Our Vineyard
Calamity Hill Vineyard and Farm
is located in the Eola-Amity Hills AVA in the beautiful
Willamette Valley of Northwestern Oregon. Our small vineyard
and olive planting is at an elevation of 480 to 530 feet. We
enjoy a view of the Willamette Valley with the Cascades and
Mount Hood in the distance.
Our climate is mild due
to our proximity to the Pacific Ocean (only 50 miles away by
road). In summer we enjoy a perfect combination of warm days
and cool nights which allows our area to grow/produce some
of the very best Pinot Noir wine in the world.
Calamity Hill is
among the smallest vineyards producing wine for sale in
Oregon. We are so small we don’t talk about acreage planted.
Instead, we focus on each grapevine – 1800 in total. Our
vineyard was planted in May of 2005, and covers just 1.5
acres of land. |
Our original planting of
Pinot Gris was 390 vines. In the Fall of 2009, we added an additional
120 vines. All are the 152 clone on 3309 rootstock. Our
Pinot Noir, totalling 1410 vines, consists of six
combinations. Pommard and 777 clones were grafted onto 3309 and
101-14 rootstocks, and the 115 clone is on Riparia Gliore
rootstock. All replants have been made with Wadensvil clone
on 3309 rootstock. Rows are planted north-south. The
property slopes gently to the North and East. Our farm is
made up of entirely deep Jory soils, ideal for farming pinot noir
and pinot gris grapes.
We now have a total of 1410
Pinot Noir and 510 Pinot Gris Vines. When all are mature, we
expect to produce close to 100 cases of pinot noir and
nearly 50 cases of pinot gris each year.
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