Talk:Umpqua Valley AVA

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The first USA Grüner Veltliner?
Possible additional source "The Vintner's Kitchen" by William King, indicated as an additional source by http://www.foodchannel.com/stories/1443-review-the-vintner-s-kitchen Uncubed (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doerner farm in Cleveland Oregon produced Riesling and Zinfandel in the 1880s?
An old version of this article and various web pages talk about this. I believe Cleveland is a place designation, no longer used, for an area outside Roseburg. I found Doerner Vinyard LLC^[1] located outside of Roseburg, this may be the same as the historical reference to a Doerner farm. It needs to be confirmed that these are one in the same. If they are the same then we need to see if we can establish how long the vineyard has been in business and what grapes they have produced over the years. Uncubed (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Henry Trellis System
Scott Henry first used his system at his own winery, Henry Estate Winery. This lead to the Smart-Henry system. There are a number of websites which talk about the system but we need to find some good sources that tie the system to the winery. Also consider if this is appropriate for an AVA article.
UC Daivs article http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/5760/27345.pdf.
I think this is Dan Stephens, May 1996, American Fruit Grower http://www.henryestate.com/marketing/docs/fruit_grower_article.pdf
http://viticulture.hort.iastate.edu/info/07iawgamtg/trainingsystemselsner.pdf Uncubed (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New source for grape production needed.
The Appellation America source currently used has been moved behind a pay wall. We need to find a good source or two for what grapes are produced in this region. Uncubed (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The following wineries and vineyards are located within the AVA. I'm including this list for reference when looking for news about the AVA.

• Abacela
• Anindor Vineyards
• Becker Vineyard
• Bradley
• Brandborg Winery
• Chateau Nonchalant
• Delfino Vineyards
• Girardet Wine Cellars
• Henry Estate Winery
• HillCrest Vineyard
• Julianna Vineyards
• MarshAnne Landing
• Melrose Vineyards
• Misty Oaks Vineyard
• Palotai Vineyard and Winery
• Pyrenees Vineyard and Cellars
• Reustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards
• River's Edge
• Sienna Ridge Estate
• Spangler Vineyards
• Wild Rose

Uncubed (talk) 21:10, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

• I would discourage adding this list as they come across as very
  WP:WINEGUIDE. At best an external link at the bottom to a page with this kind of directory type information would be acceptable, otherwise the article starts to look less like an encyclopedia and more like a sales brochure for the wine producers of the Umpqua Valley. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 15:36, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply
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  • I read the policy articles and I can understand the concern. I have mixed feelings about it but I will leave the information out of the article unless the policies are changed at some point. I'll focus my research on the other areas. I am going to leave the list of wineries in the discussion page for reference purposes. Most news articles regarding the AVA are likely to talk about the wineries, vineyards, and cities more so than the appellation. Uncubed (talk) 22:26, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You have a nice start so far. I would recommend taking a look at other developed wine region articles like

Thank you for stopping by, taking the time to look things over and posting your thoughts. I agree Doerner farm is a neat nugget however I can't find anything to back it other than other wikis and the like. The next time I'm in Douglas County I'll stop by the museum. They have (or at least had) an exhibit on wine, mostly local and a bit historical. If the exhibit talks about this I'll see if I can find out who put the exhibit together and see if they have sources for the information. Regarding grapes do you have recommendations for sources regarding the grapes a region produces? I could reference 101 winery/vineyard web pages to account for product but I know business pages are often avoided as reference material. The fact that they produce Grüner Veltliner I can personally verify, I've been to the winery mentioned. That said I know the statement about it being the first commercial US Grüner Veltliner will likely be contentious so I will find more than just the one news paper article. I've looked at a few AVA articles but not many, I'll check out your recommendations as time allows. Uncubed (talk) 08:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]