bill’s father while his mother would entertain the children “Neither Bill or I ever talked to our kids about coming into the business,” Susan said “But they all grew up in the vineyard ‘The vineyard is in our blood.” Middle son Alex Sokol Blosser started working with his mother in 1998 Oldest son Nik Blosser doesn’t work for the company but is still involved at the board level It didn’t take Susan long to figure out that her kids weren’t biding their time at the winery; they wanted to run it someday the company began a three-year leadership transition “The family board decided to make them co-presidents because they rose at the same level,” she said but they were very different.” Alex also serves as winemaker while CEO Alison handles more of the business side of the winery “Alex and I love what we do,” said Alison “This is the only thing that we’re ever going to do with our lives We have a very strong connection to the business and really view ourselves as stewards.” she has her sights focused on growing the business and adapting it so it continues to meet the needs of modern consumers “People are consuming wine differently — especially with the pandemic — and those purchasing patterns are here to stay,” Alison added “While our heart is always going to be in producing amazing small-production Dundee Hills wines we’re excited to also provide wines at a great price in a great package.” the company began selling its Evolution wines in boxes for the first time The winery also continues its curbside pick-up and delivery and is investing more in e-commerce and communicating with people in new ways “I’m excited to continue to push the envelope in terms of over-delivering to consumers what they want and how they want it,” said Alison the company has been looking at how it can help people enjoy wine at home the winery hosted its “1970s flash sale,” Alison explained “We took one of our Pinot Noirs and sold it for 24 hours at the same price as our first bottling.” At $6.75 a bottle they were sold out in less than a few hours Club members and other customers will be invited to virtual tastings events where family members will share old stories and talk about the winery For those who can make it to the tasting room look for flights based on favorite family wines and a special Pinot Noir with a retro label that will pay homage to the brand’s origins Susan’s plans for the future include continuing her role as founder and staying involved in organizations such as the Yamhill Enrichment Society a nonprofit she established to improve the lives of Yamhill County children through literacy and music Alison is committed to keeping alive the gifts her parents gave the family and the state of Oregon so that future generations of her family have the same opportunities I hope whoever you’re interviewing from my family is saying something similar.”  who for the past three years has split her time between serving as the tasting room mManager and regional sales manager has moved to the distribution sales team on a full?time basis Quick joined the consumer direct team in June 2006 and brought with her a background in restaurant and personnel management Her commitment to Adelsheim Vineyard’s long term goals of upper?tier wine production and sales contributed greatly to the ongoing success of the consumer direct program She helped grow tasting room operation revenues by 250 percent between 2006 and 2012 “With her background in consumer direct sales Nathalie brings a fresh commitment to selling upper?tier wines in the broad market,” said company president and co?founder “She has already increased visibility of our wines in premier dining establishments in Oregon and Nevada We are excited to have her energy focused full?time on sales through the distribution channel to restaurants and wine retailers.” Adelsheim Vineyard has teamed up with the Portland Trail Blazers to celebrate the franchise’s forthcoming 50th anniversary. The pioneering Chehalem Mountains label has created two wines to honor the half-century mark for the pro hoops club, fit with a clever label commemorating the rich, winning history of Rip City. The black and gold labels offer a nod to iconic players like Bill Walton and Damian Lillard, as well as outstanding feats — 814 consecutive sold-out games, 21 straight playoff appearances from 1983 to 2003 — and treasured phrases — “red hot and rolling” — from Blazers former announcer Bill Schonely. The collaboration is not hugely surprising given the Willamette Valley’s continued excellence in all things wine and the Blazers’ respect for local gastronomy. The Moda Center has become the city’s athletic answer to the airport, where a healthy slice of Portland’s food and drink culture is available to NBA fans during games. Players, too, have given praise to Oregon’s famous Pinot Noir producers. LeBron James is rumored to enjoy and collect the wine; while, locally, star Blazers such as CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard have talked openly about savoring the local wine scene. Adelsheim unveiled the signature wine labels at a private event in Northwest Portland, April 8. The Blazers mascot, Blaze, made an appearance in the crowded gallery space. Highlights from past seasons rolled on the screen as attendees sipped wine and snapped photos in front of magnified versions of the label artwork. The Blazers have made a habit of working with local artists and not just winemakers. The event also featured the artwork created for the Game-Day Poster series. The series asks local artists to design posters related to the Blazers and their opponent for every home game. Akin to rock concert posters, these visuals make for a creative way to document an important date in Trail Blazers history. The organization will do the same with the help of Adelsheim when they release the wines Sept. 24. The two partners make a lot of sense together, having both launched in the 1970s in the Willamette Valley. Both have become highly visible brands over the years, with spirited fan bases — kudos to the Blazers for not simply outsourcing the project to a generic out-of-state operation. “Making this wine was such an honor for our whole team,” says Adelsheim winemaker Gina Hennen. “As a fan, to be able to collaborate so closely with the Blazers to create this special limited edition wine to commemorate the team’s 50th anniversary has been a dream come true.” Clayfolk potters gather in the gardens of Edenvale winery music and wine for purchase. An evening dedicated to celebrating top wineries while making a meaningful impact in our community. Gain insight from leading female wine professionals, career coaches, business leaders, and more. 2016Save this storySaveSave this storySave1 / 23ChevronChevronPhoto: Karl Anton KoenigsThe Baroness Cleopatra von Adelsheim von Ernest with her maids of honor Princess Isabella Gaetani von Lobkowicz and Countess Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi and the flower children.Cleopatra von Adelsheim von Ernest is an actress and model working in Germany—but also a baroness She made the acquaintance of Hereditary Prince Franz Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg in the most ordinary way despite their extraordinary titles: The two initially crossed paths at a mutual friend’s 30th birthday party in 2011 The civil ceremony took place at the bride’s father’s estate in Adelsheim and then the church service and reception were in Oettingen The Hereditary Prince is the only son and eldest child of Albrecht 11th Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Spielberg His parents attended the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding who has been known to be a friend of the family was a guest at the wedding of the Bavarian royals Rounding out the roster of those with royal connections were Princess Isabella Gaetani von Lobkowicz and Countess Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi The service took place at 1:30 p.m. at the St. Jacob Church in Oettingen with about 800 guests in attendance. Afterward, everyone emerged from the ceremony into a cheerful afternoon party decked out with animals, balloons, and a variety of South American–inspired dishes and drinks. Dinner was then held in the “saal,” or hall, at Oettingen Castle. Munich star caterer Käfer created a five-course menu that ended with a two-meter-high cake complete with the couple’s “Cleofa” wedding logo. .