Oregon Annual Report: A Payback Vintage and Pinots That Stop Time

By JamesSuckling.com April 2024

"Oregon winemakers in recent years have been troubled by natural events in the vineyards, like 2020’s wildfire smoke, 2021’s heat spikes and 2022’s sobering spring frost. Not to mention droopy economic news in the tasting rooms and retail shops, where sales and winery visitors decreased in 2023. No wonder they were happy to share some terrific new wines, mostly 2021s and 2022s, with our tasting team last month in the Willamette Valley.

Associate Editor Andrii Stetsiuk, Tasting Manager Kevin Davy, Publisher John Williams and I braved snow, sleet and mud to taste and rate 843 wines – 505 pinot noirs, 175 chardonnays and an eclectic mix of other wines from sparkling to pinot gris, gamay noir and syrah."

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