Open: Year-round
History
Grassini Family Winery is as singular as the wines crafted inside. Borrowed and adapted from 17th century Southern European approaches, the winery itself is embedded in a prominent hillside with the rear opening into spectacular wine caves. (The Romans stored their wine in catacombs, while the French used abandoned creyeres from which limestone had been excavated.) The caves ensure humidity and temperature control, while using a fraction of hydrocarbon or electrical energy sources. All the wood in the winery is reclaimed antique fir, having been milled from timbers discovered recently in the Oregon River.
The timbers were used in the late 1800s to move materials downriver. The entire winery and vineyard is solar powered and the water used for irrigation is from the estate's well-fed lake. And we gently transfer the wine to bottle, using only gravity. Nature's perfect engine of gravity is put to work in all of our winery operations. With a constant eye towards sustainability, both history and the future will be served.
