Eola Amity Hills AVA wineries and tasting rooms
The name comes from a place that no longer exists. Eola was a river village incorporated by Oregon's territorial legislature on January 17, 1856, and named for Aeolus, the Greek god of wind: a fitting choice for hills that turned out to be defined by exactly that. Every summer afternoon, Pacific air pours through a gap in the Coast Range and slams into these east-facing slopes, dropping temperatures fast enough that Evesham Wood's Erin Nuccio says the AVA takes the worst of it: "we kind of get the brunt of it and get the biggest influence," he told a 2026 oral history of the AVA.
That wind is also why two Salem winemakers, Russell Raney and Bethel Heights's Ted Casteel, petitioned to formalize the ground in 2002. "Nobody had ever heard of the Willamette Valley at that point," Bethel Heights co-founder Pat Dudley remembers of the era in the same oral history. The AVA became official in 2006, its boundary drawn around basalt soils that the federal petition itself describes as shallower and lower in water capacity than the Jory clay up in the Dundee Hills to the north, a difference growers can taste before they can explain it.
West across the border sits the Van Duzer Corridor, its own AVA since 2019, carved from the valley floor for the handful of sites that catch the same Pacific wind at its most extreme, a neighbor, not a subdivision of Eola-Amity Hills, though the two share a fence line and a weather system. What was 12 wineries and roughly 1,200 planted acres at the time of the 2002 petition has grown to more than 30 wineries and nearly 2,900 acres today. "Eola-Amity Hills has quickly become one of the world's top wine regions," Björnson Vineyards' Mark Björnson said in 2026, noting that three of Oregon's six wines on Wine Spectator's 2024 Top 100 list came from this one stretch of ridge.
That's a lot of wind to hide behind for one range of hills in the Willamette Valley. The wineries below all farm some piece of it. Ask each one how they manage a vineyard that gets hit by the same gale every August afternoon.
- Wineries
- 78
- Top varieties
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, Sparkling, Pinot Gris, Red Blend, Syrah, Pinot Blanc
- Walk-ins welcome
- 60%
- Dog-friendly
- 62%
Acorn to Oak Wine Experience
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine experience
Alit Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Antica Terra
Amity · Willamette Valley
Arabilis
Amity · Willamette Valley
63 new labels this year
Argyle Winery Tasting House
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 1999
Artisanal Wine Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Artist Block
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Aubaine
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Bells Up Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Bethel Heights Vineyard
Salem · Willamette Valley
Bledsoe|McDaniels Winery – Willamette Valley
Amity · Willamette Valley
Bravuro Cellars Vineyard & Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Brooks Wine
Amity · Willamette Valley
Bryn Mawr Vineyards
Salem · Willamette Valley
Chemeketa Cellars
Salem · Willamette Valley
Cherry Hill Winery
Rickreall · Willamette Valley
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
8 medals, 2026 Oregon Wine Awards
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Constant Crush Wine
Willamette Valley
Corollary Wines
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Corollary Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Craft Wine Co.
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cristom Vineyards Tasting Room
Salem · Willamette Valley
David Paige Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
Day Wines at Day Camp
Dundee · Willamette Valley
18 new labels this year
Dobbes Family Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Domaine 524
Salem · Willamette Valley
Domaine Drouhin Oregon
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge at Sentinel
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Wine bar
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Wine bar
Domaine Willamette
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Dominio IV Wines
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Duck Pond Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 1999
Dukes Family Vineyards
Amity · Willamette Valley
Eola Hills Legacy Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room
Salem · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Et Fille Wines Tasting Room
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Evesham Wood & Haden Fig
Salem · Willamette Valley
Failla Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Franny Beck Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
Fullerton Wine Bar and Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
GC Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
Hawkins Cellars
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Permanently closed
Holocene Wines
Hillsboro · Willamette Valley
Hudak House
Salem · Willamette Valley
Hudak House
Salem · Willamette Valley
iOTA Cellars/Pelos Sandberg Vineyard
Amity · Willamette Valley
Iterum
Salem · Willamette Valley
Karta Wines
Willamette Valley
Keeler Estate Vineyard & Winery
Amity · Willamette Valley
Ken Wright Cellars Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley
LAVINEA in Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Lingua Franca
Salem · Willamette Valley
Lytle-Barnett | Aubaine Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Martin Woods Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Ovum Wines @ Les Caves PDX
Portland · Portland Metro
Pheasant Court Winery
Philomath · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 2002
Pike Road Wines
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Only LGBTQIA+-owned winery in McMinnville
Portland Wine Company Home of Love & Squalor Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
Purple Cow Vineyards
Amity · Willamette Valley
Remy Wines Tasting Room
Dayton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Only LGBTQIA+-owned winery in Dayton
Rizzo Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
Silas Wines / The Bramble Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Sokol Blosser Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Only winery with organic wines in Dayton
Soléna Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Only winery with biodynamic wines in Yamhill
Sun Break Wines
Salem · Willamette Valley
Tendril Wine Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Trathen Hall Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
Varnum Vintners
Amity · Willamette Valley
Violet Vines Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
10 new labels this year
Welsh Family Wines at the SE Wine Collective
Portland · Portland Metro
West Hills Vineyards
Salem · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards
Turner · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Happy Valley
Damascus · Portland Metro · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Willamette Valley Vineyards Lake Oswego Tasting Room & Restaurant
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Witness Tree Vineyard
Salem · Willamette Valley
Élevée Winegrowers
Dundee · Willamette Valley
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Cities in the Eola Amity Hills AVA
Top varieties in the Eola Amity Hills AVA
Frequently asked questions
What wineries are in the Eola Amity Hills AVA?
78 wineries and tasting rooms are in the Eola Amity Hills AVA, including Acorn to Oak Wine Experience, Alit Wines, and Antica Terra.
Can you visit Eola Amity Hills AVA wineries without an appointment?
60% of wineries in the Eola Amity Hills AVA welcome walk-ins without an appointment.
What wine varieties are grown in the Eola Amity Hills AVA?
The most common varieties in the Eola Amity Hills AVA are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rosé.