Gewürztraminer wineries and tasting rooms in Oregon
Gewürztraminer arrived in Oregon the same year as Riesling: Richard Sommer included it among the first vinifera varieties he planted at HillCrest Vineyard in the Umpqua Valley in 1961. It's an aromatic, thin-skinned grape that can turn heavy and blowsy in the wrong climate, which is exactly why growers in cool, foggy southern Oregon thought it might work.
It's still most associated with the Elkton area, home to its own Elkton Oregon AVA within the Umpqua Valley, where it grows alongside Riesling and Pinot Gris as part of a small cluster of aromatic whites. Oregon acreage is small, but the wines keep the grape's signature lychee, rose petal, and spice, usually with more restraint than the richer, higher-alcohol versions coming out of Alsace.
Elsewhere in southern Oregon, Foris Vineyards makes one of the region's benchmark versions from 40-year-old vines: a dry Gewürztraminer that Decanter singled out as one of 10 Southern Oregon wines to try.
It's not a variety you'll find on every wine list in the state, but where it shows up, it tends to come from growers who've been tending the same vines for decades. Look for it below.
- Wineries pouring it
- 91
- Top AVAs
- Willamette Valley, Eola Amity Hills, Rogue Valley
- Of Oregon producers
- 13%
15 Mile Winery
The Dalles · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Abbey Creek Winery
North Plains · Willamette Valley
Abiqua Wind Vineyard
Scotts Mills · Willamette Valley
Airlie Winery
Monmouth · Willamette Valley
Alexeli Vineyard and Winery
Molalla · Willamette Valley
Ankeny Vineyard
Salem · Willamette Valley
August Cellars, A Wine Studio
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Shared facility
Big Table Farm
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Bradley Vineyards Tasting Room
Elkton · Umpqua Valley
Brandborg Vineyard & Winery
Elkton · Umpqua Valley
Bridgeview Vineyards Winery
Cave Junction · Southern Oregon
Brooks Wine
Amity · Willamette Valley
Buddha Kat Winery
Sandy · Portland Metro
Buddha Kat Winery Seaside
Seaside · Oregon Coast
Cascade Cliffs Hood River Tasting Room
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Cerulean Wine Tasting Room – Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Chateau Bianca Winery
Dallas · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Compton Family Wines
Philomath · Willamette Valley
Constant Crush Wine
Willamette Valley
Coopers Hall Winery
Portland · Portland Metro
Copper Belt Wines
Baker City · Eastern Oregon
COR Cellars
Lyle · Columbia Gorge/Valley
David Hill Vineyards & Winery
Forest Grove · Willamette Valley
Depoe Bay Winery
Depoe Bay · Oregon Coast
Eola Hills Wine Cellars
Rickreall · Willamette Valley
Foris Vineyards Winery
Cave Junction · Rogue Valley
Golden Cluster @ Les Caves
Portland · Portland Metro
Great Oregon Wine Company & Distillery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Haines Creek Vineyard & Tasting Room
Elkton · Umpqua Valley · Tasting room
Hanson Vineyards
Woodburn · Willamette Valley
Hauer of the Dauen Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Hawkins Cellars
Dundee · Willamette Valley
HiFi Wine Bar
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine bar
HillCrest Vineyard
Roseburg · Umpqua Valley
Hip Chicks Do Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
Honeywood Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
Hood Crest Winery & Distillers
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Hyland Estates
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Jacob Williams Winery
Wishram · Columbia Gorge/Valley
King Estate Winery
Eugene · Willamette Valley
King’s Raven Winery
Oregon City · Portland Metro
Lazy River Vineyard at The Carlton Winemakers Studio
Carlton · Willamette Valley
LongSword Vineyard
Jacksonville · Southern Oregon
Maloof Wines
Forest Grove · Willamette Valley
Martin Woods Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Maryhill Winery
Goldendale · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Montinore Estate
Forest Grove · Willamette Valley
Mt. Hood Winery
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Namaste Vineyards
Dallas · Willamette Valley
Nehalem Bay Winery
Nehalem · Oregon Coast
Oregon Wine LAB and William Rose Wines
Eugene · Willamette Valley
Ovum Wines @ Les Caves PDX
Portland · Portland Metro
Owen Roe
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Paul O’Brien Winery
Roseburg · Southern Oregon
Phelps Creek Vineyards
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Portland Wine Company Home of Love & Squalor Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
Rain Dance Vineyards
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Ransom Wine Co. & Distillery Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Risdall Ranch Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
River’s Edge Winery
Elkton · Umpqua Valley
Sass Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
SE Wine Collective
Portland · Portland Metro · Shared facility
Silver Falls Vineyards
Sublimity · Willamette Valley
Sineann
Saint Paul · Willamette Valley
South Stage Cellars
Jacksonville · Southern Oregon
Southern Oregon Wine Institute (SOWI)
Roseburg North · Southern Oregon
St Josef’s Vineyards & Winery
Canby · Willamette Valley
Stangeland Vineyards & Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
Teutonic Wine Company
Portland · Portland Metro
The Carlton Winemakers Studio
Carlton · Willamette Valley · Shared facility
The Collaborative NW Tasting Room
Willamette Valley · Tasting room
The Grove: Featuring Montinore Estate & Landlines Estates
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
The Pines 1852
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
The Urban Cork
Medford · Southern Oregon
Trella Vineyards Tasting Room
Roseburg · Southern Oregon · Tasting room
Triple Oak Wine Vault
Oakland · Southern Oregon
Tyee Wine Cellars
Corvallis · Willamette Valley
Vitis Ridge Winery
Silverton · Willamette Valley
Watermill Winery
Milton-Freewater · Walla Walla Valley
Weisinger Family Winery
Ashland · Southern Oregon
Wetzel Estate
Willamette Valley
Whiskey Hill Winery & Postlewait’s Vineyards
Canby · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards
Turner · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards at Tualatin Estate
Forest Grove · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
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
Wines of Oregon
Timber · Oregon Coast