Del Rio Vineyards and Winery, shown here along the north side of the Rogue River at Gold Hill, has 14 varieties of grapes planted since 1998 on 185 acres. The south-facing slopes favor warm-climate grapes,...

Don Mixon and Karen Bkirch pour wines at the Artisan Tasting Room, Central Point, which Mixon and business partner Bret Gilmore developed in 2008, along with Russ and Margaret Lyon of Daisy Creek Vineyard. They...

Don Mixon, formerly Federal Public Defender for Southern Oregon, listens for the sound of malolactic fermentation in a wine barrel at the Madrone Mountain winery. In partnership with Brent Gilmore, he bought...

Troon Vineyard, shown here, was awarded the Best New World Zinfandel prize at Jerry D. Mead’s New World International Wine Competition, Ontario, CA., in 2002, the year before the winery was taken over by the...

Herb Quady (l.), winemaker, and Chris Martin, owner, taste from the barrel. Quady’s family, who have been vineyard operators in California since 1975, have added Quady North, an Applegate vineyard and estate...

Dick Troon, who began by planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel on his 32-acre property in 1972, is shown putting up the Troon Vineyard sign. Troon vintages were offered starting in 1993 with River Guide...

Bret Gilmore represents Madrone Mountain in a lighter vein at the 2009 World of Wine Festival at Del Rio Vineyard in Gold Hill. He is co-owner of the winery with Don Mixon.

Located along the Rogue River just north of Gold Hill, Del Rio Vineyards and Winery is the home of one of the largest vineyards in Southern Oregon. Del Rio began its existence as the small community of Rock...

Ousterhout Vineyard, shown here with Agate Ridge in the background, employs a lyre trellis system.

John Ousterhout farmed turkeys for many years before trying viticulture. In 1970 he planted his vineyard from cuttings supplied by Porter Lombard, head of Oregon State University’s Hanley Road Research...