Willamette Valley Wine Tour - Self-Guided GPS Audio Tour

Drive the Willamette Valley yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — McMinnville, Dundee or Salem — choose the cellar doors you want from the 170 mapped across the valley, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 193 stories cover Oregon Pinot country's people and places: as you climb into the Dundee Hills you'll hear how a 1980 tasting on French soil put David Lett's Oregon Pinot Noir two tenths of a point behind Drouhin's own Burgundy — and why Robert Drouhin bought sixty acres on these same hills eight years later. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch on McMinnville's Third Street, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops on the back roads. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.

1. 1

   Portland

   30 min

   The default starting point, roughly 28 miles northeast of the Dundee Hills and the usual gateway into Oregon wine country.

2. 2

   REX HILL Winery & Vineyards

   30 min

   A Newberg estate right on Highway 99W, the first major winery sign you meet coming south from Portland.

3. 3

   Adelsheim Vineyard

   30 min

   Founded by David Adelsheim in 1971; his work later drove the creation of the Chehalem Mountains AVA in 2006.

4. 4

   Trisaetum

   30 min

   One of the recognised producers on Ribbon Ridge, Oregon's smallest AVA at about 3,350 acres and roughly 90 percent Pinot Noir.

5. 5

   Beaux Freres

   30 min

   The Ribbon Ridge estate co-founded by wine critic Robert Parker's brother-in-law; visits by appointment only.

6. 6

   Argyle Winery

   30 min

   On Highway 99W in the middle of Dundee, a convenient first taste before the climb into the red hills.

7. 7

   Archery Summit Winery

   30 min

   A Worden Hill estate with a gravity-flow winery and caves blasted into the volcanic rock beneath it.

8. 8

   Stoller Family Estate

   30 min

   One of the largest certified B Corporation wineries in the country, with sweeping views across the Chehalem Valley.

9. 9

   Domaine Drouhin Oregon

   30 min

   Built in 1988 after Robert Drouhin of Maison Joseph Drouhin bought sixty Dundee Hills acres; daughter Veronique Drouhin still oversees the wines.

10. 10

    Sokol Blosser Tasting Room & Winery

    30 min

    A Dayton mainstay among the celebrated names of the Dundee Hills AVA, established in November 2004.

11. 11

    Eyrie Vineyards

    30 min

    Where Oregon wine began: David Lett's winery, now run by his son Jason, housed in a converted turkey-processing building in McMinnville.

12. 12

    Maysara Winery

    30 min

    A biodynamic estate in the McMinnville AVA run by the Momtazi family, farming one of North America's largest contiguous biodynamic vineyards.

13. 13

    Bethel Heights Vineyard

    30 min

    High in the Eola-Amity Hills above Salem, in the path of the cold Pacific wind that pours through the Van Duzer gap each afternoon.

• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
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• Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.