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Elixir Wine Co. / Ermisch Cellars

Bend, Central Oregon · Dundee Hills, Ribbon Ridge, Walla Walla Valley AVA

Elixir Wine Co. / Ermisch Cellars

About the winery

Elixir Wine Co and Ermisch Cellars produces several wines including Ermisch Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Willamette Valley which are Live Certified at our new micro-winery in Bend, Oregon. Ermisch travels to Argentina for part of each year to oversee harvest operations at company owned Bodega Calle and to keep in contact with all our suppliers in South America. He also travels to Europe each year with the same purpose. In this way, we continue to bring the best wines to our wholesale partners and customers throughout the United States. The company imports to and distributes its New World portfolio from Napa, California, its European portfolio from New Jersey and bases its operations in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Our wines are distributed all across the entire USA. If you are having trouble finding our wines in your area, please contact us.

What makes it different

  • Elixir Wine Co. / Ermisch Cellars is the only winery in Bend offering tours.
  • Elixir Wine Co. / Ermisch Cellars' labels go back further than any other winery in Bend, to 2012.

Recent news

  • News
    In Support of Diversity!

    On this day ahead of the election, I wanted to make a statement about diversity. I have devoted a good deal of time towards the study of this subject. I have made it a cornerstone of my thinking for as long as I have been in business and I think that it has been something that has given back in an exponential way for every dollar that I have ever invested.

  • News
    What’s Wrong with Argentina’s Wine Industry

    I have just returned from Argentina and was fortunate to be able to sit in on a round table discussion that is currently setting the viticultural agenda for the presidencial candidacy of Mauricio Macri in 2015.

  • News
    SWG Imports & Southern Wine Group announce unification under Elixir Wine Group

    SWG Imports and Southern Wine Group, (SWG) announced Monday, June 2nd that it has adopted Elixir Wine Group as its new company name. SWG has been importing high quality wines from Latin America since 2001.

  • News
    Musings Mendoza Harvest 2013

    April 15, 2013. Tax Day in the US – Sure glad I am not stuffing envelopes today, but sent money to the IRS all the same. Nothing can or should be done to end that, it is one of our fundamental obligations I believe.

  • News
    2012: Looking towards the end of the world

    Something about 2012. Is it just me or are things so much more ominous this year? As I sit in Bodega Calle with a bottle of Ca de Calle nearby, I contemplate on the few short days since my arrival this harvest season. A couple weeks before my arrival, one winery employee leaves after 10 years with us, dissatisfied that he is no longer the only “key” employee in the company, that he in short has to respect reporting requirements on inventory movements, while at the same time he leaves under vague staff accusations that he may have stolen a pallet of Torrontés from a shipment made to a nearby cold storage facility.

Good to know

Accessible by public transportation
Bike Friendly
Biodynamic wines
Bus / RV Parking
Certified sustainable
Dog friendly
Family friendly
Food for purchase
Large groups welcome (please call ahead)
Organic wines
Outdoor Seating
Tours available
Wheelchair accessible

Wines

Cabernet Franc·Cabernet Sauvignon·Chardonnay·Merlot·Other·Pinot Noir·Red Blend·Rosé·Sparkling·Syrah·Viognier·White Blend

Other releases

Erendira's Rise Ermisch Cellars
Erendira's Rise Ermisch
Erendira's Rise Ermisch

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