Do you know where Pinot Noir was first planted in Oregon? It was not in the Willamette Valley. It was the Umpqua Valley in Southern Oregon. The Umpqua Valley sits between the Coast Range to the west, the Cascade Range to the east, the Willamette Valley to the north, and the Rogue Valley to the south. The Umpqua Valley is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Portland and a seven-and-a-half hour drive from San Francisco. It is an undiscovered ready to be discovered.
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