Bringing Vines to the Valley: The Early History of Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley

Bringing Vines to the Valley is a collaborative research project and physical exhibit completed in the summer of 2010 and was funded by the Erath Family Foundation. It is a pilot project for the Linfield Center for the Northwest\u27s anticipated Oregon Wine History Project™. The goal of Bringing Vines to the Valley is to tell the story of early winemakers in the Willamette Valley, roughly from 1965 to approximately 1980. The physical exhibit was made up of text panels, photographs, and physical objects, part of which was displayed at the 2010 International Pinot Noir Celebration. A larger exhibit was on display at Nicholson Library through October 2010. Digital copies of the text panels and many of the photographs can now be found in DigitalCommons@Linfield