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...

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...

The former Del Rio Orchard packing house is used to day by Del Rio Winery and Vineyards, which sells most of its harvest to about 40 Oregon, California and Washington wineries. Jean-Michel Jussiaume is...

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,...

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...

Entrance to Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, Oregon