My husband and I typically fly out of town for most long weekends but with Covid, ended up doing more distanced road trips in 2020. One of our favorite finds was Medford and Ashland in Southern Oregon. It is about ~6hr drive from SF but we broke it up by staying in Shasta and we LOVED it. Of course the wineries in the area motivated us to drive further north and we ended up visiting 6 wineries and 1 tasting room in 24 hours 😂. We’ve always loved Willamette Valley wines but was surprised to find interesting varietals other than Pinot in Southern Oregon. Tasting fees and bottles were all so affordable compared to Napa so we kept making stops during our drive.
Here’s the list of places we visited, tasting fees were around $10-15 for all of these wineries and waived with a bottle purchase.
Dancin Vineyard: Great stop for lunch! and also the only winery that was focused on Pinot during our trip. Tasted 3-4 different Pinots and left with a few bottles
Quady North: Cute tasting rooms in downtown Jacksonville. Variety of whites and reds but have 3 different Cab Francs + a sparkling Cab Franc. We ended up joining their club!
EdenVale: Super cute ground and great view of the vineyard. They have a long list of white and red wines for you to choose from
LongSword Vineyard: Good whites, had an interesting Chardonnay with a slight fizz/sparkle
Red Lily Vineyards: Great Spanish style red wines. You can also choose to taste/drink wine with the view of Applegate River
Devitt Winery: This was more like a house with a vineyard! We love small wineries but I would say this one was a micro. Owner/winemaker poured us wines that you probably won’t get to taste anywhere else
Wine Garden Tasting Room: Super cute tasting room where you can taste wines from 3-5 different wineries. Selections vary and we enjoyed the variety!
