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    1. “ You couldn't ask for anything better than this as a grape vine farmer, as a winemaker. This is just amazing for us. ”
      By Matthew LaVelle
    2. “ All of the fruit is very ripe but the flavor maturity is there as well, so we're getting great fruit flavors and citrus flavors in our Pinot Gris. We're getting the typical strawberry and cherry flavors in our Pinot Noir and everything is just beautiful this year. ”
      By Matthew LaVelle
    3. “ Smaller wineries are looking to be able to rebuild their inventory this year after having a couple of really down years, 2010 and 2011 being really cold, really low fruit sets. So we really need to rebuild our inventory this year, so we're going to be able to. ”
      By Matthew LaVelle

  1. Oregon wineries seeing best ever grape harvests with 2012 dry spell

    KMTR NewsSource 16 (Oct 9 2012) Wineries in the News

    1. Oregon wineries seeing best ever grape harvests with 2012 dry spell

      Lasting fall sunshine and a record dry spell is making for a possible banner year for Oregon wineries as many local winemakers get ready to harvest grapes this week.

      An Elmira-based winery, LaVelle Vineyards says that the weather is making for what could be its best harvest in nearly twenty years.

      "You couldn't ask for anything better than this as a grape vine farmer, as a winemaker. This is just amazing for us,” says Matthew LaVelle, a co-owner of LaVelle Vineyards.

      LaVelle is in charge of winemaking at the vineyard, which his parents started about eighteen years ago. The ...

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