Carter Vineyard lies in the Willamette Valley's Eola Hills, on the 45th parallel directly west of Salem, Oregon. To the west across the coastal mountains lies the Pacific Ocean, and to the east the Cascade Mountains. A small arm of the Eola Hills ridge reaches southwest into Polk County, terminating in a knoll that commands a sweeping view southward of the valley. The Willamette Valley vineyard is a 30 acre plot of land that fully occupies the knoll.