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a} Adelsheim Vineyard will release its 50th Anniversary Trail Blazers Pinot Noir and 50th Anniversary Trail Blazers Chardonnay to the public on Tuesday The labels created by artist Bethany Ng are filled with words and symbols designed to conjure up Trail Blazer memories My eyes immediately go to the "established 1970" on the pinot noir label The Blazers’ first game ever took place in a packed Mark Morris High School gymnasium in Longview Fans stomped the bleachers as Ed Manning missed a last-second jump shot to seal a close exhibition loss to the San Francisco Warriors Those early Blazers teams were a collection of bad sideburns and sweet jump shots but their defense was as suspect as Keyser Söze They didn’t win many games but they were fun to watch the Trail Blazers spent the next 50 years earning 35 playoff appearances and three trips to the NBA finals Along the way their players garnered 42 All-Star selections four Rookie of the Year awards and a Most Valuable Player award Beating the Philadelphia 76ers for the title in 1977 remains the cherry on top To salute those 50 years and toast to 50 more, the Portland Trail Blazers and Adelsheim Vineyard joined forces to create two wines worthy of such a celebration. Both wines will be for sale by the glass at Moda Center games and by the bottle on Adelsheim Vineyard's website Adelsheim Vineyard will donate 10% of all Blazers wine sales to the Trail Blazers Foundation to support its work assisting youth from historically underserved communities 2017 50th Anniversary Trail Blazers Chardonnay gardenia flowers and Meyer lemons fill the air as the first sip yields flavors of white peach your first sip might trigger a "boom shaka-laka" that would make former Blazers radio announcer Brian Wheeler proud 2017 50th Anniversary Trail Blazers Pinot Noir This Willamette Valley pinot noir is filled to the brim with scents and flavors like dark red cherries caramel and small touches of saline and earth like a Buck Williams bicep tearing down an offensive rebound You may want to hide a few of these bottles to toast the Blazers' fourth NBA title in 2029 Adelsheim Vineyard, 16800 N.E. 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Certified sustainable wineries commit to well-accepted principles of environmental stewardship but in practice it’s not so easy to define the steps to sustainable viticulture and enology.  “Some people are calling some things sustainable when they may have consequences that aren’t actually sustainable,” said Kelli Gregory vineyard manager for Adelsheim in Oregon’s northern Willamette Valley “Every decision you make is going to have a consequence — or multiple consequences — downstream.”  Gregory manages 175 acres of grapevines across six estate vineyards in the Chehalem Mountains It’s an American Viticultural Area known for premium Pinot Noir production ocean sedimentary and loess soils that produces big canopies She sees sustainability as a connected system rather than a series of independent steps Since founder David Adelsheim first planted grapes in 1971 the company’s approach to winemaking has consistently focused on environmental the winery was the first in Oregon to become LIVE — Low Input Viticulture and Enology — certified and by 2008 all of Adelsheim’s estate vineyards were also certified.  “Adelsheim’s commitment to sustainable practices in their vineyards and wineries exemplify the mission of LIVE and the values shared by LIVE’s membership throughout the Pacific Northwest,” said Brighid O’Keane who earned a master’s degree in viticulture from Oregon State University and received the LIVE Excellence in Sustainability award in 2019 she was invited to share the company’s approach during the U.S a virtual event organized by industry groups from California one of Adelsheim’s most impactful — and visible — commitments to sustainable agriculture is to farm without herbicides “It’s a constant battle that you’re going to have every season because you’re living the challenges of trying to farm without one of the most effective tools at managing weeds,” Gregory said.  The company went herbicide-free in 2017 and found they had a steep learning curve and big sticker shock to accept.  “We had to invest in the machinery to do mechanical weed cultivation and we had to do crazy things that we never even thought about — like the wires,” she said crews added nails to every wood post so they could keep the catch wires and irrigation tubing out of the machinery’s path.  At their Laurel Leaf Vineyard in Hillsboro Gregory manages the vineyard with alternating rows of permanent grass and clean cultivated soil the cultivated rows are seeded with a custom cover crop blend that grows through the winter helping to control erosion in the rainy season The cover crop is mulched into the soil the following spring providing nutrients for the vines in the growing season.  this 50 percent is really a good combination of competition and not competition that allows us to have a balanced vineyard,” she said.  The grassy rows allow them to do tractor work with fewer passes through the vineyard often with multiple implements at one time different vineyards require different management decisions and sometimes they adjust their approach block by block.  “In a few places where we have really deep soil and plenty of nutrition and vigor in the vines we have tried going full-cover and no-till,” she said “That would have been a lot easier back in the days when we had more rainfall.”  This year the area experienced two record-breaking heat events on top of serious winter drought and the no-till approach created too much competition and too much stress on the vines “Even though no-till is being called a sustainable practice if it’s not the right practice for that site and it causes you to have to do more things — and I’m having to fertilize more and irrigate more and doing all this stuff that’s requiring me to basically compensate for what I did — I don’t find that sustainable,” she said Gregory said the biggest challenge they face while farming without herbicides is with their baby vines we can come in with the mechanical cultivator,” she said it’s pretty painful on the balance sheet.”  Gregory manages another 200 acres of unfarmed land on Adelsheim properties “I’m looking at all the areas and trying to create this really robust diverse system surrounding the grapevines,” she said “because I believe they all are connected.” Alleyways between blocks are planted with grasses to improve soil health Fallow areas are seeded to create habitat for beneficial insects.  and we try to connect one area to the next so that they don’t have to go too far before they can find their next habitat,” she said for hawks and predatory birds that can help control our rodent populations.”  Walking trails provide opportunities for employees to relax or move from one area of the vineyard to another In a former block that struggled to produce quality fruit they built a cut flower and vegetable garden that supplies all the flowers for their tasting room in Newberg eliminating the cost and environmental impact of purchasing flowers from a store.  Gregory introduced the company’s compost program in 2017 the grape pomace is layered with organic matter from the vineyard’s landscaping and gardens They add organic manure from neighboring farms and are introducing earthworms to the mix.  concentrating on areas where blocks have historically struggled with shallow soil “We’ve brought these blocks completely out of that funk,” she said.  Aside from the extra effort required to farm sustainably Gregory said the approach requires a passion for the philosophy and support from the company’s management team.  “A lot of these ‘sustainable’ action items unfortunately are more labor intensive and more expensive because it can be harder to do these things in today’s modern agriculture,” Gregory said “But we aren’t just about cost; we’re also about people and happiness and quality of life and the environment.” Gregory said they’re investigating the feasibility of adding animals to the system.  but you quickly become aware of why the old way of farming used to work,” she said They were using everything from the animals they could and they were using the animals as tools themselves — to manage vegetation and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" 2025-05-01T16:48:37-07:00May 1st, 2025|0 Comments 2025-05-01T10:34:58-07:00April 28th, 2025|0 Comments Use the search box to find a topic of interest explore articles by topic or category in the main navigation links on every page or view articles by issue on our Archives page COVID-19 December 18 Infectious disease expert Yvonne Maldonado and psychiatrist Steven Adelsheim were awarded service medals by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian has recognized two Stanford Medicine physicians for their contributions this year to the local community Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatrics and of epidemiology and population health, and Steven Adelsheim professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences were awarded supervisor's medals by Simitian for advancing the wellbeing of county residents during the COVID-19 pandemic They showed admirable resilience and offered others inspiration during a difficult year, Simitian said during an online awards ceremony Dec by virtue of the way they've gone about doing their work Adelsheim was honored for founding an early intervention mental health program for young people. The program, called allcove is tentatively scheduled to begin offering services in San Jose and Palo Alto next spring "I share this recognition with our partners at Stanford and Santa Clara County and with the allcove youth advisory group," Adelsheim said "As our young people work to remain resilient during the COVID crisis access to integrated mental health supports has become even more critical It is an honor to be recognized by Supervisor Simitian for our efforts." Maldonado's award recognized her work to explain COVID-19 to everyone she has given hundreds of media interviews about the pandemic Simitian cited her "for helping to spread a broader understanding of just what we're confronting and to help us understand what we need to do to put it behind us." "I am honored and humbled to receive this recognition from Santa Clara County and Supervisor Simitian," said Maldonado, who is senior associate dean of faculty development and diversity at the School of Medicine and the Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases "It is an honor and a privilege to use my medical and epidemiologic skills to support the health and safety of all the members of our community." Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian has recognized two Stanford Medicine physicians for their contributions this year to the local community Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatrics and of epidemiology and population health, and Steven Adelsheim They showed admirable resilience and offered others inspiration during a difficult year, Simitian said during an online awards ceremony Dec Adelsheim was honored for founding an early intervention mental health program for young people. The program, called allcove "I share this recognition with our partners at Stanford and Santa Clara County and with the allcove youth advisory group," Adelsheim said "As our young people work to remain resilient during the COVID crisis It is an honor to be recognized by Supervisor Simitian for our efforts." Simitian cited her "for helping to spread a broader understanding of just what we're confronting and to help us understand what we need to do to put it behind us." "I am honored and humbled to receive this recognition from Santa Clara County and Supervisor Simitian," said Maldonado, who is senior associate dean of faculty development and diversity at the School of Medicine and the Taube Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases "It is an honor and a privilege to use my medical and epidemiologic skills to support the health and safety of all the members of our community." COVID-19 March 16 Leaders of the Stanford School of Medicine Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children's Health answered questions about COVID-19 and discussed how Stanford Medicine is addressing the outbreak Pediatrics March 24 On the rise of Oregon Chardonnay founder of Adelsheim Vineyard and the first chair of the Oregon wine board about the continuing growth in quality and reputation that has surged over the last decade ‘Chardonnay isn’t a winemaking technique you need winemaking that actually respects the identity of the grape and the variety that you can achieve vintage to vintage.’ Adelsheim advocates for the use of Dijon clones of Chardonnay in the Willamette where the previously oft-planted ‘selection 108’ from California struggled to ripen ‘What we’re seeing in the Willamette Valley is a collision of two things; the level of quality possible with careful site and clone selection coupled with a clearer vision of what we can do here It’s been a gradual recognition over the last ten years or so.’ CULLMAN – The Cullman Police Department has made an arrest in the double shooting that occurred on May 3 at a residence on Adelsheim Circle Southwest of Holly Pond has been charged with first-degree and second-degree assault Figueroa was arrested Friday and remains in the Cullman County Detention Center The arrest stems from the double shooting that happened in the early morning hours of May 3; CPD Chief Kenny Culpepper said at the time that the shooting was believed to be part of a domestic incident "On May (3) at approximately 1:15 a.m (the) Cullman Police Department responded to a domestic violence call at 2061 Adelsheim Circle in the city of Cullman Once on scene officers found two victims of a gunshot Both victims were transported to Huntsville Hospital This is still an active investigation and no further information will be released at this time Gene Bates is the lead investigator." Later that same day, Boyd identified the victims: "Victims from this morning’s shooting in the city of Cullman were Jody Duane Couch Jr of Investigation Becky Boyd in a statement "Both victims remain hospitalized in Huntsville Hospital investigators have been unable to interview either victim The case remains under investigation." “People might be curious as to why Figueroa wasn’t charged with attempted murder After conducting the investigation into the shootings we sat down with the district attorney a few times and talked about it We felt that the crime did not meet the definition of attempted murder because he did not go to the residence with the intent to kill Mr Bates did confirm that the shootings were “over a girl.” No other details were given First-degree assault is a Class B felony and carries a two to 20-year sentence Second-degree assault is a Class C felony and carries a possible sentence of one to 10 years Bates said that Couch will not face any charges in the case Log in to leave a comment 9 that longtime vineyard manager Chad Vargas is leaving to open a new vineyard services company Vargas managed the annual operations and long-term planning for the company’s 11 estate vineyards in consultation with winemaker Dave Paige and president David Adelsheim With a wealth of experience in vine nutrition and pest and disease management Vargas initiated a wide range of experiments in the estate vineyards and earned the reputation as a top viticulturist in the Willamette Valley He’s been chairman of LIVE and has reviewed competitive grant research proposals for the Oregon Wine Board Oregon Wine Research Institute and Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research (NCSFR) — over the past several years with a group of NCSFR stakeholders to lobby for increases in research funding to specialty crops for the Pacific Northwest he was honored with the Oregon Wine Industry’s Outstanding Industry Service Award.  “Chad’s management of our estate vineyard program during his 10-year tenure has placed Adelsheim in the envied position of having complete control of our vineyard operations,” David Adelsheim said “His leadership of our vineyard team including protégé Kelli Wagner has advanced both the quality of our wines and our company’s reputation “His leadership in the viticulture community has had a profound influence on the success of Oregon’s wine industry,” he continued we also wish him great success in his new venture.” Vargas will continue to consult with Adelsheim while Wagner assumes the management of Adelsheim’s estate vineyards “Adelsheim has given me 10 great years of continuous learning opportunities to hone my knowledge of fine wine management and contribute to the state’s vital industry,” Vargas said “I will now leverage this experience as I launch NewGen and do so confidently knowing that Adelsheim is in capable hands with Kelli’s leadership and experience with the vineyard’s amazing crew.” NewGen is an exclusive provider of thermal culture through a business partnership with AgroThermal Systems Vargas founded NewGen with partners Armando Martinez and Ezequiel Salazar.  has taken a revolutionary new approach to caring for the mental health of its youth with the first-in-the-country integrated care center The center is designed for youth ages 12-25 who can walk in the door and speak to qualified professionals regardless of their ability to pay “Too many of the models in place really don’t serve young people well until there is a moment of crisis and we need to be helping these kids and young adults at an earlier opportunity” said Supervisor Joe Simitian a member of the Board of Advisors for Adolescent Counseling Services first heard of the Allcove (also spelled allcove) program a child psychiatrist and director of the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Adelsheim pitched the concept in December of 2015 The two have worked tirelessly to create the facilities for allcove in Palo Alto and San Jose Simitian and Adelsheim aimed to create early mental health intervention systems in a way that is welcoming to teens and fights the stigma of mental health treatment “Half of all mental health conditions have their onset by the age of 14 and three quarters by the age of 24,” Adelsheim said “We really don’t have the public mental health system in place to do early detection and intervention for the half of all young people that are developing these mental health conditions.” With the increased strain on children caused by the pandemic the CDC has seen an increase in mental health-related emergency cases The proportion of mental health–related visits for children ages 5–11 increased 24 percent and for ages 12–17 A survey conducted by the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago saw a sharp increase in parents concerned about the mental health of their children with 71 percent of parents saying the pandemic hurt their children’s mental health To properly face the challenges made worse by the pandemic the Allcove facilities have trained professionals available in person or by telemedicine to help with physical or mental care Through the multi-disciplinary specialists on site Allcove has a robust presence on social media with advertisements and information readily available to get the word out about its existence to young people and its representatives attend and host events speak at local schools and use targeted marketing