1-Day 'Classic Luxury Willamette Valley Wine Tour Experience'

1-Day 'Classic Luxury Willamette Valley Wine Tour Experience'

Your Guide/ Driver will collect you for a short drive to your first vineyard visit of the day – Antica Terra. A comprehensive tasting featuring their current releases and a rotating selection of inspirational bottlings from around the world. Wines are served alongside a selection of small seasonal bites crafted by Chef Timothy Wastell. Moving on, take in the breathtaking views, on the way to your second tasting of the day. You will be pleased to know that you are in for a treat; a gourmet picnic lunch with wines for you at the breathtakingly beautiful Anne Amie Vineyard. What a great experience you have in store for the finale of your tour! You will head south-west, a beautiful 30-minute drive to the fabulous Cristom Vineyards where you will enjoy a hosted tasting featuring a rotating selection of 6-8 wines, including their single-vineyard estate Pinot Noirs, "The Four Ladies." Guests will learn about the rich history of Cristom and enjoy a seasonal tasting plate.

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Stop At: Antica Terra, 979 SW Alder St, Dundee, OR 97115-9729

A comprehensive tasting featuring our current release and a rotating selection of inspirational bottlings from around the world. The tasting can cover a vast range; from grower Champagne and Grand Cru Burgundy to esoteric bottlings made from rare, indigenous grapes and from winemakers who employ innovative techniques that advance the limit of flavor. We serve the wines from a state of the art Enomatic Wine System where they are preserved under surgical grade argon. Wines are served alongside a selection of seasonal small bites crafted by Chef Timothy Wastell.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Anne Amie Vineyards, 6580 NE Mineral Springs Rd, Carlton, OR 97111-9529

Pinot reigns supreme at Anne Amie Vineyards with Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc forming the heart of our production. Complementing the pinot family is Old-Vine Estate Müller Thurgau, planted in 1979.

Vineyards are located in the rolling hills of the Yamhill-Carlton District and on the steep hillsides of the Chehalem Mountains, both nestled in Oregon’s verdant Willamette Valley. Anne Amie offers a vineyard and cellar tour most Days. The tour includes a select tasting of Anne Amie Wines.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cristom Vineyards, 6905 Spring Valley Rd NW, Salem, OR 97304-9779

Cristom Vineyards began a quarter of a century ago as a collaboration between an engineer and a biochemist who each possessed deep-rooted respect for the land, the natural winemaking process, and Pinot Noir. 25 years later, second-generation winegrower and owner Tom Gerrie leads winemaker Steve Doerner and our tenured viticulture team in tending our Estate vineyards and producing elegant, dynamic wines, recognizable by our hallmark style of whole-cluster fermentation by native yeasts.

The Cristom Experience: A hosted tasting featuring a rotating selection of 6-8 wines, including our single-vineyard estate Pinot Noirs, "The Four Ladies." Guests will learn about the rich history of Cristom, and enjoy a seasonal tasting plate.

$50 per Guest / $25 for Cellar Club members - payable directly to Cristom

Winery Accolades

The Wine Advocate "Best Oregon Winery" nominee: 2017

Wine & Spirits Magazine Annual Restaurant Poll:

#1 Oregon Pinot Noir in America's Top Restaurants: 2017, 2016

Top 50 Wine Brands in America's Top Restaurants: 2017, 2016, 2015

Wine & Spirits "Top 100 Wineries of the Year:" 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2011

Food & Wine Magazine "Best Oregon Wineries to Visit:"
"One of Oregon’s longest-running acts, Cristom’s winemaking, and vineyard team have been in place since the winery’s founding in 1992, and their naturally produced Pinot Noirs are among Oregon’s most acclaimed wines."

Duration: 2 hours