Vista Hills Vineyard Archives | Crushed Grape Chronicles

It’s Oregon Wine Month

May 9, 2019

It’s Oregon Wine Month! Here are a few of the great Oregon wineries we have visited. Take a road trip, visit for yourself, or at least grab a great bottle of Oregon wine and celebrate.

Vista Hills Vineyard and the Uncommon Wine Festival 2018

Oct 21, 2018

Vista Hills was the setting for the “Uncommon Wine Festival” that we’ve been talking about so much. This years was the 9th annual and before heading down there we had a chance to speak with Dave Petterson, Vista Hills Winemaker...

Are you baking blueberry pie? Nope, that’s my Malbec.

Oct 17, 2018

We’ve been talking about the wines we tasted with Leah Jørgensen at the Uncommon Wine Festival back in July at Vista Hills Vineyard. And we have come to the end of our tasting. The 2015 Malbec is deep and rich...

Leah Jørgensen Cellars 2017 Rosé of Cabernet Franc

Oct 15, 2018

We’ve been talking with Leah Jørgensen of Leah Jørgensen Cellars about her wines. Today’s discussion is about her 2017 Rosé of Cab Franc. If you know Leah Jørgensen, it will not surprise you that her rosé is made of Cab...

Blanc de Cab Franc….What?

Sep 28, 2018

You probably have not heard of Blanc de Cab Franc. It is made in small quantities in the Loire Valley and now in Oregon. Leah Jørgensen decided to make Oregon’s first Blanc de Cabernet Franc back in 2011. Leah tells...

Southern Oregon Sauvignon Blanc from Leah Jørgensen

Sep 27, 2018

We have been talking with Leah Jørgensen of Leah Jørgensen Cellars about her inspirations as well as Southern Oregon. We begin with her 2017 Sauvignon Blanc. We’ve discussed how her love of the wines from the Loire Valley in France...

Wine, Art & Hedonism with Libertine Wines Alex Neely

Sep 5, 2018

Libertine (as defined by Alex Neely) Noun | lib er tine | \ ˈli-bər-ˌtēn \ “One who eschews all cultural values, pure hedonism” On a side note Merriam-Webster tells us that the term originally meant “freedman” when it appeared in...

On A Cheerful Note with Ariel Eberle

Aug 23, 2018

Ariel Eberle is a native Oregonian, and the founder/winemaker for A Cheerful Note. She spends her days as the winemaker for Yamhill Valley Vineyards, so you would think she would have been a shoe in to the wine industry, but...

Esther Glen Farm and Winery with Ryan Pickens

Aug 9, 2018

We met Ryan Pickens of Esther Glen Farm and Winery at the Uncommon Wine Festival at Vista Hills Vineyard, and had a chance to taste his wines. The Uncommon Wine Festival gave us an “uncommon” occasion to meet and speak...

The 9th Annual Uncommon Wine Festival at Vista Hills

Jul 3, 2018

While we are visiting the Willamette Valley we will be attending the Uncommon Wine Festival at Vista Hills Vineyard. Vista Hills Winemaker and GM, Dave Petterson took a little time out of a busy day in the cellar to talk...