Is Oregon Going To Outprice Themselves?

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I wouldn't write off Oregon just yet. It is true there are a number of producers extracting and oaking like mad and charging $40-$70 for the result (Beaux Freres, Panther Creek, Archery Summit . . .)

On the other hand, there are some producers who are making more elegant Burgundian styled pinots at reasonably prices. Willakenzie has a number of bottlings in the low twenties, Torii Mor's Willamette Valley bottling is about $20, St. Innocent makes a number of vineyard designated wines that sell in the high teens, low twenties, and Elk Cove has a good Willamette Valley I picked up in Denver for $10.99. I grant you that Oregon Pinot cannot compete in the $6 to $8 dollar range, but then what Pinot producer can?

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