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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!
Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.
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Amity Vineyards
18150 S Amity Vineyards Rd, Amity, OR 97101 Map
503 835-2362
Ken Wright Cellars
236 N Kutch St, Carlton, OR 97111 Map
503 852-7070
Tyee Wine Cellars
26335 Greenberry Rd, Corvallis, OR 97333 Map
541 753-8754
Sokol Blosser Winery
5000 NE Sokol Blosser Ln, Dayton, OR 97114 Map
503 864-2282
Argyle Winery
691 N Highway 99W, Dundee, OR 97115 Map
503 538-8520
Erath Winery
9409 NE Worden Hill Rd, Dundee, OR 97115 Map
503 538-3318
David Hill Winery & Vineyard
46350 NW David Hill Rd, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Map
503 992-8545
Shafer Vineyard Cellars
6200 NW Gales Creek Rd, Forest Grove, OR 97116 Map
503 357-6604
Kramer Vineyards
26830 Olson Rd NW, Gaston, OR 97119 Map
503 662-4545
Patton Valley Vineyards
9449 SW Old Highway 47, Gaston, OR 97119 Map
503 985-3445
Yamhill Valley Vineyards
16250 SW Oldsville Rd, Mcminnville, OR 97128 Map
503 843-3100
Benton Lane Winery
23924 Territorial Rd, Monroe, OR 97456 Map
541 847-5792
Arborbrook Vineyards
17770 NE Calkins Ln, Newberg, OR 97132 Map
503 538-0959
Cherry Hill Winery
7867 Crowley Rd, Rickreall, OR 97371 Map
503 623-7867
Bethel Heights Vineyard
6060 Bethel Heights Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304 Map
503 581-2262
Cristom Vineyards
6905 Spring Valley Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304 Map
503 375-3068
Evesham Wood Vineyard & Winery
3795 Wallace Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304 Map
503 371-8478
Witness Tree Vineyard Limited
7111 Spring Valley Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304 Map
503 585-7874
Quailhurst Vineyard Estate
16031 SW Pleasant Hill Rd, Sherwood, OR 97140 Map
509 427-5132
Silver Falls Vineyards
4972 Cascade Highway SE, Sublimity, OR 97385 Map
503 769-5056
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