Oregon’s Burgundy; French-style pinot noir in the Dundee Hills (The Bulletin)
October 4, 2009
DUNDEE —It would be easy to believe that Robert Drouhin built a winery in the Willamette Valley because of its similarity to his native Burgundy. That wouldn’t be entirely true.Indeed, the climate and soils of the basaltic Red Hills of Dundee are very similar to those of central eastern France. That’s one reason why, in the past 25 years, Oregon vineyards have done so well with pinot noir, the …
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