Join us for a tasting event on Monday, May 5 starting at 5pm!
wine:
2021 Arlyn All the Darlings Chardonnay - BTG $17 BLT $70
TASTING NOTES:
Nose: Asian pear, papaya, flint, honeysuckle, clove & brioche
Palate: papaya, gingerbread, green apple, marzipan Bright but round mouthfeel
2021 Arlyn Simple Math Pinot noir - BTG $17 BLT $70
TASTING NOTES:
Nose: strawberries, cherry cola, brine, black plum, hints of forest
Palate: bright cherry, strawberry, pink pepper, blood orange with bright structure
2022 Arlyn Sol Proprietor rosé of Pinot noir - BTG $12 BTL $46
TASTING NOTES:
Salmon hue, fresh, expressive and delicate. Salinity and stone fruit. Fermented in stainless steel.
ABOUT ARLYN VINEYARD:
A Western Washington native, Janis was brought up on the family farm where she and her siblings looked after a small herd of livestock, poultry, and rabbits. She competed with her horses as part of the local 4-H club, and her mother Arlyn, a home economics teacher, and father Jack raised their children to work hard and to keep their word.
College plans to study Animal Science (at 17 she aspired to become a herdsman at the local dairy) materialized instead in degrees in Finance and Economics and led her to Risk Management for The Walt Disney Company and a 20+ year career of evaluating risk. Janis’ home was Santa Monica but she and her little rolling suitcase spent the most time traveling through LAX during those years. It was a rare treat for her to be home during daylight to enjoy a run from Venice to Malibu along the Santa Monica waterfront.
Over dinner in New York City, a dear friend questioned Janis’ singular focus on corporate life and challenged her to decide what she really wanted to do and to go do it. While the immediate answer wasn’t planting a vineyard or launching a small wine label, the decisions she made that night, walking back to her hotel along a beautiful and snowy 5th Avenue, sent her on just that path.
In 2012, the universe conspired to help Janis find a 40-acre property in the Chehalem Mountains AVA of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Its rolling landscape of classic Willakenzie sedimentary soils, hidden creek, and charming walnut trees held the promise of something special. It would need work, and a lot of it; Janis engaged local expertise and thoughtfully began to plant Pinot noir, Gamay noir, and Chardonnay, culminating in 20 acres under vine. She named the vineyard for her mother, Arlyn, and the lessons of hard work and kept promises.
Today, Arlyn is farmed organically and biodynamically, working with what Mother Nature provides. The team relies on beneficial bugs, gopher snakes, and predatory birds along with a team of barn cats to minimize pests with as little intervention as possible.
Of course, none of this happens without super knowledgeable viticulturists and crew. It is difficult to express how grateful we are for those who work tireless days giving attention to each vine and each row of cover crop and each individual winemaking partners’ requirements. Make no mistake, beautiful handcrafted wines would not be possible without our crew.
Having traded her rolling suitcase for work gloves and home-spun biodynamic soil preps, Janis can now be found walking the vineyard with adoring, four-legged best friend, Miss Cooper, observing, connecting, adjusting, and always learning — together, keeping the promise of Oregon.
