If Mother Nature keeps smiling like this we’ve probably seen the last of the frost and hopefully bud break will happen in the next week or two. With 2008 secure in barrel we’re already looking ahead to vintage 2009: day-by-day and week-by-week.
Tags: Joe Dobbes, Oregon wineries, Spring
A native Oregonian, Joe travelled to France at a young age to apprentice with two of Burgundy’s top producers, Domaine G. Roumier and Domaine Comtes Lafon. After returning to Oregon, Joe produced wine for several top wineries including Elk Cove and Willamette Valley Vineyards.
Joe has also become one of the most vocal advocates of Oregon Wine, serving on several industry boards and hosting a weekly radio wine show. In 2002, no longer able to suppress his entrepreneurial spirit, Joe invested his life savings to start his own winery which now produces 3 distinctive brands:
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