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Article: SPARKLING WINES FINDING FAVOR.(Business)(Wineries see Oregon as perfect place to produce champagne)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 31, 2006
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Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard
From the infancy of Oregon's wine industry, the elevation and soil composition of Willamette Valley vineyards have been known to be ideal for growing pinot noir and chardonnay grapes. In the past few decades, those two varieties have put Oregon on the viticultural map.
So it shouldn't come as much of a head-scratcher that several local wineries have begun dabbling in the production of champagne and other sparkling wines. Pinot noir and chardonnay grapes, after all, are two of the three varieties used in champagne.
"That's our passion, and why we started the winery and what we do best," says Buzz Kawders, ...
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... ... 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Willamette Valley Vineyards produced a profit for 2008 ... demand in '07 and reduced sales of Willamette Valley Vineyards wines. Management has ... and accounts on a long term basis. Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. is a leading producer ...
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