Yep, I drink Oregon pinots. The last one I had was from Et Fille, which was 1 of a flight of Pinots I had at a wine bar in the OC, Cali. I remember it being my favorite of the 3.

Great ep G ….. Been to Oregon , the Pinot is great. QOTD— Drank a 2003 Hamacher Pinot Noir Oregon ( Luisa Ponzi’s husband) …. he makes better wine than Ponzi…………..I can hear the thunder

Yes!! Love Oregon Pinot Noirs! Favorites are Patricia Green, Ken Wright, Penner Ash, Cristom, Doumaine Drouhin, Lemelson, J Albin….

I definitely drink the Pinot’s from Oregon – I had an Argyle “Nuthouse” now too long ago – nice!

Hey again GV,

Living here in Washington State there’s Oregon Pinot Noir aplenty – and I’m drinking it! Last Pinot Noir tasted was Domaine Serene and Eola Hills. I’ve been having fun sampling Sonoma to Central-Coast Cali. Pinot Noir beside Oregon Pinot Noir and looking for the similarities and differences.

Thanks again!

Dude…. Oregon sounds like ‘tommy gun,’ not ‘tarragon.’ Other than that, awesome show! The NW rocks Oregon Pinot for days, so I suck it down like nobody’s business. The last really tasty one I had was the 05 Domaine Serene Yamhill Cuvee; that stuff is delicious. PS: Do another Chateauneuf-du-Pape episode!

The last Oregon pinot i had was the Domaine Drouhin Pinot Noir made by Véronique Drouhin. With her Burgundy background it was typical in style with a bit more fruit coming through. Closed at first but opened up brilliantly in the glass.
Thanks to Gary at the Arkle, a one star restaurant here in Chester, for the recomendation (check his blog out, grazzac.blogspot.com)
We almost listed the Duck Pond Pinot Noir but unfortunatly the QPR was not too good. You guys keep the best for yourselves in the USA and make it hard for us Brits to find attractivly priced wines over here.

Fancy shipping to the UK Gary???

chris the greek

QOTD: Do I drink Big O Pinots? You bet – but the prices keep climbing. Got a whole theory I’ll discuss with you later on that.
Rather ironic that the “old world” Pinot seemed to have the most “new world” character according to your comments. I loved Pinot Before Sideways (BS); honest! To clarify, I like Burgundy. The movie and you have opened my horizons to new world Pinots.
Thanks for the tips!

Oregon pinot got me into wine, 8 years ago, and I still love them dearly.

QOTD: Oregon? I don’t think so.

i have had several vintages ei ei O always phenomenal. worth the money!

Q-Not as much as i used to, can’t remember last one, they are becoming overpriced.

Firesteed was the last that I had, they have a $13 bottle and then one that’s around $20, they’re both great for the price.

None so far but on my list to try.

GV – I am a big fan of the Big “O” pinots. I traveled to Oregon in December on business and tasted wines at several of the wineries.

Here is what I have drank recently, and not so recently:
– Ken Wright Cellars – several single vineyard bottlings in my cellar
– Fiddlehead Cellars – she makes one from Willamette
– Amity Cellars
– Firesteed
– Duck Pond
– Domaine Drouhin
– Argyle

Like ’em a lot, but they are getting pricey!

QOTD: I hail from BC in Canada, so I tend to drink BC Pinots, which are easily as good, perhaps even better, than Oregon. BC has it’s hot Okanagon wines, but there are a lot of cool microclimates in BC too.

Loved Cheery Hill and Four Graces. As for BC they are not there yet, BC is BS when it comes to Pinot Noir.

Hey Gary

Thanks for a good show

QOTD: NO. Living in Hong Kong the avalability isn’t there and I tend to find the price of US wines is often pretty high for the value you get.

Cheers Andrew

g, yes, i LOVE PN from Oregon and Washington. around christmas time i got some Carlton Hill 2005 PN, and it was fabulous. different, sour cherries and plummy. recently tried a Yamhill Valley PN from 2004, same thing, a bit tart on the tongue, great nose, good finish. but my favorite PNs so far has been the Road’s End and Carter Vineyard, both from 2005. the perfect blend of fruit and earth, nose and mouth that made me go WOW ! i really like finding rare, small vineyard juices, and these are just that. they are between 40 and 50 bones, but totally worth the trouble and time to find it, and get it.

Living in Portland, and only minutes from the Willamette Valley, I’d have to admit it was Oregon Pinots that converted me over from mostly drinking beer (although we’ve got some awesome micro-brews here as well). With close to 400 wineries in the state, it’s really hard to chose favorites. In fact, I prefer to go to new wineries each time I run out. There’s so many great ones to try (but they’re unfortunatley getting pricey). Oops, what am I saying…Oregon Pinots…yuk…

QOTD_Farallon Pinot is prob last “O” PN I drank

QOTD: I had an Ayres 2006 Pinot Noir last week.

Long Time Lurker, first time commenter here. I had to come out on the show about the BIG O.

QOTD: I do drink the BIG O. The last one I had was last week.
2006 Bridgeview Blue Moon Pinot Noir
Great Stuff.

Always glad to see some local wines for me (I live in Portland, OR).

I’m definitely going to look for the eieiO around town.

QOTD: I just went to the Domaine Druhin winery here in OR on Sunday, loved it.

QOTD: Argyle pinot was the last one I had when I was back in Cali. There are darn near impossible to find here in Burgundy. Not that I need to look for other pinot’s to drink while I am here.