Following part 1′s history of grape growing in Oregon, this time we bring you a selection of must-visit estates if you had just 12 hours to tour the region.

Willamette Valley is not one road of continuous wineries. You can stretch from the northern Chehalem Mountain AVA, south to Ribbon Ridge, west to the Yamhill-Carlton, south again to the McMinnville AVA or east to the Dundee Hills or to the southern-most Eola-Amity Hills. You would need several days at least to take it all in.

But if you only had one day, what would that day look like? The ...