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Youngberg Hill Pinot Noirs from 2012

Youngberg Hill Pinot Noirs from 2012

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Fredric Koeppel
Apr 02, 2015
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The history of Youngberg Hill is as complicated as such things often are in the West Coast wine industry. This land in Oregon’s Willamette Valley was farmed by a Swede named Youngberg until 1987, when Norman Barnett, a financier from Boston, rolled in, bought the acreage and built an inn. In 1989, the legendary Ken Wright planted two vineyards here and …

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