Here, the wines themselves directly inspire the seasonal French-American cuisine. Through the continuous pursuit of quality and innovation, Domaine Serene has garnered global recognition as an iconic quality … They persevered despite warnings from the early Oregon pioneers who claimed that it wasn’t possible to ripen grapes above 600’ in elevation and that planting on the western slopes was a bad idea. Amazingly, the glacier continued to form again and again. The Clubhouse will be one of the most luxurious wine tasting facilities in the Willamette Valley.Distillation begins for Oregon’s first Winery-produced Brandy ProgramDistilling top quality Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and aging in a selection of new barrels and once-filled single vineyard Pinot Noir barrels has been yielding world-class brandy that will age for a minimum of five years in casks prior to release.Winery Hill awarded #1 Pinot Noir in the World by DecanterThe 2012 Domaine Serene Winery Hill receives 95 points and earns a Best in Show for the #1 Pinot Noir category in the 2016 Decanter World Wine awards, besting 26 premier Cru and 6 Grand Cru Burgundies.Grace wiring a light fixture in Carlton prior to harvest.
Flood water raced across the landscape at 65 miles per hour, sweeping away hundreds of feet of soil and cutting deep canyons in the earth. If you took the flow of all the rivers in the world right now, the amount of water per hour shooting out from Glacial Lake Missoula is estimated to have been 10 times as much as all of them combined. Development began on the vineyard in 2012 with plantings completed in 2014. The $500,000 gift aims to expand diversity within the winemaking field, allowing more students to receive a top-rated wine education at an affordable cost.Breaking house ground. AAWE said the couple also donated $125,000 to the Republican National Committee and $5,400 to Trump that year.The diversity scholarship fund, which Davis said has been planned for months, is the second major gift the winery founders have made to Linfield.In early 2018, the Evenstads gave $6 million to the McMinnville-based school to fund the Evenstad Center for Wine Education and an endowed faculty position, the Evenstad Chair in Wine Studies. The Domaine Serene Wine Lounge Opens in Lake OswegoThe Domaine Serene Wine Lounge in Lake Oswego is an immersive wine and food multi-sensory experience, featuring the award-winning wines of Domaine Serene, Maison Evenstad and Château de la Crée along with seasonal French-American cuisine, live music and events.Domaine Serene Establishes New Scholarship to Increase Diversity in Wine IndustryContinuing their longtime support of Linfield College, Grace and Ken establish an endowed scholarship for underrepresented populations in the college's wine studies program. Continue » Nov 18, 2019 at 9:50 PM. ‘Woolly’ serves as a unique reminder of the Willamette Valley’s dramatic geological history. Grace drove by Woolly for many years as he stood on his “ice chunks” in a field near Lafayette, OR on Highway 18 at McMinnville’s Erratic Tree Farm. It took Dixie about a year to create Woolly, bending and welding all the parts herself.
At least 13 and perhaps up to 70 floods occurred. This made Domaine Serene the only winery in the world to receive a Top 3 rating in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of the Year for both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. In light of world events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently assessing the event calendar for the remainder of the year.
Domaine Serene expands to Burgundy, as the Evenstads acquire the historic Château de la Cree in the Côte d’Or. Estates; Wine; Membership Mark Bradford is now one of our very best Pinot Noir vineyards.Domaine Serene purchases an historic 1913 building in Carlton, OR and converts it to a winery.Domaine Serene purchases contiguous land to 142 acres on the Evenstad Estate.Grace and Ken make their first chardonnay with the 1997 vintage coming from some of America’s oldest Dijon clone chardonnay vines planted on the Côte Sud vineyard. Domaine Serene joins only two other wineries to represent North America in the Great Wines of the World event in Hong Kong.Barrel Room prior to use at Carlton - Ken in backgroundSerene's husband Chris, working on ceiling lights prior to Carlton opening. At the age of 72, Dixie has had no formal training as an artist. Grace found him irresistible and purchased him in 2013. She is amazing!Woolly’s body is constructed entirely of steel while his eyes and tusks are made of bronze; he weighs approximately 7,400 pounds. All Eyes on Oregon. Grace drove by Woolly for many years as he stood on his “ice chunks” in a field near Lafayette, OR on Highway 18 at McMinnville’s Erratic Tree Farm. Permalink . The lake was drained in about two days. The lake was about 2,000 feet deep and more than 2,000 miles long. The award, meant to honor those that have made significant and long-lasting contributions to the wine industry, will be given to the Evenstads for playing a key role in the region’s rise from a sleepy wine community to one of America’s most dynamic and respected growing regions.