A Walk Through the Vineyard
As part of a training program for our Tasting Room staff, we all got together and made a recent hike through the vineyards with the perfect tour guide- Susan Sokol Blosser. Susan hand-planted our first vines way back in 1972, so she knows a thing or two about the vineyard. We don’t have to twist our staff’s arms too hard to get a chance to take a walk through the vineyard, take in the views of the Willamette Valley and get a chance to have a one-on-one lesson with the President.
Part of the Tasting Room staff requirements is to be able to answer questions like: “What Pinot Noir clones are planted in your vineyard?�, “What type of soil do you have?�, “What is the definition of ‘terroir’?�, “What qualifies as ‘Old Vines’�?, and many other interesting questions. Because the average wine lover may not know the answers to these questions, it is our job to figure them out and pass them on to our visitors.
We all picked up at least a few new facts and realized that our customers also might be able to benefit off of a vineyard tour. So, we are offering a rare chance to take a walk in the vineyard with one of the family members on August 20. If you let us know you are coming, we will even reserve your picnic lunch.
If you are not able to join us for the Estate Vineyard Tour and Tasting, our tasting room staff loves to answer your questions, so be prepared to bring them with you on your next trip out to Dundee and we will do our best to answer them. But, please remember that wine is very complicated and has endless amounts of information to learn. So, if you happen to have a question that ‘stumps’ us, please don’t be disappointed. We promise to provide you with an answer the minute we can track down the right person.
We hope to see you soon and make some sense out of the mysteries of wine.