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Vineyards
All of the fruit in the Lumos wines are grown by Dai Crisp.
Temperance Hill Vineyard (THV)
A 200 acre site in the west Eola Hills with an elevation range of
660 to 860 feet. It is a cool late site. 100 acres are planted in
wine grapes. Temperance Hill shares a fence line with Bethel Heights
on the west side and reaches all the way to Cristom's fence line
on the east. 75% of the vineyard is planted in pinot noir, the rest
are white wine varietals. Soils are predominantly Nekia, Rittner
and Jory. The site is thought to be the remnants of an ancient volcano
and grapes are planted on many different slopes with varying exposures.
The oldest vines at Temperance were planted in 1980 and 81 and are
on a hanging trellis system. The more recent plantings of Dijon
clone material are on a single upright vertical trellis system.
The latest plantings are on a single arm Guyot system and have 1550
vines per acre. Some of the blocks in the latest planting are Dijon
clone pinot noir and some are Pommard clone. Since Dai took over
management in 1999 the vineyard has been farmed in accordance with
organic standards. Most of the crew has been with Temperance Hill
since 1999 and is the same crew that does the fieldwork for Bethel
Heights. Crop level for the pinot noir is two tons to the acre and
the fruit goes to 25 clients.
Logsdon Ridge Vineyard
A small 10 acre family-owned vineyard planted entirely to pinot
gris just north of Corvallis. It is a single upright trellis system
with 9 x 5 spacing. It is a low elevation warm site that ripens
very early. Its crop level over the last three years has been around
2.7 tons to the acre. The vineyard supplies 6 clients. Dai farms
this site according to the same organic standards as Temperance
Hill.
Wren Vineyard
Dai's 100 acre family farm with 10.5 acres planted in wine grapes.
Planted in 1985-86 with Pommard pinot noir, pinot gris and Dijon
clone 76 chardonnay. Elevation is 300 - 500 feet with direct south
facing exposure. It is an extremely cool site prone to frost. An
overhead frost protection system makes it possible to farm wine
grapes here. And again this site is farmed according to organic
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