Although I made this trip down to Willamette Valley Vineyards about a month ago for a wine steward meeting, it's still worthy of sharing three weeks later. Here are some highlights from the trip:
1) Blending seminar
We had a pinot noir blending seminar which was really interesting. We had three different pinot clones (115, 667, 777 and pommard) set out in front of us. We went through each one separately, noting their different characteristics and then made out own blend, which we then compared to the winemakers blend. He won.
2) Cellar tour
Foris, the head winemaker at WVV, gave us a tour through the wine making facility himself, which was a nice treat. He was a real down to earth guy and readily answered any questions our group had. The cellar was jam-packed with barrels and barrels of wine. We got to barrel taste two different wines, the first being their estate pinot. I thought it was showing quite nicely. I'm sure it could and will develop further but it was pretty tasty right then and there. The other little treat we got was tasting their pinot noir port. Being a pretty big fan of port I was excited about this. It's not too often I experiment with non Portugese ports. However, I was pleased with this one. No spitting on that one.
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