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Amalie Robert Estate: March Spring Fling!
Well here we are, on the cusp of another Willamette Valley wine country spring! Vintage 2026 is still asleep and that gives us a little more time to prepare, less one hour from Daylight Savings Time (DST). We have come to accept that no matter what we do, we will oversleep on DST. So, we have embraced the inevitable and now schedule brunch for that week until we can get back in the groove.
The vines are still dormant, but they are getting ready for their big day – bud break. Here in Willamette Valley wine country, Pinot Noir bud break usually occurs right around April 15. The risk we run with an early bud break is a late spring frost. If you mail your Form 1040 late, then you get a penalty and interest. Unfortunate, but not uncommon...
Follow the link to read the full “March Spring Fling!” on Substack, “Winemaking: The Continuation of Terroir by Other Means®” Read and subscribe for FREE!
iPinot® Pinot Noir 6-Pack Digital Offer
iPinot® Pinot Noir - a reserve level wine without the reserve level price. iPinot® Pinot Noir is created from reserve quality barrels of wine selected for our “Hers and His Reserves” - Amalie’s Cuvée and Estate Selection Pinot Noirs. Once the final “Hers and His Reserve” wines are blended, we have a few reserve level barrels of wine left to blend. We blend these cellar worthy barrels of wine together to create iPinot® Pinot Noir - a reserve level wine without the reserve level price.
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Winemaking: The Continuation of Terroir by Other Means®
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“I strongly encourage readers to benefit from the delightfully scripted insights into viticulture and winemaking that form the “climate update” blog on Amalie Robert’s website, charting the entire winery year.”
- David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate
Accolades
"Dena Drews and Ernie Pink have been quietly producing some of Oregon's most elegant and perfumed Pinots since the 2004 vintage. Their 30-acre vineyard outside the town of Dallas, abutting the famed Freedom Hill vineyard where Drews and Pink live, is painstakingly farmed and yields are kept low so production of these wines is limited. Winemaking includes abundant use of whole clusters, which is no doubt responsible for the wines' exotic bouquets and sneaky structure…"
- Josh Raynolds, Vinous, October 2015
Amalie Robert Estate shines in the shadow of Mount Pisgah, written by Michael Alberty, OregonLive, July 18, 2022
Winery spotlight: Amalie Robert Estate, Wine Business Monthly, July 21, 2022
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