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Yamhill-Carlton.

Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA (American Viticultural Area) is full of passionate winegrowers and winemakers eager to introduce you to the best Oregon wines you’ve ever experienced. Join us.

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Yamhill-Carlton AVA Oregon Wine Tasting

We are the Yamhill-Carlton Winegrowers

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The Yamhill-Carlton AVA (American Viticultural Area) is home to Oregon wine industry pioneers, winegrowing veterans and the valley’s friendliest natives. Located in Oregon’s northern Willamette Valley, we’ve built a reputation as growers and producers of Oregon’s most sought-after Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Besides making great wine and being a gorgeous place to visit and live, we pride ourselves on being welcoming, down-to-earth people. If you haven’t visited us and found your next favorite winery, we invite you to please join us in Oregon soon!

45 Minutes Southwest of Portland
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10 Minutes North of McMinnville
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50+ Wineries To Discover

Yamhill-Carlton AVA Map Oregon

Yamhill-Carlton AVA Map Oregon

45 Minutes Southwest of Portland
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10 Minutes North of McMinnville
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50+ Wineries To Discover

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Browse 50+ Yamhill-Carlton wineries to visit

Special Events

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Vineyards

Meet the vineyards & winegrowers of the AVA

History

Established in 2004, our roots go back to 1969

Geek Out

Dive deep into our geology and climate

Where To Stay

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Where To Eat

Our valley is rich in world-class cuisine

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The wines of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA have an abundance of spice and floral qualities that are layered onto dark fruit flavors.

Ken Wright

Winemaker

Yamhill-Carlton Pinot noir is redolent of blackberries, raspberries, cloves, tobacco, and coffee – all incredibly food friendly flavors.

Vitaly Paley

Chef

Yamhill-Carlton wines first captivate you with aroma. Their texture is like no other wine – silky, generous, and a persistence that lasts.

Tony Soter

Winemaker

Have a Question? Contact Us:

PO Box 73, Carlton OR 97111
Yamhillcarltonwine@gmail.com

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Fall colors in Yamhill-Carlton 🍁⁠ ⁠ Visit t

Fall colors in Yamhill-Carlton 🍁⁠
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Visit this weekend to taste wine and enjoy the most amazing views of our beautiful region!

Wine is togetherness. We are thrilled to partici

Wine is togetherness.

We are thrilled to participate in the @comeoveroctober campaign. This campaign is a reminder to gather, an invitation to appreciate wine and your loved ones over a meal or around a picnic table.

As fall gets cooler, we invite you to bring friends out to a wine tasting, or come visit and grab supplies for the next dinner you’re hosting. We love this idea, spearheaded by @karenmacneilco, to remind us what wine really is about. #comeoveroctober and drink Yamhill-Carlton wine!

Gorgeous grapes ready to harvest in Yamhill-Carlto

Gorgeous grapes ready to harvest in Yamhill-Carlton.

Harvest 2024 has started!

Photos:
•The perfect cluster of Pinot Noir @saffronfieldsvineyard
• Müller-Thurgau on the vine @kramervineyards
• The unique, extremely rare Chasselas Dore @laurelridgewinery
• First harvest of Pinot Noir @ghosthillcellars

The calm before the storm. ⁠ ⁠ The countdown t

The calm before the storm. ⁠
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The countdown to harvest is on! Veraison—the moment grapes change colors, shifting from growing to ripening—is happening in vineyards across Yamhill-Carlton, and in just a few weeks the grapes will be ready to be picked, move into our cellars, and become wine. ⁠
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Although the “countdown” to harvest is basically all year-round for winemakers, veraison is the sign to turn the volume up, start preparing barrels and doing vineyard tests. We are getting so close. ⁠
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Come visit us this weekend to admire the grapes are showing off all their colors!

Thank you @eaterpdx for highlighting so many Yamhi

Thank you @eaterpdx for highlighting so many Yamhill-Carlton wineries in the recent round-up of the best wine tastings in the Willamette Valley! ⁠
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We love being part of this incredible region! Check out the Yamhill-Carlton wineries included in this list: ⁠
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@resonancewines
@soterwines
@lemelsonwinery
@sokolblosser
@abbeyroadfarm

Veraison! ⁠ 🍇 ⁠ Yamhill-Carlton is starting

Veraison! ⁠ 🍇
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Yamhill-Carlton is starting to see veraison in the vineyards: the time in the grape life cycle that moves from growing to ripening, signaled by the change in color. Grape skins soften and change color, and from this point forward sugars accumulate and acids decrease. It’s a short period of time before they’ve all changed color but it’s a beautiful moment in the growing year. ⁠
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These grapes are at Atticus Vineyard. As winemaker and owner Ximena Orrego puts it, “Veraison always fills me with excitement and anticipation to see the berries start changing color. The countdown to harvest begins.”

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