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Westwood Drive, Hood River
Hood River Vineyards has poured wine from its Westwood Drive tasting room for close to four decades, among the longest-running wineries in the Columbia Gorge. The estate focuses on cool-climate varietals suited to the valley's volcanic soil and river-moderated climate.
Best for Cool-climate Gorge wine
Post Canyon Drive, Hood River
Cathedral Ridge Winery sits at 4200 Post Canyon Drive in Hood River. It began in 1985 as Flerchinger Vineyards and took its present name when Robb Bell bought it in 2003. With Sonoma winemaker Michael Sebastiani, Bell turned the programme toward big red wines from around 15 Columbia Gorge vineyard partners, now more than 30 wines in all. A second tasting room operates in Dundee in the Willamette Valley.
Best for Big Columbia Gorge red wines from a Hood River tasting room
Cathedral Ridge Winery sits at 4200 Post Canyon Drive, five minutes outside downtown Hood River, Oregon. It takes its name from the knife-edge ridge that runs northwest off the summit of Mount Hood. The winery began in 1985 as Flerchinger Vineyards, a family operation founded by Don Flerchinger with a reputation for aromatic whites in an Alsatian style. Robb Bell, a Pittsburgh native who first hitchhiked into Hood River as a teenager in 1960, bought it in 2003 and renamed it. He brought in Michael Sebastiani, a fourth-generation Sonoma winemaker, to shift the programme toward big red wines from Columbia Gorge fruit. Bell serves as day-to-day cellarmaster while Sebastiani sets the protocols and does the blending. Wine Press Northwest named Cathedral Ridge its Oregon Winery of the Year in 2007. Around 15 local vineyard partners supply the grapes for more than 30 wines, from Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah to Zinfandel and Barbera. They are poured in a tasting room with a barrel room view of Underwood Mountain across the river. A second tasting room operates in Dundee in the Willamette Valley, and the grounds host weddings and events.
Hood River Valley
Mt Hood Winery grows its grapes in the volcanic soils of the Hood River Valley within sight of the mountain it's named for. The tasting room pours estate reds, whites and rosé built on generations of family farming in the valley.
Best for Estate-grown valley wine
Parkdale, Hood River Valley
The Grateful Vineyard, run by Katrina and Kenny out of Parkdale, farms the southernmost vineyard site in the Columbia Gorge AVA and specializes in high-elevation sparkling Riesling and rosé. The family-owned tasting room also pours cider and beer made in partnership with nearby Golden Row Cider and Mt View Brewing.
Best for High-elevation sparkling wine
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