Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery Atticus Hotel, McMinnville And to satisfy your sweet tooth, stop at The Brigittine Monks Gourmet Confectionery in the small burg of Amity, where monks craft fudge and tru es with local nuts, fruits and more. Amity’s petite downtown has other tasty diversions, including The Common Cup espresso and wa e bar, and a cluster of tasting rooms. A tour of Yamhill County doesn’t end with its tasting rooms. The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville (home to Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, the largest wooden airplane ever built) shares its campus with the year-round, indoor Wings and Waves Waterpark. Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center, meanwhile, celebrates the local arts scene with rotating art exhibits, studios and classrooms; an exhibition hall; and even five music studios. If you need to stretch your legs, 8 miles (13 kilometers) of trails connect historic sites in the Champoeg State Heritage Area near Newberg and Dundee. willamettevalley.org | 21 SIP STOPS MEET A FEW OF THE AREA’S CRAFT BEVERAGE PRODUCERS Carlton Winemakers Studio When it opened in 2002, the Carlton Winemakers Studio pioneered a first-of-its-kind model for a shared winery, a communal production space and tasting room where more than a dozen unique labels crush, age and bottle wines using the same equipment. You can enjoy a taste of the innovative project in the shared tasting room, which pours vintages from some 15 tiny producers. Stoller Family Estate Stoller Family Estate tops a lot of lists. In 2018 it ranked first in the USA Today poll for Best Tasting Room in the Nation, and it’s easy to see why: The eco-friendly winery was the world’s first to receive LEED Gold certification, and it sits surrounded by vast vineyards in the Dundee Hills. The winery’s new Experience Center reimagines the tasting room experience with augmented-reality tools and interactive tasting tables that explain the winery’s rich history and how its grapes are grown. Saffron Fields Vineyard Visiting the design-focused Saffron Fields Vineyard feels like walking into a gallery. The tasting room exhibits the owners’ exquisite collection of contemporary art, including multimedia light sculptures, and overlooks exterior gardens created by the renowned Japanese landscape architect Hoichi Kurisu. Saffron Fields’ wine turns heads too, earning praise in major wine publications. Argyle Winery With its original winery in a converted hazelnut-processing plant and its tasting room occupying the former Dundee City Hall, Argyle has a clear link to Oregon’s heritage. And in the past four decades, it has added to the state’s pioneering history with its celebrated wines. You can get a taste of Argyle’s legacy in guided tastings and classes, which are hosted in their two remarkable wine libraries. Rex Hill Since the early '80s, Rex Hill has been growing Pinot noir grapes just east of Newberg. Pinot noir remains the winery's standout 40 years later, but other highlights include an estate-grown Chardonnay and seasonal rosé. Enjoy it all in a renovated tasting room with an open floor plan that's full of natural light and panoramic views year-round. Rex Hill
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