tools to raise awareness of the program The Palo Alto location is easily reached through the bus system and is situated in a critical area which has long faced the highest number of youth suicides in Santa Clara County “We’re staffing this up with the idea of trying to see about 1,000 young people annually at each center,” said Adelsheim who has worked in the field of child psychiatry since 1990 and has worked for the last nine years on creating the Allcove program The county used funds generated by a 1 percent income tax on personal income in excess of $1 million in California known as the Mental Health Services Act The county sought approval to use their portion of the funding to create Allcove and the pitch immediately attracted the attention and support of the state “We’re certainly seeing more young people coming in with increasing levels of anxiety increased concerns about grief and loss because of the pandemic” said Adelsheim “Many people have lost family members or loved ones and also have lost really important life milestones to be able to celebrate These issues are already there but I think… they’ve been heightened by all of the struggles our families have faced over the last several years.” One of the challenges to providing wraparound services and early intervention care in the United States is funding and recovering expenses Adelsheim said it will be critical to the success of the model in the United States to foster partnerships with healthcare and insurance providers Allcove has garnered the support of state legislators who have opened funding streams to replicate the program as well as researchers studying the two locations nearby Orange County will see a facility modeled after the Santa Clara program open at the University of California at Irvine Four additional Allcove projects have been funded by California’s Mental Health Services Oversight & Accountability Commission one in Sacramento County and two in Los Angeles County Last year Simitian noted: “Time after time the saddest part of the story is that a kid didn’t reach out earlier didn’t have the opportunity to get help when they really needed it.” San Diego County created a win-win program to fill open staff vacancies and give college students real-world work experience was licensed to be a home-based child-care provider but she didn’t know the first thing about starting a business create contracts or what her rate should be NACo's Prenatal-to-Three breakfast and listening session gathered county leaders to identify barriers explore solutions and support local leaders advancing their priorities.  Contact Us The Portland Trail Blazer expands his wine business to Willamette Valley's Yamhill-Carlton AVA; new Pinot Noir vines will be planted in 2022 When it comes to his wine brand, NBA star and vintner CJ McCollum and his wife The couple have purchased a 318-acre property located in Oregon's Yamhill-Carlton appellation for the Portland Trail Blazer's McCollum Heritage 91 wine label The purchase price and identity of the seller were not disclosed The deal is part of the McCollums' long-term commitment to making world-class wines in Oregon, a process they started when they partnered with Adelsheim Vineyard to produce McCollum Heritage 91 which debuted last year with a 2018 Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir "After careful consideration and learning throughout my time at Adelsheim it felt like it was the right decision and the next step in our progression to grow and leave our lasting legacy here," McCollum told Wine Spectator "We'll be meeting with architects and going over vineyard management plans in terms of what we want to plant first and what our future looks like but the goal is to turn it into a vineyard property." McCollum consulted his trusted wine circle before making the purchase, including Stoller president Gary Mortensen Adelsheim winemaker Gina Hennen and Adelsheim CEO Rob Alstrin talented and creative people like CJ and Elise make a commitment to the Willamette Valley it just further affirms the region's reputation for quality," said Morgen McLaughlin executive director of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association "CJ has been a wonderful ambassador for Oregon his local philanthropic efforts and now his interest in making top-quality wines from the Willamette Valley." McCollum's current wines are sourced from the Chehalem Mountains AVA, but living in Oregon for almost a decade has made him familiar with Yamhill-Carlton and the potential of this property. He says he was drawn to the uniqueness of the site, which borders Maison Louis Jadot's Résonance Vineyard and includes a 5-acre reservoir McCollum will continue his partnership with Adelsheim Vineyard for now and his 2019 Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir is set to be released later this month "I have big goals and big aspirations to turn this into a world-class vineyard with world-class wine," McCollum said "The reason why I got into the wine business in the first place was because Elise introduced me to wine 10 years ago and I felt like this was the perfect opportunity for us to grow together and leave our legacy and continue to build for our families and generations that come after us." Stay on top of important wine stories with Wine Spectator's free Breaking News Alerts. 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Lillard's "0.9" is one of many Blazers highlights since they first tipped off Oct and next season they will have a wine to toast them all Guests gathered at Gallery IDL on April 8 to witness the label reveal for two new wines commemorating the Trail Blazers' upcoming 50th anniversary season. Adelsheim Vineyard made the pinot noir and chardonnay and local artist Bethany Ng created the label design founded in 1971 by David and Ginny Adelsheim has been making Oregonians happy almost as long as the Trail Blazers and according to their head winemaker they are excited about the new partnership the Blazers’ vice president of communications “Making this wine was such an honor for our whole team,” says winemaker Gina Hennen a Blazers fan who calls the opportunity “a dream come true.” The wines are made with grapes from Adelsheim's estate vineyard as well as fruit from throughout the Chehalem Mountains American Viticultural Area I predict you will love these Blazer bottles," Hennen says Ng's label design is a mesmerizing collection of great moments from Trail Blazer history. Ng first captured the Blazers' attention when she created a limited-edition print for their inaugural Gameday Poster Series in 2018. The posters have become prized collectibles while raising money for the Trail Blazers Foundation An enlargement of the label for Adelsheim's Blazers pinot noir and I thought it was important to show how we got here The labels when placed next to each other work as sort of a timeline with the left side being older historic moments and the right is more modern moments,” Ng says “There are also elements of Portland sprinkled in the labels because it's not Portland without the Blazers and vice versa.” The wines will be pre-released to Adelsheim wine club members and Blazers season ticketholders in August. They will be available for purchase at Adelsheim Vineyard and by the glass at Local Cork on the Moda Center's 100 level beginning Sept According to the Blazers’ vice president of communications Adelsheim Vineyard made approximately 1,300 combined cases of the pinot noir and chardonnay “We expect these one-of-a-kind wines to sell out fast,” Lewellen says An enlargement of Bethany Ng's label for Adelsheim's Blazers chardonnay Blazers fans have time to decide whether their first 50th-anniversary toast will be with the white wine or whether they will get the season off to a hot and rolling start with the red Adelsheim Vineyard, 16800 N.E. Calkins Lane, Newberg, info@adelsheim.com or 503-538-3652 An earlier version of this post misstated the number of cases of pinot noir and chardonnay Adelsheim Vineyard is producing to commemorate the Portland Trail Blazers' 50th anniversary season Damian Lillard breaks the hearts of the Houston Rockets with a last-gasp three-pointer to advance the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2014 NBA playoffs, screams “Rip City” into a microphone, and a legend is born. Lillard’s “0.9” is one of many Blazers highlights since they first tipped off Oct Guests gathered at Gallery IDL on April 8 to witness the label reveal for two new wines commemorating the Trail Blazers’ upcoming 50th anniversary season. Adelsheim Vineyard made the pinot noir and chardonnay and local artist Bethany Ng created the label design they are excited about the new partnership.  Oregon winemaker David Adelsheim describes wine labeling proposals at a recent town hall meeting .