Zinfandel wineries and tasting rooms in Oregon
Zinfandel has one of the longest histories of any wine grape in Oregon: German immigrants planted it in the Umpqua Valley's first vineyards in the 1880s, decades before Richard Sommer founded HillCrest Vineyard there in 1961 and effectively restarted the region's wine industry.
It's grown today across the Umpqua, Rogue, and Applegate Valleys, the warmer southern part of the state, never the Willamette Valley to the north.
The wide day-to-night temperature swing across these valleys helps the grape hold onto acidity as it ripens, giving Oregon Zinfandel more moderate alcohol and brighter fruit than it typically shows in hotter California growing regions.
It's a grape that predates almost everything else on this list by a century, still grown by a handful of southern Oregon producers who never stopped. Track one down below.
- Wineries pouring it
- 69
- Top AVAs
- Columbia Gorge, Willamette Valley, Columbia Valley
- Of Oregon producers
- 10%
Ancient Cellars Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Apricity Vineyard
Southern Oregon
August Cellars, A Wine Studio
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Shared facility
Bayer Family Estate
Eagle Point · Rogue Valley
Black Dog Vineyard
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Bravuro Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Bravuro Cellars Vineyard & Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Cascade Cliffs Hood River Tasting Room
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Cathedral Ridge Winery, Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cathedral Ridge Winery, Dundee
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Cathedral Ridge Winery, Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
DANCIN Vineyards
Medford · Rogue Valley
Edgefield Winery
Troutdale · Portland Metro
ENSO Winery
Portland · Portland Metro
Eola Hills Legacy Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room
Salem · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Eola Hills Wine Cellars
Rickreall · Willamette Valley
Evoke Winery Bend – Old Mill Tasting Room
Bend · Central Oregon · Tasting room
Evoke Winery Hood River Tasting Room
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Faith Hope and Charity Vineyards
Terrebonne · Central Oregon
Ferraro Cellar
Saint Paul · Willamette Valley
Girardet Vineyards & Winery
Roseburg · Southern Oregon
GorgeOn Wines – Hood River
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Shared facility
HiFi Wine Bar
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine bar
Hood Crest Winery & Distillers
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Idiot’s Grace Wines
Mosier · Columbia Gorge/Valley
J. Rallison Cellars
Sherwood · Willamette Valley
Jacob Williams Winery
Wishram · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Johan Vineyards
Rickreall · Willamette Valley
Laurel Ridge Winery
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Lazy River Vineyard at The Carlton Winemakers Studio
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Long Walk Vineyard
Ashland · Southern Oregon
LongSword Vineyard
Jacksonville · Southern Oregon
Maragas Winery
Culver · Central Oregon
Maryhill Winery
Goldendale · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Mt. Hood Winery
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Mystic Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
Natalie’s Estate Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Oak Knoll Winery
Hillsboro · Willamette Valley
Oswego Hills Vineyard & Winery
West Linn · Willamette Valley
Owen Roe
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Parrett Mountain Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Pheasant Court Winery
Philomath · Willamette Valley
Purple Cow Vineyards
Amity · Willamette Valley
Rizzo Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
Rosella’s Vineyard
Grants Pass · Southern Oregon
Sams Creek Cellars
Gold Hill · Rogue Valley
Schmidt Family Vineyards
Grants Pass · Southern Oregon
Seven Bridges Winery
Portland · Portland Metro
Sineann
Saint Paul · Willamette Valley
Sip & Savor
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Sound & Vision Wine Co.
Talent · Southern Oregon
Spangler Vineyards
Roseburg · Southern Oregon
Stave & Stone Winery at the Vineyard
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Stave and Stone Winery
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley · Tasting room
Stoller Wine Bar | Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Wine bar
Stoller Wine Bar | Newberg
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Wine bar
Sunshine Mill & Quenett Winery
The Dalles · Columbia Gorge/Valley
The Pines 1852
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
The Portland Wine Bar and Winery Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro
The Urban Cork
Medford · Southern Oregon
The Winery at Manzanita
Manzanita · Oregon Coast
The Winery at Manzanita – Bend
Bend · Central Oregon
Troon Vineyard
Grants Pass · Southern Oregon
Valley View Winery
Jacksonville · Southern Oregon
West Hills Vineyards
Salem · Willamette Valley
Wy’East Vineyards
Hood River · Columbia Gorge/Valley
Zerba Cellars
Milton-Freewater · Walla Walla Valley