Springhill Cellars Vineyards

Springhill Cellars estate vineyard and winery are located on the west slope of Springhill, a small hill on the banks of the Willamette River, west of Albany, Oregon (Benton County) and about six miles north of Corvallis. The vineyards and winery look west to the McDonald Forest, which forms the beginning of the Coast Range.

The vines grow at an elevation of 420'-300' in Willakenzie soil, which is a sedimentary soil type that is described as a yellowish, silty-clay loam 3' deep over siltstone and sandstone. The vineyard is not irrigated.

The Pinot Noir (Pommard clone) vines were planted in 1990 on their "own roots" (not grafted to phylloxera resistant rootstock). The vine spacing is 9' x 3' (it's a long story) which equals 1,613 vines per acre. The Pinot crop is routinely dropped to one cluster per shoot, which produces just under 2 tons per acre in an average year.

McLain Vineyards

McLain Vineyards is a 12-acre vineyard on 52 acres on the eastern slopes of Walnut Hill, about five miles east of Amity in the newly-formed Eola-Amity Hills AVA, and just north of Walnut Hill Road. It was planted in stages from 1997-2000.

The elevation is 280-400' on a slight north eastern slope. The soil types are Nekia and Yamhill, both volcanic soils described, respectively, as a reddish, silty-clay loam 3-5’ over weathered and broken basalt and reddish silty-clay loam with basalt rocks at 3-5'. Both types are over solid volcanic basalt. Its location on the lee side of the Eola-Amity Hills keeps the site very warm.

The vineyard breakdown is 5.4 acres of 115 clone of Pinot Noir, 5.1 acres of Pommard clone and 1.5 acres of Pinot Gris. Spacing is an 8 x 5 single vertical curtain with double catch wire trellis. The vineyard is not irrigated.