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
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayOther+11 more
Alit Wines
Dundee · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé+1 more
Antica Terra
Amity · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayPinot Noir+2 more
Arabilis
Amity · Willamette Valley
63 new labels this year
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé+1 more
Argyle Winery Tasting House
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 1999
ChardonnayPinot NoirRiesling+3 more
Artisanal Wine Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+2 more
Artist Block
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayPinot Gris+7 more
Aubaine
Carlton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot Noir
Bells Up Winery
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonOtherPinot Blanc+3 more
Bethel Heights Vineyard
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+1 more
Bledsoe|McDaniels Winery – Willamette Valley
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayOtherPinot Noir+1 more
Bravuro Cellars Vineyard & Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonMerlot+4 more
Brooks Wine
Amity · Willamette Valley
GewürztraminerOtherPinot Blanc+9 more
Bryn Mawr Vineyards
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+4 more
Chemeketa Cellars
Salem · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayPinot Blanc+11 more
Cherry Hill Winery
Rickreall · Willamette Valley
Pinot NoirWhite Blend
Chris James Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
8 medals, 2026 Oregon Wine Awards
Cabernet FrancChardonnayGewürztraminer+16 more
Chris James Cellars – McMinnville Tasting Room
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Cabernet FrancChardonnayGewürztraminer+14 more
Constant Crush Wine
Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayGewürztraminer+12 more
Corollary Wines
Dayton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+1 more
Corollary Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Sparkling
Craft Wine Co.
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayMüller-Thurgau+12 more
Cristom Vineyards Tasting Room
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+3 more
David Paige Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir
Day Wines at Day Camp
Dundee · Willamette Valley
18 new labels this year
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+8 more
Dobbes Family Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRed Blend+9 more
Domaine 524
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé
Domaine Drouhin Oregon
Dayton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge at Sentinel
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+3 more
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Wine bar
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+3 more
Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Wine bar
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+3 more
Domaine Willamette
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayMerlot+10 more
Dominio IV Wines
Carlton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRed Blend+5 more
Duck Pond Cellars
Newberg · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 1999
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+14 more
Dukes Family Vineyards
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé+1 more
Eola Hills Legacy Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room
Salem · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
ChardonnayMerlotMüller-Thurgau+10 more
Et Fille Wines Tasting Room
Newberg · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Pinot NoirRoséViognier
Evesham Wood & Haden Fig
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Gris+2 more
Failla Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayOtherPinot Gris+4 more
Franny Beck Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot Noir
Fullerton Wine Bar and Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+7 more
GC Wines
Amity · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayOther+9 more
Hawkins Cellars
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Permanently closed
Cabernet SauvignonGewürztraminerPinot Gris+7 more
Holocene Wines
Hillsboro · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayPinot Noir+1 more
Hudak House
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+3 more
Hudak House
Salem · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayPinot Gris+4 more
iOTA Cellars/Pelos Sandberg Vineyard
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé
Iterum
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirSauvignon Blanc+1 more
Karta Wines
Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirSyrah
Keeler Estate Vineyard & Winery
Amity · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+4 more
Ken Wright Cellars Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+2 more
LAVINEA in Carlton
Carlton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot Noir
Lingua Franca
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot Noir
Lytle-Barnett | Aubaine Tasting Room
Dundee · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
ChardonnayPinot NoirSparkling
Martin Woods Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayGewürztraminer+6 more
Ovum Wines @ Les Caves PDX
Portland · Portland Metro
GewürztraminerRieslingWhite Blend
Pheasant Court Winery
Philomath · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 2002
Cabernet SauvignonMerlotOther+8 more
Pike Road Wines
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Only LGBTQIA+-owned winery in McMinnville
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+3 more
Portland Wine Company Home of Love & Squalor Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
Cabernet FrancGewürztraminerOther+8 more
Purple Cow Vineyards
Amity · Willamette Valley
OtherPinot NoirRed Blend+3 more
Remy Wines Tasting Room
Dayton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Only LGBTQIA+-owned winery in Dayton
ChardonnayOtherPinot Gris+6 more
Rizzo Winery
Salem · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonMerlot+7 more
Silas Wines / The Bramble Tasting Room
Amity · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
Pinot BlancPinot NoirRed Blend+4 more
Sokol Blosser Winery
Dayton · Willamette Valley
Only winery with organic wines in Dayton
ChardonnayMüller-ThurgauOther+10 more
Soléna Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Only winery with biodynamic wines in Yamhill
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayOther+4 more
Sun Break Wines
Salem · Willamette Valley
OtherPinot NoirRosé
Tendril Wine Cellars
Carlton · Willamette Valley
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayPinot Noir+2 more
Trathen Hall Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRiesling+1 more
Varnum Vintners
Amity · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayMerlot+14 more
Violet Vines Tasting Room
Carlton · Willamette Valley · Tasting room
10 new labels this year
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé
Welsh Family Wines at the SE Wine Collective
Portland · Portland Metro
ChardonnayOtherPinot Noir+1 more
West Hills Vineyards
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+5 more
Willamette Valley Vineyards
Turner · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+15 more
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Bend
Bend · Central Oregon · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+13 more
Willamette Valley Vineyards in Happy Valley
Damascus · Portland Metro · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+13 more
Willamette Valley Vineyards Lake Oswego Tasting Room & Restaurant
Lake Oswego · Portland Metro · Tasting room
16 varieties poured
Cabernet FrancCabernet SauvignonChardonnay+13 more
Witness Tree Vineyard
Salem · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayOtherPinot Blanc+3 more
Élevée Winegrowers
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Pinot NoirRieslingRosé
Region
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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.