About Duck Pond Cellars
Duck Pond Cellars opened in 1993 on Highway 99W in Dundee and has been a fixture of that stretch of road ever since - a straightforward, welcoming tasting room in a part of the valley where many producers are tucked up hillsides and behind gates.
More than thirty years on, the operation spans several labels poured under one roof, including Duck Pond itself, The Great Oregon Wine Company and Ransom, whose spirits are tasted alongside the wines. Willamette Valley Pinot Noir remains the centre of the range, made with minimal intervention and aimed at consistency from vintage to vintage rather than novelty.
Winemaking is led by Julia Cattrall, a fifth-generation Oregon viticulturist whose family has farmed the Cattrall Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills for over a century. She grew up with organic practice before she could drive and studied at Reed College, writing her thesis on viticulture in Burgundy.
The winery has also leaned into third-party verification, carrying the Clean Label Project Purity Award for wines independently tested for hundreds of contaminants. Visits are casual: a house tasting runs about an hour to ninety minutes, artisan boards can be added, and the room is dog-friendly with patio seating and an indoor fireplace.
A Dundee fixture since 1993, now pouring wine and spirits side by side.
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Open since 1993,one of the longer-running tasting rooms on the Dundee stretch of Highway 99W.
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Wine and spirits together,Ransom Spirits is poured alongside the wines, which is unusual for a Willamette tasting room.
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Fifth-generation winemaker,Julia Cattrall's family has farmed in the Eola-Amity Hills for over a century; she wrote her Reed College thesis on Burgundian viticulture.
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Independently tested,the wines carry the Clean Label Project Purity Award, third-party tested for hundreds of contaminants.
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Easy to visit,dog-friendly with patio seating and an indoor fireplace, and a tasting that runs about sixty to ninety minutes.
"A Dundee fixture since 1993, now pouring wine and spirits side by side."
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Wines change with each vintage
For an accurate list of current-release wines and library bottlings from Duck Pond Cellars, please check the winery's official website or contact the tasting room directly. Dundee Hills producers typically rotate vintages and offerings seasonally.
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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 Duck Pond Cellars's Dundee Hills estate with picnic grounds and Newberg valley views. 50+ years of Oregon wine community building.
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