Archive for 'Wine' Category
Oregon Wine Country Wedding
We had another wonderful wine country wedding on The Hill. Here is what the bride had to say. As far as our experience it was phenomenal, really nothing that I could even try and pinpoint that I wasn’t happy about. Your Inn Keeper Becky was so great. She would check in on us hourly to [...]
Oregon Pinot Noir
Every year is another adventure growing Oregon Pinot Noir. This year has been no exception. A late, cool spring and summer have left the vines about 3 weeks behind their normal cycle. If things continue, we won’t have ripe fruit until November, if it were to ripen at all. However, little waves of heat like [...]
Wine Country Weddings
We have one our biggest wine country weddings of the season tomorrow. It looks to be a beautiful day with some clouds to temper the temperature and glare. They will have a beautiful setting as the vines are all groomed and we will begin dropping fruit for target crop yields next week. Every flower on [...]
Hanging around in Oregon Wine Country
Oregon Wine Country is not only great for tasting world class pinot noir, it is also a great place to enjoy a glorious summer day. While we love playing in the vineyard, we also love playing around. Natasha, Jordan, and Aspen are our little monkeys, but don’t ever tell Nicolette she can’t climb a tree. [...]
Oreon Wine Country
Another beautiful wedding in Oregon wine country. This photo doesn’t come close to how beautiful the wedding day was for Lindsey and Ethan’s wedding. There were guest from Washington, California, New Mexico, East Coast, and a bunch from Newberg Oregon. The best part is that none of them had ever been at Youngberg Hill before. [...]
Oregon Pinot Noir
The vines are growing like crazy in Oregon Pinot Noir country. June and July are the most prolific growing months of the season. We are all working feverishly to keep the vines (and therefore the canopy) managed through shoot positioning and hedging. It took over a month to get through bloom, but fruit set took [...]
Ruth Chris Winemaker’s Dinner
Thank you John and staff for a fabulous dinner at Ruth Chris Wed. night. The foods were paired perfectly with the wines and the wait staff took great care of everyone. We met some wonderful guests who are now big fans of Youngberg Hill, both the wines and the Inn, and we look forward to [...]
Fruit Set on The Hill
The warm weather as started to help the vines push forward to finally get through bloom and onto fruit set. Fruit set looks very healthy and full. Looks right now to be a somewhat heavy crop, so we will be looking and some aggressive cropping options in a couple of weeks. The vines have made [...]
Willamette Valley
Another beautiful day in the Willamette Valley here on The Hill. The vines are setting fruit. The birds are singing. The sun is shinning brightly on the mountains. Please join us for the winemaker’s dinner at Ruth Chris in Portland this coming Wednesday night at 7:30. Then come out to The Hill next weekend during [...]
Portland Winemaker’s Dinners
We had a great dinner at Davis Street Tavern in Portland last night. They paired the foods perfectly with our wines. Great job, Chris! Lobster Bisque with the Pinot Blanc, artichoke salad with the gris, prawns & orecciette with the 2007 Jordan, and rack of lamb with the 2006 Jordan. Next dinner? Ruth Chris in [...]