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Ken Wright and David Adelsheim are ringing the village church bells to warn Willamette Valley wineries about a pair of threats: colleagues who are losing sight of the value of the Willamette Valley name and outsiders looking to exploit it They've proposed significant wine labeling reforms to attack these problems and they have the clout of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association behind them How this fight plays out may well decide what the Willamette Valley looks like for decades to come The battleground is the Willamette Valley American Viticultural Area, or AVA, one of 242 grape growing regions in the United States officially recognized by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau for quality, reputation and unique geological and climate characteristics. Wright, the owner of Ken Wright Cellars in Carlton and Adelsheim, the founder of Adelsheim Winery in Newberg A growing number of wineries are leaving the Willamette Valley name off their labels an area within the Willamette Valley designation where winery and vineyard owners decided their patch of land merited its own recognition Willamette Valley sub-areas include Chehalem Mountains Erica Landon, co-owner of Walter Scott Wines and Board President of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association says her recent observations indicate the number of wineries leaving Willamette Valley off their labels in favor of their sub-area might exceed 90 percent "Consumers are very interested in the origin of the wine and the integrity of labeling," Landon says "The Willamette Valley is known for high-quality wine all over the world we aren't giving the consumer the specific context of where the sub-AVAs are located." noting "people in China don't know where Ribbon Ridge is but they sure know where the Willamette Valley is located." Adelsheim proposes requiring wineries to list the words "Willamette Valley" on their label if they also include their sub-area a bottle of Dundee Hills pinot noir would have to have "Willamette Valley" listed somewhere on the front or back label The benefits of this "conjunctive labeling" were demonstrated in a recent study at Sonoma State University After Sonoma County wineries were required to include "Sonoma County" on the label in addition to any Sonoma sub-area the study's authors found a significant increase in consumer awareness of both the Sonoma County area and its sub-areas "it's a win-win for everyone." Due to widespread support from its members the Willamette Valley Wineries Association voted on Sept 5 to advance the conjunctive labeling proposal to the Oregon State Legislature's legal counsel for further refinement If the proposed bill passes and is signed by the governor operational details will be worked out by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission Adelsheim expects the process to take three years The other problem facing the Willamette Valley is the inevitable arrival of what Wright calls "bad actors" anxious to capitalize on the Willamette Valley name What can these modern-day wine "bandits" exploit and how can they be thwarted large sections of the Willamette Valley Viticultural area aren't suitable for growing premium wine grapes It's feared companies interested only in the bottom line will grow grapes there make inferior wines and put the valuable "Willamette Valley" name on their labels Wines that meet the requirements are labeled Willamette Valley Another avenue of exploitation is the numbers game if a wine has a viticultural area on the label 95 percent of its grapes have to come from that area the wine must contain at least 90 percent of that grape I asked Adelsheim if that meant a winemaker could make a wine that is 90 percent Willamette Valley pinot noir 5 percent Willamette Valley syrah and 5 percent Southern Oregon pinot noir and still call it "Willamette Valley pinot noir." "Worse," Adelsheim replied "they could use just 85 percent Chehalem Mountains pinot noir 10 percent syrah from somewhere else in the Willamette Valley and 5 percent pinot noir from the Rogue Valley and still call it Willamette Valley pinot noir." It is rare to find a bottle of Willamette Valley pinot noir that isn't 100 percent as advertised might be willing to take advantage of these regulations several attendees raised the specter of a California winery they suspect is making a wine with fruit from other parts of Oregon while suggesting a Willamette Valley origin on its label "We are opening the floodgates to people who want to make $15 pinot noir and say 'This is Willamette Valley.' But it won't taste like what we created." Even If "bad actors" never take the Willamette Valley stage Wright believes accurate labeling is still a worthy goal "I travel quite a bit," Wright says "And I hear a lot from consumers about honesty and integrity This 100 percent proposal captures that." A second Willamette Valley Wineries Association proposal aims at "truth in labeling." It requires any pinot noir or chardonnay listing the Willamette Valley or one of its sub-areas on the label to be 100 percent pinot noir or chardonnay and 100 percent from the Willamette Valley There will be a 1 percent allowance for accidents that might occur in the vineyard or winery This proposal raised quite a ruckus from Portland to Grants Pass Most of the objections centered on fairness. Several Southern Oregon vineyard owners have contracts to sell grapes to Willamette Valley wineries, and they are concerned the 100 percent rule will have a significant impact on their business. Several Willamette Valley winemakers, like Barnaby Tuttle of Portland's Teutonic Wine Company objected to singling out pinot noir and chardonnay suggesting all the grapes in the Willamette Valley should be covered by the rule explains his concerns about a truth-in-wine-labeling proposal Chad Stock of Minimus Wines in Carlton argued that if "bad actors" are to be effectively deterred perhaps the Willamette Valley Wineries Association should require wineries to list all their ingredients on the label That way anyone looking to make inexpensive Willamette Valley wine by using things like powdered tannins and flavor enzymes would be flushed out the association decided to conduct further research to identify other wine varieties that might be included and how to implement the 100 percent rule without economically damaging wineries and vineyard owners Adelsheim and the association admit these proposals aren't a panacea for the problems they face: They are merely the first step Given the passion and determination present in the town hall meetings I have no doubt Willamette Valley winemakers will shore up their defenses and to paraphrase a line from Yul Brynner's character in "The Magnificent 7," show those "bad actors" a thing or two about the price of pinot Michael Alberty writes about wine for The Oregonian/OregonLive. He can be reached at mallberty0@gmail.com. To read more of his coverage, go to oregonlive.com/wine Stanford psychiatrist and an attorney from the National Center for Youth Law call attention to the potential mental health impacts on youth from the COVID-19 pandemic and trauma surrounding racial injustice in America calls on us to keep the well-being of children and youth at the forefront of our response to COVID-19 and race-related violence create additional stress and trauma for youth which in turn threatens to further widen existing mental health inequities impacting communities of color “As youth struggle to cope with these ongoing challenges brought on by COVID-19 they are now also processing news of the violent murders of George Floyd and other Black Americans Many are experiencing a range of intense emotions to hopefulness about the possibility for real change with limited access to the support they need to process these complex feelings.” “Both the experiences our young people face now and the supports they receive from us in coping with and navigating these challenges will have profound impacts on their abilities to be successful adults this period of time is marked by feelings of isolation These stressors are heightened for youth in communities of color which have suffered a disproportionate number of COVID-19 infections and deaths Stressors affecting these populations can accumulate “With increasing stress comes increasing risk for mental health symptoms, or re-occurrence of symptoms, with fewer options for getting simple supports that can help lower stress levels. When our homes have increased stress, the chances of depression or substance use rise, as does the possibility of abuse or violence at home. These are all factors identified as potential Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and we know from many studies of ACEs that when young people have these early experiences they face increased risk of lifelong morbidity or mortality.” Hults and Adelsheim’s call-to-action is clear: “It is imperative that we recognize these potential impacts on the next generation and take proactive steps to mitigate them.” they charge the community with accomplishing this in several ways: Hults and Adelsheim also call on our nation’s policymakers to increase investments in and use their voices to promote early mental health screenings and interventions and strategies that create positive connections for young people “Our young people are the future of our country They need our focus and support through this unprecedented time We must not lose sight of the fact that the period from 12-25 remains a critical time of brain development and maturation commitment and care for our youth right now we will be building the foundation for a hopeful and viable future.” Hults and Adelsheim call on policymakers and leaders to recognize and acknowledge the