Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.....

Albert Einstein

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18th Annual

2012 Pacific Coast Oyster Competition

Brandborg 2010 Pinot Gris

 25 TOP WEST COAST FOOD AND WINE EXPERTS BESTOW
PRESTIGIOUS OYSTER AWARD ON 10 WEST COAST WINERIES

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ELKTON, OREGON

Our site is very cool. We are one of 9 reference vineyards that are scattered throughout the Umpqua that participate in an ongoing research project. We are collecting climate and phenology data from each of the sites. Our site is the coolest of the nine and our growing degree days have not reached the 2000 growing degree days that are the minimum threshold to be classified as a region I. Region I is generally considered to be the only climate cool enough to grow top quality pinot noir. We are farming on the edge, and that is what always gives the most distinctive grapes, stretching the ripening curve to the very last minute.