Oregon Classic and New

Crowley Wines

Tyson is an Oregon Chardonnay and Pinot Noir Stalwart. Crowley Wines was born in 2005 with just four barrels of Pinot Noir made at Cameron while he worked as assistant winemaker with the notorious John Paul. Since then, he’s grown to a modest 85 barrels and is consistently crafting some of the most compelling wines being produced in the Willamette Valley. It’s safe to say he’s found his niche and we’d be remiss not to recognize his efforts to elevate the Four Winds Vineyard as one of the finest in the Valley. 

So, there were no surprises when we tasted the freshly released 2023s and realized that Tyson is in the groove. These wines are pure and delicious. 

Here’s the chance to drink fantastic Chardonnay with single vineyard focus. And, if you’re into clonal distinction the Helen and Phoebe bottlings are great to compare and contrast. 

The Four Winds Vineyard:

Located in the McMinnville Coast Range. The soils have a  volcanic origin, primarily Saum, like Nekia, with a strip of Jory running along the northwest edge  of the vineyard. They are made up of a rocky base of weathered basalt that was covered by wind blown (colluvial) loam, which was derived from eroded basalt higher up in the coast range. As  compared to other appellations in the Willamette Valley, these soils are uniquely shallow for  winegrowing with low total available moisture. The resulting wines have pronounced leanness and  mineral tones.  

Meloria Wines

And the new: Meloria


Hey! Cool new winery alert!


Alex Fortson, the founder and winemaker of Meliora [meh-lee-OR-ah], is first and foremost a wine geek and we mean that in the best sense. It was hard for us to believe that these 2023 vintage wines are Alex’s first releases. These wines don’t seem like someone’s first shot; they seem like they were deftly made by someone with a lot of experience making great Pinot Noir. Alex focuses on a few very well farmed vineyards in the Eola-Amity hills. While these vineyards may not be household names yet, they’re surrounded by some very famous vineyard names. Both of the vineyards featured below are dry farmed and Alex practices non-interventionist winemaking and bottles his wines unfined and unfiltered to capture their full terroir expression. 


As we have figured out by now, 2023 is an outstanding vintage for Eola-Amity wines with a freshness and completeness that surpasses most 2022 versions of the same wines.  


Pinot Noir lovers, get in on the literal ground floor with Meliora’s first releases. Take advantage of our special introductory pricing of the Meliora wines because we really want you to try them!