deep inequities that already exist in access to mental health care for youth of color and the many ways that communities of color may experience disproportionate negative impacts from these crises “Efforts to increase mental health supports and services must specifically focus on expanding access and reducing structural barriers to care for Black youth These efforts should also leverage research from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and other organizations regarding best strategies for addressing the traumatic impact of racism and exposure to violence on youth We must also invest in creating and expanding mental health career pipelines for people of color to ensure that the community of pediatric mental health providers reflects the diversity of the children and youth they serve.” Read the full op-ed online here Nearly 100 local teens collaborate to shape the future of mental health through the Stanford… A new report from the Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing revealed insights… Tags: , Expand mental health awareness and stigma-busting programs… will we ever get to the point of directly addressing those taught and teaching there is a stigma or will we continue to accept without questioning that they teach it © document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Stanford Medicine Children's Health a billion-dollar industry was beginning on the backs of just a handful of families Many of them had recently moved to the Willamette Valley from California None of them was business-minded — they were artists and scholars liberal-minded people united by a fondness for fine wine a love that was not widely shared by the rest of the country and the same few names keep cropping up: Dick Erath They are the founders of the wine industry in the Willamette Valley Oregon is today celebrating the 50th anniversary of the planting of pinot noir in the Willamette Valley Several of them agreed to sit down with the Statesman Journal for exclusive interviews about those early days it started with the planting of grapevines in unfamiliar soil its culture and its global reputation — has not been the same since David Lett was heading from Utah to San Francisco when he stumbled upon California's now famous Napa Valley The 24-year-old Lett decided to forgo dentistry and instead began studying viticulture at the University of California Lett began considering where he might purchase property to begin planting his first grapes specifically a south-facing slope in the Dundee Hills where Lett planted his first 3,000 vines of pinot noir "He really knew that the Willamette Valley was going to be the best place for pinot noir outside of Burgundy (France)," said Jason Lett in an interview with the Statesman Journal Both Burgundy and the Willamette Valley fall along the same latitude of 45 degrees north meaning they experience similar daylight lengths and changes both regions share cool climates that favor pinot grapes and he met my mom in '66," Jason Lett said and she was immediately recruited with a shovel and a rain suit to help out." earned the nickname "Papa Pinot" because of those first plantings But he had only a couple of years' head start on another young winemaker whose name would also one day rise to the same level of esteem among wine aficionados Dick Erath was making wine out of his garage in Walnut Creek But his full-time job as an engineer caught the eye of Tektronix which brought Erath to Oregon for an interview in 1967 Just as Lett's journey was fortuitously sidetracked by Napa Valley so too did the appeal of wine draw Erath away from his primary reason for visiting Oregon "This is where Chuck Coury comes into the seam I stopped at his house in Forest Grove and we stayed up until 4 in the morning talking about growing grapes," Erath said "His master's thesis was basically looking at the conditions to grow grapes .. and his thesis paper basically predicted that Oregon would be a really suitable place to grow grapes." Many of these early winemakers seem to have stumbled upon the Dundee Hills Oregon's center of commerce but also a starting point for many of them before they headed south in search of available farmland Perhaps they stopped when the country began to resemble the rolling hills of France and on the way back down I stopped in Roseburg," Erath said "The only producing vineyard in the state at the time was Hillcrest and I met (founder) Richard Sommer at a class in (the University of California) Davis I took in June He was very enthusiastic and supportive of the notion I should come up here Erath picked some of Sommer's grapes from his Roseburg vineyard and "smuggled them across the line." The wine those grapes produced back at his California home "I just fell in love with the wine," Erath said "It was those wonderful fruit flavors you get here under the climate conditions." also in the Dundee Hills of Yamhill County "I planted 4 acres with 22 varieties in 1969 just to see what would work we don't even look at those other varieties anymore." At the same time that Erath and Lett were beginning their forays into the Oregon soil David Adelsheim was halfway across the world After being released from the Army while in Korea in 1968 Adelsheim was taking a well-deserved break traveling across Europe and soaking up the culture grew out of the trip to Europe," Adelsheim said "Wine was actually something closer to an intellectual pursuit that had the added advantage of alcohol delivery The learning about place and the fact that this wine came from this place .. I think there was an intellectual geekiness to it." there were about five wineries in the Willamette Valley according to estimates from the Oregon Vineyard & Winery Census Report David Lett produced his first vintage under his newly created winery purchased land and set to planting: Dick and Nancy Ponzi who arrived from California with their children newlyweds who were recent graduates of Reed College in Portland Both couples had grand visions of returning to the earth and farming "There was a big back-to-the-land movement as you'll find everybody else was," Nancy Ponzi said this entrepreneurial energy," said Susan Sokol Blosser referencing a decade that included the invention of the cellphone "I look back and I say we were a part of that but we manifested it by starting a wine industry." Adelsheim and his wife had also arrived in the area and bought their own property it was impossible not to know your neighbors Each new arrival to the Dundee hilltops was greeted warmly by the pioneering grape farmers already there Lett and Erath had both been educated on viticulture at UC-Davis but none of the initial families were experts in grape farming and Dick Erath was especially generous with his information," Sokol Blosser said go away with is realizing this place is different because of collaboration," Adelsheim said "It's not that no other place is collaborative but we had no choice but to be collaborative Nobody had grown grapes; no one had ever run a business; no one had sold wine." The first half of the '70s in that area was all about production Erath had his first barrel of pinot by '72; Lett had Jason helping with the vineyard's first vintage in '73; the newly created Ponzi Vineyards came out with its first vintage in '74 But the latter half of the decade marked an intellectual shift a realization among the budding winemakers that Oregon soil was producing something truly special "I spent six weeks in Europe and probably two of those weeks in Burgundy that's the validation that you're doing the right thing." But the greatest excitement by far came in 1979 when Oregon's young pinots began making their grand debut throughout the world an event organized in Paris by French food and wine magazine Gault Millau It was a tasting competition featuring more than 300 wines from 30 countries where tasting experts sampled and ranked each wine It was the sort of event the French expected to dominate And then a pinot noir from Eyrie Vineyards "Its success begets success," Adelsheim said and one of the first was the Eyrie pinots doing well in the '79 and '80 tastings." seemed to believe the Wine Olympics of the previous year was a fluke How could Oregon pinots — a grape variety notoriously fussy to grow — possibly compare with the Burgundy region of France which had been producing excellent pinot noir for centuries Eyrie Vineyards produced a pinot noir that was on par with the quality of Burgundy the number of wineries in the Willamette Vineyard had grown to about 30 further solidifying his role in the budding industry 11 wineries banded together to form the Yamhill County Wineries Association the Willamette Valley Wineries Association Ask Oregon's founding winemakers about milestone years in the industry But every single one of them brings up a wine tasting competition in New York City that occurred in 1985 "We had a tasting of '83 pinot noirs in New York City of Oregon versus Burgundy," Erath said They thought Oregon wines were from Burgundy "The tastings in 1985 of the 1983 pinot noirs 'We can't tell the difference between Oregon and France.' The top five wines were all from Oregon There were enough wineries at that point that there was an impact." and the Oregon wine industry made a big mistake by touting the 1986 