Columbia Gorge AVA wineries and tasting rooms
Columbia Gorge AVA covers one of the sharpest climate transitions in American wine country: annual rainfall runs from roughly 36 inches near Hood River down to about 10 near the AVA's eastern edge at The Dalles, a nearly four-fold drop across a boundary defined partly by a 2,000-foot elevation contour. Wine economist Mike Veseth, reporting from the ground in 2013, called it a place "trapped between two worlds": Oregon-style Pinot Noir and Riesling in the wet west, Washington-style Syrah and Zinfandel in the dry east, inside one 179,200-acre AVA established in 2004.
Veseth found the whole gradient compressed onto a single hillside at The Pines 1852, where grower Lonnie Wright tends 120-year-old Zinfandel vines that "cascaded down the south-facing slope while Pinot Noir vines streamed down the north-facing side." Viento Wines' Rich Cushman makes Rieslings Veseth described as "works of the Riesling-maker's art," while Phelps Creek Vineyards' Bob and Becky Morus lean their Chardonnay and Pinot deliberately Burgundian.
Roughly 90 vineyards and 50 wineries now work both ends of that gradient, planting Pinot Blanc and Gewürztraminer where the rain is heaviest and Tempranillo and Sangiovese where it barely falls at all: 30-plus varieties total, inside a 40-mile stretch of the Columbia River.
The wineries below split the same way the AVA does, across the Columbia Gorge/Valley region. Check which end of the Gorge each one is working before you decide what to expect in the glass.
- Wineries
- 43
- Top varieties
- Rosé, Pinot Noir, Red Blend, Syrah, Chardonnay, Other, Riesling, Sparkling
- Walk-ins welcome
- 81%
- Dog-friendly
- 65%
15 Mile Winery
The Dalles · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Acorn to Oak Wine Experience
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine experience
Analemma Wines
Mosier · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Arabilis
Amity · Willamette Valley
Augustina Cellars
Portland · Portland Metro
Black Dog Vineyard
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cathedral Ridge Winery, Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Cerulean Wine Tasting Room – Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Craft Wine Co.
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Dauntless Wine Company – Forest Grove Tasting Room
Forest Grove · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Dauntless Wine Company – Old 47 Estate Tasting Room
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Dobbes Family Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Dominio IV Wines
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Double Strand Wine – The Fourth and Newest Winery and Tasting Room in Mosier, Oregon
Mosier · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Evoke Winery Bend – Old Mill Tasting Room
Bend · Central Oregon · Tasting room
Evoke Winery Hood River Tasting Room
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Garnier Vineyards
Mosier · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Golden Cluster
Portland · Portland Metro
GorgeOn Wines – Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Shared facility
Grateful Vineyard
Mount Hood · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Idiot’s Grace Wines
Mosier · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Landmass Wines Tasting Room & Wine Bar
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Manzanita NW: Winery Tasting Room & Wine Bar
Portland · Portland Metro
Mt. Hood Winery
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Oak Flat Vineyards Tasting Room & Bistro
Portland · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Ovum Wines @ Les Caves PDX
Portland · Portland Metro
Phelps Creek Vineyards
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
RAM Cellars
Portland · Portland Metro
Silas Wines / The Bramble Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Stave & Stone Winery at the Vineyard
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Stave and Stone Winery
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Tendril Wine Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Tertulia Cellars
Dundee · Walla Walla Valley
The Pines 1852
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
The Portland Wine Bar and Winery Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro
The Walls Vineyards
Walla Walla · Walla Walla Valley
The Winery at Manzanita
Manzanita · Oregon Coast
The Winery at Manzanita – Bend
Bend · Central Oregon
Tierra de Lobos
The Dalles · Columbia Gorge/Valley
White Salmon Vineyard
Underwood · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Wy’East Vineyards
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley