BECKHAM ESTATE VINEYARD is an estate winery in the Chehalem Mountains AVA in Oregon.

OWNERS Andrew (he makes amphora) & Annedria Beckham.

BACKGROUND Inspired by their neighbours who had a plot of 20 year old vines and a desire to get their hands in the soil Andrew and Annedria purchased land in Oregon’s Chehalem Mountains in 2004. Their 28 acre farm has 6.5 acres dedicated to Pinot Noir, 1 acre to Riesling and further 7 acres of Gamay, Chardonnay and Trousseau which they planted. All  are dry farmed.

CERTIFICATION No (2017).

POLYCULTURE Have sheep and goats.

WINEMAKING In 2013, drawing inspiration from Elizabetta Foradori Andrew, a ceramist, began to make terracotta amphora to produce wine in. The amphora wines are fermented with native yeasts, no commercial inoculation and are unfined and unfiltered. “Around 40ppm sulfites” I was told at the Real Wine Fair in Tobacco Dock 17-18th April 2016.

WHITE WINES

PINOT GRIS AMPHORA 2014 40 days on skins in terracotta. Bought in grapes. Pink. Very nice at the Real Wine Fair in Tobacco Dock 17-18th April 2016.

PINOT GRIS, CRETA

VERMENTINO

RED WINES

GRENACHE, AMPHORA

PINOT NOIR, CRETA 2014 Fermented and aged in terracotta. Very very good acidity and fruit at the Real Wine Fair in Tobacco Dock 17-18th April 2016.

PINOT NOIR, AMPHORA, LIGNUM 2014 Fermented in terra cotta. Very bright, easy to drink, primary but clear at the Real Wine Fair in Tobacco Dock 17-18th April 2016.

CONTACT Beckham Estate Vineyard, 30790 SW Heater Road, Sherwood, OR 97140, USA / Tel+001 971 645 3466 / www.beckhamestatevineyard.com