The Wine

This barrel is a little piece of history, 50 years in the making. In 1971, David and Ginny Adelsheim purchased the land that would later be planted to create Quarter Mile Lane, Adelsheim's first estate vineyard. Block 1 was planted in 1974, using a mysterious selection of plants from Chuck Coury. Originally thought to be Pommard, it didn’t “perform” like Pommard. It was better! Sometimes you just get lucky, and 50 years later, this mysterious and unique selection at Block 1 of Quarter Mile Lane still produces our most exquisite wine.

“This is perennially my favorite Adelsheim block, vintage over vintage. It’s the oldest block we own—indeed one of the oldest in the Willamette Valley—and it wears that badge of honor with grace and elegance.” – Gina Hennen, Winemaker

Learn more about this lot during Preview Week (July 26–30) when winemaker Gina Hennen will present this wine during a virtual tasting session on July 30. Register here.

The Winery

Adelsheim vineyard was founded with an optimistic spirit and a lofty dream: to create world-class wines in an undiscovered wine region, the Chehalem Mountains of Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Luck, fate, and a single-minded determination to make world-class wine in Oregon led David and Ginny Adelsheim to purchase their first 19 acres just outside Newberg, Oregon in 1971. Drawn to the uniqueness of the land and its proximity to Portland, it was here they decided to stake their claim, plant their first rows of Pinot noir along Quarter Mile Lane, and establish what would become the Chehalem Mountains’ first-ever winery in 1978—Adelsheim.

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All wine is sold FOB the location of the winery that produced the lot purchased. WVWA is not responsible for shipping wine. Shipping or delivery arrangements, expenses and insurance are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. Any shipment of wines out-of-state is the responsibility of the purchaser, who is solely responsible for compliance with the laws and regulations of said state.

The producing winery currently has distribution in the below listed countries and states. A list of distributors is available upon request.

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