vintage But there were those who still saw great promise in Oregon's rolling green hills arrived in the Willamette Valley in 1987 and purchased his own property The arrival of the French winemaker was heralded by many in the area as another sign of the quality of their grapes 'There are only two places in the world that I would grow pinot noir and one is Burgundy and the other is Oregon," Sokol Blosser said "We'd been saying that this is God's country for pinot noir but to hear somebody from the motherland of pinot noir say that The excitement surrounding Willamette Valley wineries in the '80s had not gone unnoticed by others interested in winemaking the number of wineries in the area had doubled to 60 was himself a grown man and back in the family business Jason Lett returned to the vineyard to help his father in 1997 because this is a small kitchen," Jason Lett said "There's not really room for two chefs in a kitchen of this size And we just kept stepping on each other's toes The wine that was being produced on the West Coast came to the attention of the average consumer thanks "Sideways," a movie prominently featuring both pinot noir and Napa Valley and starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church and after 'Sideways,' there were three," Adelsheim said "That was sufficient to make Oregon up there with the central coast in California even though we were thousands of miles away transformation occurring among Oregon's founding families Jason Lett officially took over as winemaker at Eyrie Vineyards in 2005 ending the era of his father's widely recognized wines was painfully aware of the weight of the legacy that had just been handed to him "That leap of faith was both an incredible gift and also really I was a wreck for 18 months after I started this job The Letts weren't the only winemaking family moving into the second generation Susan Sokol Blosser officially handed over the reigns of her winery to her children in 2008 The Ponzis had already surrendered the winemaking and marketing to their two daughters in 1993 Another milestone for Oregon winemakers came in the form of a magazine article Wine Spectator came out with a now-famous magazine cover and 15-page spread declaring that "pinot noir has found an American home in Oregon." Much like the victory in the 1985 New York tasting and the arrival of French winemakers in the area the article was even more affirmation to the quality of the grapes "There's an old saying that it takes 20 years to be an overnight success "The Wine Spectator that suddenly declared that Oregon is the equal of Burgundy in pinot noir 50 years after David Lett planted those first pinot grapes in the Dundee Hills the Willamette Valley boasts more than 17,000 acres of grapes planted across 647 vineyards The Willamette Valley is responsible for 87 percent of Oregon's pinot noir production according to the Willamette Valley Wineries Association Those original founders say they still can't believe their success "No one would have ever guessed it turns into this something-billion-dollar industry," Erath said but I don't think we saw the growth as being as strong as it would be." (503) 399-6709 or follow on Twitter at @fosmirel The message proclaiming that pinot noir has finally found an American home in Oregon published in the December 2012 issue of Wine Spectator magazine But it's only one of the many things that have contributed to the rising tide that has floated the boats of all Oregon pinot makers and raised the visibility of Oregon pinot noir over the course of its 50-year history in the Willamette Valley The rising profile of Oregon pinot noir among consumers in the United States corresponds to changing palates and tastes according to several families who founded the industry in the Willamette Valley as well as Harvey Steiman The varietal has also benefited from the collective knowledge gained by pioneering winemakers who sought to grow this famously finicky grape in Oregon's equally fickle climate the world's most famous region for growing pinot noir but the marine influence on Oregon's climate makes our weather a whole lot less predictable Plus at the time that the wine industry was founded in the Willamette Valley those families who came to Oregon from California had to learn from scratch "The direction that the Oregon wine industry seems to be going is to be ever more fundamentally professional," said Steiman who made his first visit to Oregon in the 1970s and began covering Oregon for Wine Spectator in the 1990s everyone was trying to figure it out — where to grow pinot noir and how to grow it we have reached a point where we have enough knowledge to dial it in." Those who want to make a lighter style can make it that way it's that there is a transparency that Oregon has been able to get along with the richness that we can get on the West Coast because the sunshine is more than they can get in Burgundy And the 2012 (vintage) is the perfect example of what I'm saying It has all the ripeness that we could ask for but it has this beautiful transparency that only pinot noir could provide in truly great wines," Steiman said who co-founded Sokol Blosser Winery with her former husband said pinot noir is probably the most difficult grape to grow They were among the first to plant pinot noir in the Willamette Valley in the 1970s Pinot noir just wants to sprawl," Sokol Blosser said "You have to be very careful when you prune it and so forth and it's learning how to manage all the growth and keeping the clusters separate One of the things they had to learn from scratch "At one point I think at Sokol Blosser we had every trellis system known to man," she said we went back to the three-wire system," she said So why even try in Oregon to grow pinot noir one of the most difficult grapes to grow and make into wine it is absolutely sublime," Sokol Blosser said "My favorite thing to say is that it's not a wine that's going to hit you between the eyes It's not a wine that's going to knock your socks off It's going to seduce you and slip your socks off." that knowledge was shared around the tables and living rooms of those first families This culture of helping each other out continues today It's one of the things that sets the Oregon wine industry apart from the competitive culture of California and discuss how you're going to plant your grapes," said Dick Ponzi another of the Willamette Valley's pinot pioneers it became apparent that the same spacing couldn't be used in Oregon "Ultimately we decided pretty much at the time in the '70s that we would use the John Deere dimension you're going to have to get a tractor down the row The rise in popularity in pinot noir and the profile of Oregon pinot noir in particular also had to do with a cultural shift in America that had to do with the impact of Prohibition the people who wanted to drink had to drink the stuff that was easiest to transport — liquor winemaker and owner of The Eyrie Vineyards and son of another of the wine industry's founders "And wine was really considered something that working-class people and Europeans the Italians and other suspect characters were making in their backyards And so there was no real fine-wine culture," Lett said There was also a change in how Americans ate at home and cooked spices other than salt and pepper were almost unknown "You were lucky to find Bay Seasoning at your store But through the 1970s through the efforts of people like Portland chef James Beard and Julia Child people became more and more enamored with this European ideal of going out and finding your fresh ingredients and harvesting herbs from your garden and cooking it in your kitchen and then to complete the circle "At the same time that we've had this evolution about food and the flavors that we we should expect and demand in food there's been the same thing in wine," Lett said What was popular 20 years ago was the wine equivalent of Coca-Cola: dark-colored "I think people have gotten more complex expectations from what they drink and they want to have their palate stimulated in more ways that just the sheer impact in the way the wine is having when you put it into your mouth Even beginners know that they should be able to taste more than one thing in a glass of wine And that's really led people to look for varieties that are more expressive and more delicate and more food friendly like pinot noir," Lett said As more people around the world become more sophisticated in their appetite for good and innovative cuisine so will their demand for wines that go well with food such as pinot noir And there's plenty of acreage that's available for growing pinot noir in Oregon did a study of vineyard-suitable land in the Willamette Valley a few years ago and found that there was more than 100,000 acres of suitable farmland that could be still planted with vineyards Willamette Valley Vineyards founder Jim Bernau said As long as Oregon's winemakers are rowing in unison in the pursuit of making expressive and uniquely Oregon pinot noirs it looks like there's plenty more room for the rising ruby tide and more boats in Oregon's sea of pinot noir wine and beer columnist for the Statesman Journal follow at Facebook.com/WillametteValleyFoodWine and on Twitter @TasteofOregon David Lett moved to Oregon from California with 3,000 