Lundeen Willamette Valley Brut NV ugni blanc The soils are a mixture

The soils are a mixture of clay and sand that prompts wines with a softer

Two Frenchmen from Pomerol

and burnt orange peel lead to a palate of strawberry

the farming and winemaking are meticulous but not avant garde

The Marchionni family settled here in the late 1970s to make wine and in 1998

Lundeen Willamette Valley Brut NV ugni blanc The soils are a mixtureMichael Lundeen counts four generations of family in the Willamette Valley, just outside McMinnville. His resume includes stints at some of Oregons best known wineries, but since 2008 hes put his own name on his wines, and when it comes to sparkling wine, hes put quite a stamp on the Oregon wine scene as a whole. Michael got into the sparkling wine business almost by accident. He had grapes that werent getting ripe enough to make still wine in a cold