The Underground Wine Cave In Oregon You Have To Visit
By Catherine Armstrong|Published January 26, 2019
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Writer, editor and researcher with a passion for exploring new places. Catherine loves local bookstores, independent films, and spending time with her family, including Gus the golden retriever, who is a very good boy.
Oregon’s Willamette Valley is pure paradise for wine lovers, and the valley has several wineries that feature wine caves to keep the bottles at optimum temperatures and humidity. There’s only one winery in the state that can boast natural caves, though. Take a look at Archery Summit:
Welcome to Archery Summit Winery! Founded in 1993, this award-winning winery offers some of the best Pinot Noirs in the world.
You'll find the winery at 18599 NE Archery Summit Rd., Dayton, OR 97114.
The winery produces its grapes on six different vineyards, covering 120 acres. The Dundee Hills of the Willamette Valley is the perfect place to grow the perfect grapes, and Archery Summit has vineyard management down to a science.
For a more in-depth experience, you'll want take a winery tour that includes a foray into the underground caves. To take the tours, you'll need to make advanced reservations, but if you have the time, you'll definitely want to check these caves out.
Click here for more information about each tour, and to book your reservation.
The winery offers several different tours, depending on how much time you want to spend, and how much you want to immerse yourself in learning about Archery Summit and its wine-making processes.
Each of the tours includes a visit to the wine caves, which are natural caves carved right out of volcanic rock. The caves are a cool 55-59 degrees Fahrenheit, and always have a humidity level that's below 75 percent, so they're the perfect place to store wine.
After you've toured and tasted to your heart's content, check into the Red Hills Estate Guest House. Available for overnight stays, this guest house is surrounded by the 23-acre Red Hills Vineyard, and it's the perfect place for a wine country getaway.
Learn more about Archery Summit on its website, and follow its Facebook page for all the latest winery news. Have you toured the caves at Archery Summit? Tell our readers about your experience!
