About Adelsheim Vineyard
Adelsheim Vineyard is a dedicated estate winery in the cool Chehalem Mountains AVA in the northern Willamette Valley of Oregon, producing wines that reflect the character of diverse soils including volcanic Jory, sedimentary Willakenzie, and wind-deposited Laurelwood. David and Ginny Adelsheim's 1971 Willamette Valley founding estate — the couple who helped establish Oregon wine's colla. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Adelsheim Vineyard a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.
The Chehalem Mountains growing environment shapes everything Adelsheim Vineyard produces. Diverse soils including volcanic jory, sedimentary willakenzie, and wind-deposited laurelwood define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Adelsheim Vineyard prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.
Visitors to Adelsheim Vineyard can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Chehalem Mountains appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Adelsheim Vineyard offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.
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Adelsheim Vineyard isAdelsheim Vineyard is one of the founding pillars of the Willamette Valley wine community — and one of the estates most responsible for building the collaborative, quality-first culture that allowed Oregon wine to develop as rapidly and as distinctively as it did.
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David and GinnyDavid and Ginny Adelsheim established their Calkins Lane property in Newberg in 1971, just one year after the Eyrie and Ponzi families made their own pioneering Willamette Valley commitments.
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David Adelsheim's roleDavid Adelsheim's role in Oregon wine history extends far beyond the estate's own wine production.
"David and Ginny Adelsheim's 1971 Willamette Valley founding estate — the couple who helped establish Oregon wine's colla"
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Featured Wines
Pinot Noir
Bryan Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir
Chehalem Mountains / Bryan Creek
Adelsheim's most consistently celebrated single-vineyard expression — Bryan Creek Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noir from the founding estate property, consistently earning 93–96 points for the food-first elegance and site-specific mineral character that 50+ years of Adelsheim estate farming knowledge produces.
Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley
Adelsheim's most accessible and broadly expressive Pinot Noir — Willamette Valley estate blend combining the founding family's Chehalem Mountains and Ribbon Ridge Vineyard sourcing in the most comprehensively representative expression of 50+ years of David Adelsheim's Willamette Valley winemaking conviction.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Willamette Valley / Chehalem Mountains
Adelsheim's founding-estate white flagship — Chehalem Mountains and Willamette Valley Chardonnay produced in the Burgundian-influenced, food-first style that David Adelsheim helped establish as the benchmark for Oregon Chardonnay quality across 50 years of founding-family estate production.
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Blanc
Willamette Valley Estate
Adelsheim's most distinctive white expression — Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc that the founding family has produced with consistent quality conviction for decades, showing the aromatic, food-first character that this underproduced variety delivers in Oregon's Chehalem Mountains cool-climate terrain.
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Founding Estate Tasting
Daily tasting at one of the Willamette Valley's founding family estates (1971) — Bryan Creek Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley blend, and Chardonnay from David and Ginny Adelsheim's Chehalem Mountains estate with picnic grounds and Newberg valley views. 50+ years of Oregon wine community building.
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