Oregon-Wine.Net was created as a source of information about the beautiful and plentiful state of Oregon and its wonderful array of Oregon wines, wineries, and vineyards. From Adelsheim Vineyard in the Northern Willamette Valley to the Valley View Winery in Applegate Valley, we hope to provide a little something for everyone who loves Oregon wine, from one who drinks a glass occasionally with dinner, to the ultimate wine connaisseur.
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There are, loosely speaking, three main wine producing regions with a major presence in the state of Oregon, as defined by non-overlapping American Viticultural Areas. Two of them—the Willamette Valley AVA and the Southern Oregon AVA—are wholly contained within Oregon; a third, the Columbia Gorge AVA straddles the Columbia River and includes territory in both Oregon and Washington; however, this AVA is considered to be an Oregon AVA. Portions of the Walla Walla Valley AVA, an area which is primarily in Washington (along with the Columbia Valley AVA which contains it), descend into Oregon in the Milton-Freewater area. The Southern Oregon AVA was recently created as the union of two Southern Oregon winegrowing regions long considered distinct, the Rogue Valley and the Umpqua Valley. Several other smaller AVAs are found within some of these larger regions.[11] The Snake River Valley AVA, which straddles Oregon's border with Idaho along the Snake River, is the first AVA to include a part of Eastern Oregon.[12]
