Brittan Vineyards

In 2004 Robert and Ellen Brittan bought 128 acres of land outside McMinnville, Oregon, with the goal to make unique Pinot Noir. The wine from Brittan Vineyards are just beautiful.

It took years to find the ideal site on which to grow Pinot Noir but after an exhaustive search, Brittan Vineyards began on an 128-acre hillside in Oregon in December 2004. The soils are a mixture of glacial deposits and volcanic material, with a predominant presence of broken basalt. At that time, there were 18 acres of existing vines. However, close to 50% has subsequently been re-planted in order to fine-tune the viticultural practices and improve the clonal and rootstock combinations. This included one of the first plantings of the Swan clonal selection of Pinot Noir in Oregon.