grape cuttings and a dream of starting a vineyard in Oregon to grow pinot noir Those cuttings eventually found a home in the red hills of Dundee He named the vineyard for the red-tailed hawks who made their home in the fir trees at the top of the first vineyard plantings and he began writing the story of pinot noir in the Willamette Valley As Eyrie prepared to mark the 50th anniversary of planting the vines this weekend Jason took a moment to look back at the place in history that his father holds and stepping into his father's shoes and carrying on his legacy Jason grew up among the vines and in the winery; they were like siblings to him but our last big planting at Eyrie was in 1973 and 1974 and I can definitely remember planting those grapes my folks would recruit a lot of their friends I can remember our field manager at the time .. That was just a skill that you had to have in life and I caught all of these fish and wound up really not knowing what to do with them all So I can remember at least my contribution to a few of those vines was in the hole where the vine went "Growing up in a winery is a great thing for a kid because all kids like playing with their food and then you spray everything down with a hose I really enjoyed growing up here," Jason said as he glanced about the barrel room the same barrel room where his dad aged wine "The first vintage that I remember well was when I was 3 (years old) And I did things like spray things with water and throw clusters of grapes into the de-stemmer one at a time Those are still the jobs I like to do," Jason said invariably he got the question: "Are you going to be a winemaker some day?" "The most annoying question that you can ask a kid who's growing up in a winery is 'Are you going to be a winemaker some day?' " So people asked me that But I never really seriously thought I would I was like anybody else growing up in a small farming town Jason would spend about 10 years roaming the country before he heeded the call to come back he was laying the groundwork for becoming the answer to the question to which he politely replied so many times before "I started off as a creative writing major and quickly realized that if I wanted to write a novel it would be best just to quit school and go try to do that and then I needed to find something better to do with myself." He befriending some biologists who were working in botany this stuff was really cool,' and so I wound up going to school for botany He ended up with a degree in biology with a focus on botany from the University of New Mexico and later did some research at Oregon State University in the small fruits program that included blackberries "I was between grants on a research project that I was working on I was committed to making wine and growing grapes But I don't think that my dad knew to what extent I was I'm not sure how much I knew either," Jason said "I did know that I didn't want to see Eyrie sold or fall into someone else's hands I did know that growing up among the vines and I wanted to continue to have a role in taking care of them But I didn't know what that would be," Jason said Jason worked with his dad from 1997 to 2000 and remembers it being a rough time because the winery was so small The average winery in the valley makes about 18,000 And so there's not really room for two chefs in a kitchen this size And we just kept stepping on each other's toes," Jason said Jason said he realized it was time to strike out on his own again but also I think at some point we just looked at each other and said at dinner time we want to be able to talk about something besides wines and business And I went off and worked with other fruit crops strawberries and raspberries and then came back to winemaking through a vineyard management job in 2003 and started my own label of wine at the same time called Black Cap." Jason had been working on his own label for about three years when his father became ill "I think it was just very lucky happenstance that the opportunity for me to start my own label and manage this vineyard coincided with the time that Dad felt like he really needed to think seriously about how the (business) was going to transition he didn't want to invite me back as the winemaker; he wanted me to be kind of like his assistant again and I want me to have my wine and still be able to have that nice conversation at dinner.' "And so we talked about six months about this he wrote me a very very simple job description You get to make all the decisions about the viticulture and the winemaking Please ask me questions whenever you can think of one for somebody who had started in an industry and whose blood ran pinot it was an incredibly brave thing to do to turn it over to somebody as callow and inexperienced as I was But that leap of faith was both an incredible gift and also really really daunting I was a wreck for 18 months after I started this job .. the man who had who built The Eyrie Vineyards into what it was and who had helped plant the seeds of the Oregon wine industry Surrounded by the French oak barrels — some new 20 years or more older — Jason also is surrounded by the legacy of his father The same office that his father used is cluttered with wine corkscrew collections and the walls are dotted with historic photos A proclamation in German honoring his father hangs in the center of one wall and bottles of Eyrie's wines dating back to the 1970s sit on an old desk Jason still is coming out from the towering shadow cast by his father "I've made 20 percent of Eyrie's vintages now It's not a big percentage compared to what Dad made but I think it's enough to feel like I've been established And it is a little frustrating that Eyrie's so affiliated with my father that sometimes I feel like I'm continuously in that shadow." and less and less do I feel like that's even a question any more and I think that people are finally understanding that the wines that are coming out of Eyrie are the ones that I and my crew have made and there's a slightly different stamp there." "But there are really three principles that I inherited from my dad that I hope never change at Eyrie And I feel like if we observe those three principles here as we work then we will be honoring that legacy even if we do new wines or grow new varieties or experiment with different styles." Those three principles include stewardship of the vineyards never letting the winemaker's ego appear in the wine and making wines that will age well Jason is making sure that the vines are part of an ecosystem and that he's always working to preserve that ecosystem Jason has certified the vineyard as organic and doesn't irrigate or till the soil the wine should never taste like it's been made "It should always taste like an expression of the vineyard." That means careful use of new oak barrels versus older it means taking care in the grape picking and winemaking process "The greatness of our region is defined by whether its wines age well or not and Eyrie has a great reputation for how well its wines age And that's something I certainly want to uphold that means that we're not emphasizing alcohol We're making sure that we're picking grapes when they're fresh and the flavors are fresh and not after they've become over-ripened Those overripe styles make wines that are really impressive in their youth but fall apart quickly or relatively quickly within about 10 years And we're looking at an aging window of 30 Eyrie and the winemaking industry has changed "As I look around and I see all of the folks coming in with degrees in winemaking I think they might be focusing so intently on the technical aspects they might have missed some of the cultural things that you can bring in that add extra dimension to the wine that you're making there are still plenty of those folks who come into this having been writers or painters or philosophers and I think they're making some of the more interesting wines out there." Pinot noir has never been easy to grow in Oregon "The challenges of the viticulture and the rewards that we get from being in the climate that we're in are still the same So I think as long as people can remember that wine comes from the heart then Oregon will always be a great place for pinot." follow at Facebook.com/Willamette ValleyFoodWine and on Twitter @TasteofOregon Total number of:Vineyard acres planted: 17,237Vineyards: 647Wineries: 440 Willamette Valley % of Oregon production72% of planted vineyard acreage78% of wine production87% of Pinot noir production Major Vineyard SoilsMarine SedimentaryVolcanic (Basalt)Windblown Loess Approximate number of Willamette Valley wineries through the years:1970 – 51980 – 301990 – 602000 – 1102010 – 3002015 – 440 Data from 2013 Oregon Vineyard & Winery Census Report Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission View this post on Instagram 🌸🌸🌸🌸💐🌸🌸🌸🌸👰🏽 #CleofaFever #Cleofa #BestDay #Family A post shared by 🎡 (@cleooettingen) on Jul 10 The monikers mentioned throughout the article fall into at least one or more of the following categories: mononymous, multi-hypenated, extremely rich, “how did this even fit on a place card?” here is every name ranked from most to least absurd Hereditary Prince Franz Albrecht zu Oettingen-Spielberg 1. 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