Utopia Vineyard

Utopia Vineyard produces the best Willamette Valley wines in Oregon in any vintage.  It’s onf of the best vineyard to visit if you plan on vineyard tours or wine tours in Willamette Valley.  Dan Warnshuis’s vineyard not too far from Willamette Valley Vineyards,  is situated at an elevation of 500 feet in the heart of the Ribbon Ridge appellation in the Northern Willamette Valley Yamhill County, Oregon. Utopia Estate Vineyard consists of 16.8 acres of sloping contiguous south-facing hillsides of Willakenzie series soils. Dan is vineyard manager and also a winemaker that allows him to produce the high quality of wines. He follows sustainable Organic Farming practice. The vineyard is dry-farmed because the holistic nature of this practice ensures grape quality, complexity of flavor and water conservation. Through dry-farming the deep growing plants interact with the microbes in the soil, absorbing nutrients and minerals that contribute to an increased complexity and structure in the finished product.

Dan’s wine-making philosophy is that the wine should always be a reflection of the growing season and therefore unique each and every year. Daniel believes that maximum clonal diversity and careful attention to every detail from the vine to the bottle is essential to creating more complex wines, similar to being a small producer (vigneron) in Burgundy while making wine in Willamette Valley.