News & Events

Vidon is now a Winery!

We harvested on September 26th and 27th before the rains began. The fruit came in with a Brix of 25.2 in perfect condition.

The new winery equipment worked beautifully. We destemmed enough Pinot Noir for 29 barrels now aging in our new Barrel Room.

Thanksgiving 2007

Vidon was be open to the public for tasting on Thanksgiving Day weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 5 PM.

On Friday from 1 to 4 PM Joe DeMartino was feartured on guitar.

On Saturday from 1 to 4 PM the Jazz Duo of Tim Gilson on bass and Anson Wright on guitar played.

The 2005 and 2006 Chehalem Mountains Pinot Noirs and the 2006 Chardonnay, Pinot Gris and Rose were poured and for sale.

Futures for the 2006 Mirabelle Reserve and Single Clone 115 were sold and are available to purchase until April 1st.

Some reviews:

2003 Vidon Vineyard Pinot Noir
Vidon Vineyard
Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Pinot Noir (a dry red table wine)
Review by Pierre Rovani
Wine Advocate #165 (Jun 2006)
Rating: 89 points
Drink 2007-2013
Estimated Cost: $35.00
Produced at the Northwest Wine Company, 2003 Pinot Noir is crafted from fruit grown in a physicist’s vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains outside of Newberg. Its chocolate-laced black fruit aromas lead to a medium-bodied personality filled with dark plums, blueberries, and red cherries. This excellent wine is satin-textured yet reveals loads of highly present tannin in the finish. Drink it between 2007 and 2013.

Vidon Vineyard, Willamette Valley (Oregon) Pinot Noir “Mirabelle Reserve” 2005 ($48): This is an
impressive wine with real depth and guts, but also notable elegance.  Thankfully, the frutiness isn't purchased at the price of overt sweetness, just as the gutsiness doesn't entail a hard, over-extracted edge.  Also impressive is the fact that fruit notes aren't all there is to the wine, as a faintly earthy, mushroomy character that lends interest without seeming unstable or dirty.
89 Michael Franz Jan 23, 2007 www.winereviewonline.com