About Big Table Farm
Big Table Farm is the joint work of winemaker Brian Marcy and artist and farmer Clare Carver. Marcy spent about a decade making wine in Napa and Sonoma, with a first harvest in 1996 and stints at Turley, Marcassin, Neyers and Blankiet, but wanted to work in a cooler climate; Carver wanted land she could farm on the rotational grazing model popularised by Joel Salatin. In 2006 they left California for Oregon, bought a farmhouse and property, and made 150 cases.
The name describes the intention rather than the scale: a gracious, well-stocked table of hand-made food and wine for themselves and their friends. Two decades on, the place is a 70-acre working farm with its own barn and winery, run as a regenerative system balancing water, soil, animals and vines.
The farming is not decorative. They raise heirloom chickens, pigs, goats and cattle fed off their own ground and sold CSA-style, smoke bacon and ham, cure prosciutto and guanciale, can fruit, dry beans and store root vegetables. Carver ploughs behind a team of Haflinger horses and keeps bees.
The wines are principally Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, with Pinot Gris, Syrah and a rose alongside, and every label carries Carver's artwork - work that has drawn national attention in its own right. Tastings are held by appointment at the Atelier in Carlton, an in-town space that is also her working studio, and both the appointments and the wines have a habit of selling out well ahead.
A Napa winemaker, an artist with a team of draft horses, and a farm that feeds itself.
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Napa training, Oregon farm,Brian Marcy made wine at Turley, Marcassin, Neyers and Blankiet before moving north in 2006 for a cooler climate.
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A genuine working farm,70 regenerative acres with heirloom livestock, cured meats, bees and draft horses, not a decorative vineyard garden.
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The labels are original art,Clare Carver paints the artwork for every vintage, and her label work has been recognised nationally.
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From 150 cases,the first Oregon vintage in 2006 was 150 cases; the farm and winery were built out from there.
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Tastings at the Atelier,by appointment in Carlton, in a space that doubles as Carver's art studio; appointments book well ahead.
"A Napa winemaker, an artist with a team of draft horses, and a farm that feeds itself."
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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 Big Table Farm's Yamhill-Carlton estate with picnic grounds and Newberg valley views. 50+ years of Oregon wine community building.
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