Pinot Noir, Eyrie Vineyards, McMinville, Oregon

The Pinot Noir of Oregon startled the wine world in 1980 when a bottle of Oregon Pinot won the grand prize for red wines in a competiton in Dijon. David Lett, the proprietor and winemaker at Eyrie, had planted his vineyard in the early 1970's and almost single-handedly created the Oregon wine industry with his unexpected win in Burgundy.

Photo Copyrignt Charles E. Dorris, 2002