About Evening Land Vineyards
Evening Land Vineyards is built around a single piece of ground: the Seven Springs Vineyard, on an east-facing slope of the Eola-Amity Hills about twelve miles north of Salem. Oregon wine pioneer Al MacDonald planted it in 1984 on iron-rich, rocky volcanic soil backed by a stand of Douglas fir, with views east toward Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson, and for decades the MacDonald family sold its fruit to many of the best names in Oregon winemaking.
The winery took its name from a garden in Greek myth, an orchard at the western rim of the world where the fruits of immortality grow. It was founded in 2005, when the vineyard was leased in its entirety and effectively became a monopole, with the Burgundian vigneron Dominique Lafon leading the early winemaking team. Since 2014 it has been run by sommelier-turned-winemaker Rajat Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, the partnership behind Domaine de la Cote and Sandhi in California, and in 2021 they began buying the vineyard outright from the founding family.
The site does unusual work. Its eastern exposure catches the morning sun, while its position facing the windy Van Duzer Corridor pulls in ocean air that cuts the heat of Willamette afternoons and slows ripening. Seven Springs has been dry-farmed since it was planted, is LIVE certified, and was converted to biodynamic viticulture in 2007.
The wines are entirely estate-grown, and Parr and Moorman have gradually shifted more of the plantings to Chardonnay, judging the site especially well suited to it. Alongside the Seven Springs Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sits La Source, from Dijon clones in shallow rocky soil at the windy summit of the vineyard, and a Blanc de Noirs sparkling. Visits are by reservation, and since 2024 the estate has offered a longer sommelier-led tasting out in the vineyard itself.
One historic vineyard, dry-farmed and biodynamic, and some of Oregon's most admired Chardonnay.
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A single historic vineyard,everything is estate-grown from Seven Springs, planted by Al MacDonald in 1984 and farmed as a monopole since 2005.
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Parr and Moorman,the Domaine de la Cote and Sandhi partnership took over winemaking in 2014 and began purchasing the vineyard outright in 2021.
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Dry-farmed and biodynamic,never irrigated since planting, LIVE certified, and converted to biodynamic viticulture in 2007.
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Wind does the work,facing the Van Duzer Corridor, ocean air cools the afternoons and slows ripening, particularly at the rocky summit that yields La Source.
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Tastings in the vineyard,seated visits by reservation, with a longer sommelier-led experience out among the vines introduced in 2024.
"One historic vineyard, dry-farmed and biodynamic, and some of Oregon's most admired Chardonnay."
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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 Evening Land Vineyards's Eola-Amity Hills estate with picnic grounds and Newberg valley views. 50+ years of Oregon wine community building.
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