Industry leaders estimate the crop’s total economic impact at $2.7 billion annually.
Industry leaders estimate the crop’s total economic impact at $2.7 billion annually.
The state’s growing regions, from Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge to Medford in Southern Oregon, are producing big yields of “beautiful, beautiful grapes,” said Sam Tannahill, viticulture director and a co-founder of A to Z Wineworks in Yamhill County. “The quality is off the charts.”
“We’re seeing really beautiful fruit this year,” agreed Bill Sweat, chairman of the Oregon Wine Board and owner of Winderlea Vineyard and Winery in Dundee. “The biggest thing we’re fighting on the sorting line this year is boredom.”
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