Bigger Than Your Head

Bigger Than Your Head

Share this post

Bigger Than Your Head
Bigger Than Your Head
Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week

Fredric Koeppel's avatar
Fredric Koeppel
Aug 21, 2012
∙ Paid

Share this post

Bigger Than Your Head
Bigger Than Your Head
Wine of the Week
Share

One of the interesting aspects of Oregon's Willamette Valley wine region is that few vineyards are planted on the valley floor, because the soil is too good, too rich, dense with the nutrients of ancient floods and river deposits. The vineyards tend to be planted on the hillsides, above 200 feet, where the soil composition is more spare and more demandi…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Bigger Than Your Head to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Fredric Koeppel
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share