Oregon Wine Trails

Travel Oregon Wine Trails

As the thrid largest producer of wine in the US, Oregon boasts more than 300 wineries and 16 American Viticultural Areas (Regions) within its borders. With one exception, The Applegate Wine Trail, those wine enthusiasts looking to travel Oregon "Wine Trails" should look to the wine regions of the state to travel around and visit OR wineries. In any of these sixteen wine regions, you can't take a step without practically tripping over dozens of great wineries and vineyards. We at Wine Bar Wineries, recommend that visitors grab a map and blaze their own Oregon wine trail, but please drink responsibly. Here is a list of Oregon's wine regions and their general locations.

Chehalem Mountains AVA
Designated AVA in 2006 and located in Northwestern Oregon, stretching 20 miles from Wilsonville to Forest Grove in the, and entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA.
Visit www.willamettewines.com

Columbia Gorge AVA
Designated AVA in 2004 and located in the Columbia River Gorge, along the border between Oregon and Washington.
Visit www.columbiagorgewine.com

Columbia Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 1984 and located in central and northern Oregon and parts of Washington.
Visit www.columbiavalleywine.com

Dundee Hills AVA
Designated AVA in 2004 and found entirely within the Willamette Valley AVA, approximately 28 miles southwest of Portland, near the town of Dundee.
Visit www.dundeehills.org

Eola-Amity Hills AVA
Designated AVA in 2006 and located between Amity, in the north, to Salem in the south. It too is entirely contained within the Willamette Valley AVA.
Visit www.eolaamityhills.com

McMinnville AVA
Designated AVA in 2005 and located in Yamhill County, roughly running between McMinnville and Sheridan. It is comprised of 6 wineries.
Visit www.mcminnvilleava.org

Red Hill Douglas County AVA
Designated AVA in 2005 and located in Southwestern Oregon near US Interstate 5 near the town of Yoncalla in Douglas County, like many of Oregon's AVAs, it too is entirely contained within the Umpqua Valley AVA, which is in turn within the larger Southern Oregon AVA.
Visit www.oregonwine.org

Ribbon Ridge AVA
Designated AVA in 2005 this AVA is Oregon's smallest AVA and stretches between the towns of Newberg and Gaston, which are just Southwest of Portland. This AVA is contained entirely within the Chehalem Mountains AVA, which itself is entirely contained within the much larger Willamette Valley AVA. There are approximatley 7 great wineries here.
Visit www.willamettewines.com

Rogue Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 2000 and located in Southwestern Oregon and is encompassed entirely within the larger Southern Oregon AVA. There are approximaely 14 wineries here.
Visit www.oregonwine.org

Snake River Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 2007 and located mainly in Southwestern Idaho, but extends into portions of Southeastern Oregon. This region is home to more than 16 wineries.
Visit www.snakerivervalleywine.org

Southern Oregon AVA
Designated AVA in 2004 and located in Southwestern Oregon and includes the Rogue Valley AVA and the Umpqua Valley AVA.
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Umpqua Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 1984 and located entirely within the Northeastern portion of the Southern Oregon AVA. There are about 20 wineries in this region.
Visit www.umpquavalleywineries.org

Walla Walla Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 1984 and located in the Northeastern corner of Oregon and into Southeastern Washington. It is contained entirely with the much larger, Colombia Valley AVA.
Visit www.wallawallawine.com

Willamette Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 1984 and located in the Northwestern portion of the the state reaching as far north as Portland and south to Eugene. This larger region comprised of several smaller regions, boasts more that 100 wineries.
Visit www.willamettewines.com

Yamhill-Carlton District AVA
Designated AVA in 2004 and located in Northwestern Oregon and contained entirely within the Willamette Valley AVA. There are approximataly 50 wineries within this region's borders.
Visit www.yamhillcarltondistrict.com

Applegate Valley AVA
Designated AVA in 2000 and located within the Rogue Valley AVA around the town of Applegate in Southwestern Oregon. This AVA is home to Oregon's fist winery. This is the only region that specifies itself with a "Wine Trail" visiting 17 wineries on its route.
Visit www.applegatewinetrail.com

For more information about the Oregon Wine Trails of OR wine regions contact the Oregon Tourism Commission at 775 Summer Street NE, Salem, OR 97301-1282 Telephone: 503-986-0000 or 800-547-7842.