McMinnville AVA wineries and tasting rooms
McMinnville AVA sits on a bench above the valley floor, on soil the federal petition describes as a hybrid: shallow silty clay loams over the Nestucca Formation, roughly 2,000 feet of marine sandstone and mudstone shot through with basalt intrusions, not purely volcanic like Dundee Hills, not purely sedimentary like the valley floor, but genuinely both. Hyland Estates' vineyard predates the AVA by more than three decades, planted in 1971 by four founding families on largely own-rooted, ungrafted vines, a rarity anywhere in Oregon.
The AVA became official in 2005 after Youngberg Hill's Kevin Byrd filed the petition in 2002, originally proposing an 800-foot elevation cap. A pair of growers farming at 1,200 feet pushed back with their own ripening data showing high-elevation fruit matched lower sites just fine, and the federal government dropped the cap entirely in the final rule, a rare case of one grower's numbers redrawing an AVA boundary.
McMinnville the town has hosted the International Pinot Noir Celebration every July since 1987, on what's now the Linfield University campus, a long-running reason for Pinot lovers to end up here regardless of which corner of the Willamette Valley they came to taste. The wineries below sit on some of the valley's more varied dirt. Ask which side of that basalt-and-sediment split each one is farming.
- Wineries
- 25
- Top varieties
- Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, Sparkling, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Other, Pinot Blanc
- Walk-ins welcome
- 64%
- Dog-friendly
- 60%
Acorn to Oak Wine Experience
McMinnville · Willamette Valley · Wine experience
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayOther+11 more
Arabilis
Amity · Willamette Valley
63 new labels this year
ChardonnayPinot NoirRosé+1 more
Bailey Family Wines
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayOtherPinot Noir+1 more
Brittan Vineyards
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirSyrah
Coleman Vineyard
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+3 more
Corollary Wines
Dayton · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Noir+1 more
Dobbes Family Winery
Dundee · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot NoirRed Blend+9 more
Fullerton Wine Bar and Tasting Room
Portland · Portland Metro · Wine bar
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+7 more
Hyland Estates
Dundee · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayGewürztraminerPinot Noir+4 more
J Wrigley Vineyards
Sheridan · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot GrisPinot Noir+3 more
Kelley Fox Wines
Gaston · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Gris+1 more
La Biblioteca
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Only BIPOC-owned winery in Dundee
ChardonnayPinot Noir
Martin Woods Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Cabernet FrancChardonnayGewürztraminer+6 more
Maysara Winery
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Pinot BlancPinot GrisPinot Noir+4 more
Portland Wine Company Home of Love & Squalor Wine
Portland · Portland Metro
Cabernet FrancGewürztraminerOther+8 more
Roshni Vineyard
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Pinot NoirRosé
SchöneTal Cellars
Salem · Willamette Valley
Pinot NoirRosé
Soléna Estate
Yamhill · Willamette Valley
Only winery with biodynamic wines in Yamhill
Cabernet SauvignonChardonnayOther+4 more
The Grove: Featuring Montinore Estate & Landlines Estates
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayGewürztraminerMüller-Thurgau+10 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
Yamhill Valley Vineyards
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
Labels back to 1999
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Gris+3 more
Youngberg Hill
McMinnville · Willamette Valley
ChardonnayPinot BlancPinot Gris+3 more
Élevée Winegrowers
Dundee · Willamette Valley
Pinot NoirRieslingRosé
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Top varieties in the McMinnville AVA
Frequently asked questions
What wineries are in the McMinnville AVA?
25 wineries and tasting rooms are in the McMinnville AVA, including Acorn to Oak Wine Experience, Arabilis, and Bailey Family Wines.
Can you visit McMinnville AVA wineries without an appointment?
64% of wineries in the McMinnville AVA welcome walk-ins without an appointment.
What wine varieties are grown in the McMinnville AVA?
The most common varieties in the McMinnville AVA are Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Rosé.