Winery
Owners: Myron Redford, Janis Checchia and Vikki Wetle
President and Winemaker: Myron Redford
C0-Winemaker: Darcy Pendergrass
Sales: Matt Gibson
Tasting Room Manager & Wine Club: Jo Powell Website: Jo Powell
Tasting Room Staff: Diana Hrabik, Vonnie Good, Tim Wallace, Doug Bearce, Kourtney Ferrera, Ericka Story, Felix Jones
Controller: Jean Mead
Warehouse Manager: Neil Svarverud
Vineyard: Northwest Vineyard Service, Bob Bailey
Oregon Wine Tasting Room Manager: Patrick McElligott
Bellevue Market Manager: Theresa Putnam
Vineyard Statistics Year First Planted: 1971
Total Acres: 15
• Pinot Noir: 7.5 acres
• Riesling: 3 acres
• Pinot Blanc: 4.5 acres
(We grafted all of our Chardonnay and switched to Pinot Blanc in 1995)
Year Bonded: 1976
Bonded Winery Number: BW-ORE-60
Location: 45 miles SW of Portland, Oregon on Hwy 99W, one mile NW of Amity, Oregon on a South facing saddle rising from 450 to 600ft. elevation.
Soil: Clay Loam (Yamhill Series)
Orientation: South-Southwest
Degree Days: 2400-2600
Rainfall: 35" per year
Harvest Dates: Earliest - September 10, latest - November 22
Average Brix at Harvest by Variety:
• Pinot noir: 21.5 - 22
• Pinot blanc: 19.5 - 21.5
• Riesling: 19
Winery Production Capacity: 34,000 Gallons
Source of Grapes:
Amity Vineyards (Estate Grapes), Sunnyside Vineyards, Bois Jolie, Cattrall, and Crannell-Amity; Hyland Vineyards, McMinnville; Schouten Vineyards-Sheridan; Stater Vineyard-Dundee; Anden Vineyards-Salem. Our labels routinely identify the vineyard source for grapes. All of our vineyards are located in the northern end of the Willamette Valley, Oregon's main grape growing area.
OVERVIEW:
Amity Vineyards has been consistently recognized in the national press as one of Oregon's top Pinot noir, Riesling and Gewurztraminer producers. We became the only US producer of Gamay Noir in 1988 and are still the leader with this variety. We produced Oregon's first Sulfite Free Wine made from Organic grapes in 1990. We joined Oregon Pinot Blanc producers in l995. We are a small family operation whose philosophy is that wine is a food and should be shared with one's family and friends. We make drier style white wine and our Pinot noir has a fine cellaring history.
TASTING ROOM:
Amity Vineyards Winery is open 7 days a week. 12:00pm to 5:00pm, October through May. 11:00am to 5:00pm, June through September. We are closed Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our tasting room has a spectacular view of the Willamette Valley and coastal mountains. A picnic area with picnic tables is available.
OREGON WINE TASTING ROOM & BELLEVUE MARKET
Located 9 miles SW of McMinnville on Hwy 18 - Open daily 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Wine tasting is available from 11:00 am to 5:45pm.
Oregon Wine Tasting Room carries over 150 wines from producers throughout Oregon, including Southern Oregon and Walla Walla as well as world class Pinots from the Willamette Valley. Phone (503) 843-3787.
At the Bellevue Market, you can stock up on some of the Northwest"s finest gormet meats and cheeses, breads, jams, condiments, micro-brews and coffee. Phone (503)843-2947.
For more information about Oregon Wine Tasting Room and Bellevue Market visit their website.
SPECIAL ANNUAL EVENTS:
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND at the Winery
PINOT NOIR RELEASE – September.
HARVEST PARTY – Usually the last weekend in October, but the grapes schedule this one!
**WINE COUNTRY THANKSGIVING – Thanksgiving Weekend
** (We participate in these events with all the other Yamhill County Wineries)
TOURS: Are welcome by appointment. A $2.00 per person tasting fee will be charged to groups over ten. A $5.00 per person fee will be charged if food is to be included.
