Dundee Hills AVA wineries and tasting rooms
David Lett rolled into Oregon in 1965 hunting for a place cool enough to grow Pinot Noir the way Burgundy did, and by 1966 he'd settled on a south-facing slope of what locals still called the Red Hills of Dundee. The dirt underneath is Jory soil, an iron-red volcanic clay that covers roughly 80% of what's now the Dundee Hills AVA: deep, well-drained, and stingy enough with nutrients to stress a vine into concentrating flavor instead of just growing leaves.
By the time growers formalized the ground into an AVA, they almost named it after somewhere else. The petition, filed by Sokol Blosser's Alex Sokol Blosser in 2002, first proposed "Red Hills," then "Red Hills of Dundee," before the federal government settled on "Dundee Hills" in 2004, to avoid confusion with other Red Hills scattered around the world. The petition's own numbers show how fast the ground had filled in by then: 299 planted acres in 1980, 577 by 1990, 1,264 by 2002, a fourfold increase in two decades, on hills that top out at 1,067 feet and never dip below 200.
Robert Drouhin, the Burgundy négociant who staged the widely remembered 1980 rematch against Lett's Pinot and lost by two-tenths of a point, put his money where the comparison was: he bought land here and founded Domaine Drouhin Oregon in 1987. Almost forty years later, the AVA counts 28 LIVE-certified vineyards and, per its own association, three B-Corp certified wineries, more than any other wine region in the world, spread across 23 grape varieties, 28 miles southwest of Portland.
Eyrie and Domaine Drouhin are still pouring, alongside a newer generation working the same red dirt. The wineries below are all farming some version of that Jory clay, part of the wider Willamette Valley. Taste a few side by side to hear what "consistent, vintage to vintage" actually means in the glass.
- Wineries
- 74
- Top varieties
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, Sparkling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Red Blend, Riesling
- Walk-ins welcome
- 57%
- Dog-friendly
- 54%
Acorn to Oak Wine Experience
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine experience
Alexana Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Alit Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Ambar Estate
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Anderson Family Vineyard
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Archery Summit Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Argyle Winery Tasting House
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Artisanal Wine Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Artist Block
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Augustina Cellars
Portland · Portland Metro
Bergström Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Burner Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Corollary Wines
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Craft Wine Co.
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cramoisi Vineyard
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Crowley Wines
Independence · Willamette Valley
De Ponte Cellars Vineyard and Winery Tasting Room
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Dobbes Family Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Domaine Drouhin Oregon
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Domaine Lumineux
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Domaine Roy & fils
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge at Sentinel
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Domaine Willamette
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Durant Vineyards
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Dusky Goose Rambouillet Estate Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Elixir Wine Co. / Ermisch Cellars
Bend · Central Oregon
Et Fille Wines Tasting Room
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Fox Farm Vineyards
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Fullerton Wine Bar and Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Furioso Vineyards
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Goodfellow Family Cellars
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Great Oregon Wine Company & Distillery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Haakon/Lenai
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Hemmer Vineyards
Newberg · Willamette Valley
J Craw
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Kelley Fox Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Ken Wright Cellars Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Knudsen Vineyards
Dundee · Willamette Valley
La Biblioteca
Dundee · Willamette Valley
LAVINEA in Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Le Cadeau & Aubichon Cellars Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley
LucidWild Estate
Willamette Valley
L’Angolo Estate
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Maresh Vineyard and Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Meraviglioso Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Native Flora
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Nicolas-Jay
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Nysa Vineyard
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Pike Road Wines
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Potcake Cellars Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Purple Hands Urban Winery and Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Remy Wines Tasting Room
Dayton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
ROCO Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Siltstone Wines Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Sip & Savor
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Sokol Blosser Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Soléna Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Stephen Goff Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Stoller Family Estate
Dayton · Willamette Valley
The Eyrie Vineyards
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
The Four Graces
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Trathen Hall Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Twomey Cellars
Dundee · Willamette Valley
White Rose Estate
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards
Turner · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Tasting room
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Happy Valley
Damascus · Portland Metro · Tasting room
Willamette Valley Vineyards Lake Oswego Tasting Room & Restaurant
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Tasting room
Willamette Valley Vineyards on the Vancouver Waterfront
Vancouver · Portland Metro · Tasting room
Willful Wines
Portland · Portland Metro
Winter’s Hill Estate
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Élevée Winegrowers
Dundee · Willamette Valley