• 2008 “Gilt” Pinot Gris

  Wine and Gilt are forms of art that numerous cultures have produced for millennia. Like guilding, the wine making process applied in producing this Pinot Gris was used to produce a more ornate, golden and complex art piece. Gilt is a soft, full bodied wine with bright acidity. The abundant melon, apricot and undertones of [...]

• 2008 Amphorae Cabernet Sauvignon

  I have always been a “Cab Man” for as long as I remember since I first fell in love with “wines of class”. I am always looking for them, even in the middle of “Pinot Noir Heaven”, whether that be in Oregon or California. When I do find one that get’s my heart racing, and [...]

• 2008 Ancient Cellars One Toe Duck Pinot Noir

  I was first introduced to this wine in McMinnville Oregon at a Wine and Food Event. Actually “dragged” by my wife, to the Ancient Cellars booth and told “You just have to try the One Toe Duck” ! As this doesn’t often happen, but when it does ? she is never wrong. I was quite [...]

• 2008 Ancient Cellars Terebinth Cabernet Franc

  This Ancient Cellars Cabernet Franc is a prime example of why I do what I do. I search for the smaller “Botique” wineries, and winemakers, who love the grape, and who live to produce the finest wines for the world to enjoy. They don’t produce the most wine they can for the market, instead they [...]

Located in a special little town of Dundee, Oregon, this small family owner and operated winery is producing some of the most exciting wines I have tasted in quite some time. Produced in a state of the art facility, Chris the Vitner, has years of experience working with world class wineries, and well on the road to becoming one himself with Ancient Cellars.