Pinot Camp/ Jenny Lentz, Assistant Manager, Lola
Gretchen (Etta’s and Seatown GM) and I just got back from Pinot Camp in Oregon. (Editor’s note: in the photo above, Gretchen is left and Jenny is right.) It was amazing and we want to share it with you: Three days of wine tasting, learning about Oregon Wine Country, meeting winemakers, and learning the process. Really informative and obviously a great time too! We attended the following workshops:
1. The Oregon Pinto Noir Story- which was all about why this is a great place to grow Pinot Noir.
2. The Multiple Personalities of Oregon Pinot Noir- here we were able to taste vintages against each other as well as different winemakers and see the difference in their styles.
3. Winemaking Deconstructed- going through each step of how wine is made and decisions that are made with each new year.
4. Hunting the Great White- all about Oregon Whites- Riesling, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris.
5. Farming for Quality- the in-the-vineyard workshop exploring the cool climate viticulture, and how sustainability impacts and enhances the vineyard ecosystem.
6. Soil into Wine- we went into soil pits learning about all the different types, and the effects they have on winemaking decisions, then we tasted wines that illustrated these points.
We visited wineries such as Sokol Blosser, Domaine Drouhin, Stoller, Domaine Serene, Penner Ash- just to name a few. There were 50 wineries represented over the weekend. It was really great to put a face to the name for some of these wineries which we’ve been buying from for years!
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