New AVA Celebration...

My neighborhood...just got this email. I think I'll go.

Come howl at the moon while celebrating our newly formed American Viticultural Area and the return of spring.
Excellent wines will be served by 25 of our member wineries along with an array of choice hors d’oeuvres from 6 of the area’s best restaurants and caterers, along with great music from the groove.

When: March 20th 6:00PM to 10:00PM

Where: Zenith Vineyard, 5657 Zena Road NW Salem Oregon 97304

25 amazing wineries - including: Amity Vineyards; Argyle Winery; Bethel Heights Vineyard; Brooks Wines; Bryn Mawr Vineyards; Carter Vineyard; Cherry Hill Winery; Cristom Vineyards; Cubanisimo Vineyards; Domaine Coteau; Domaine Serene; Dukes Family Vineyards; *Evesham Wood Winery; Holloran Vineyard Wines; Kathken Vineyards; Kristin Hill Winery; Lewman Vineyard; Methven Family Vineyards; Orchard Heights Winery; Redhawk Winery; St. Innocent Winery; Stangeland Vineyards; Toluca Lane; Witness Tree Vineyard and Zenith Vineyard

And the name of the new AVA is?
Tom

Careyville?

And the name of the new AVA is?
Tom

Eola-Amity, I suspect, though the use of the term "new" is a bit misleading, since it was established in '06.

Mark Lipton

[Jenise]

Quite a big area if both Domaine Serene and Redhawk/St. Innocent/Evesham Wood are both in it. From visiting there, I wouldn't have guessed they'd end up in the same pie.

Yeah, Mark's right - it's Eola-Amity Hills. Many of the wineries in this area are drawing grapes from our AVA here. And yes, the AVA is not brand new, but this is the first celebration of same that I know of.

Here's a shot of the northern area of the Eola-Amity Hills area - my house is in the trees.

Amity Hills.jpg

We visited the area in late October and were delighted with many of the wines! Sounds like fun -- wish we were closer.

On a separate note, have you tried Winter's Hill wines? They were a new discovery for us in 2008 and we found them very pleasing.

Ruth

We visited the area in late October and were delighted with many of the wines! Sounds like fun -- wish we were closer.

On a separate note, have you tried Winter's Hill wines? They were a new discovery for us in 2008 and we found them very pleasing.

Ruth

No, I haven't tried them, Ruth. But, I will now make it a point to.