When the pioneers of Oregon’s Willamette Valley began planting vines in the 1970s and 1980s, their assumption was that chardonnay would flourish as well as pinot noir. It was only natural, right? Look at Burgundy, the Ur-site for each of those grapes and widely acknowledged as sacred ground.
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