Vineyard News

2019 season grows on

Eola-Amity Hills vista We sit on the cusp of Memorial Weekend in the Willamette Valley, which feels like the official start of the summer tasting season although our customer visits we so look forward to are well underway. Sharing our wines and story are what it's all about for iOTA Cellars. The vines are off to the races after the last heatwave brought on rapid shoot growth. Today, much ne...
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Signs of Spring?

Spring has been a long time coming. Technically, it's here, but you have to look hard. The calendar says April 20th, 2017, which means that we are only a month away from Memorial Open House at iOTA Cellars. Saturday May 27th and Sunday May 28th from 11-5 you can find us come rain or shine. It also means that our spring wine release is underway. Join our Mailing List to receive our special offer be...
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10th Harvest at iOTA

It's hard to believe 2015 is our 10th commercial harvest at iOTA. Beautiful fruit (lots of it), warm to hot weather (sting city), no rain to speak of (hope it's coming), wine going to barrel (looking and smelling delicious), Don ready to wrap (sign of closure)... Yes, we know closure of another great season is imminent with our '15 going to barrel, our '14 bottled and cellared for the next year an...
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’14 – Last Harvest with my best bud

I'm a bit delayed with my '14 harvest blog post. Having just lost my Buster last week on Nov 11th, I figured it was appropriate to share a few shots of his last harvest. We brought him home to our first house in Minnesota a month after 9/11 and he lived with us in Minnesota, California and Oregon. He was a well traveled pooch and a good friend. He will be missed. He oversaw Harvest 2014, our large...
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