Carlton Cellars

The future of glass pours? Carlton Cellars is there!

The Oregonian did an article March 2, 2010 on ways restaurants are keeping wines fresh for glass pours. Writer Katherine Cole talks to winemaker Dave Grooters about Carlton Cellars' box program in restaurants such as Navarre, Nick's Italian Cafe in McMinnville, and the Waverley Country Club.

> Read the article.

Cape Lookout 2007 Wins Gold Award

at 2009 Northwest Food & Wine Festival

On November 14, 2009 the judges of the 2009 Northwest Food & Wine Festival gave our Cape Lookout 2007 a Gold Award in a blind tasting held at Fenouil Restaurant in Portland.

> See the awards list and the judges on the NWFWF website.

Carlton Cellars Wins Two 2009 Oregon Wine Awards

On March 28th the inaugural Oregon Wine Awards gave our Roads End 2007 a Gold Award for Consensus Best in Class, and gave our Cape Lookout 2007 a Vintners' Honor Outstanding Wine Award. The judges, a prominent panel of respected wine professionals, tasted and evaluated 257 Oregon wines in a single-blind format.

> Read all about it on the Oregon Wine Awards website.

Portland Indie Wine Festival chooses Carlton Cellars

We're very proud that the judges selected not just one but two of our wines for inclusion in the Fifth Annual Portland Indie Wine Festival, May 1–2, 2009. Find out about this important Oregon wine event here.

Avalon Wine honors Cape Lookout

— in their list of six Best 2007 Oregon Pinots

Praising Cape Lookout for its "rich complexity and layered, voluptuous finish," Avalon Wine (itself one of Food & Wine Magazine's Ten Best Online Wine Shops) has honored our estate wine as one of its six Best New 2007 Oregon Pinot Noirs.

See Avalon Wine's Best of 2007 list here.

Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator give us 90 points

— both acclaim Roads End as "Outstanding"

Wine Spectator's rating qualifies Roads End 2006 as "Outstanding: a wine of superior character and style." Reviewer Harvey Steiman calls it:

"Smooth and refined, with some power in reserve behind the cherry and dark berry flavors, picking up a black olive note as the finish sails along. Drink now through 2014. 600 cases made." (WS, 12/15/08 p.149)

Wine Advocate's rating identifies Roads End 2006 as "An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines." Dr. Jay Miller writes:

"The 2006 Pinot Noir Roads End spent 10 months in French oak. Medium/dark ruby-colored, it reveals an attractive perfume of cedar, black cherry, and black raspberry. This leads to a layered, smooth-textured wine with plenty of sweet fruit, good balance, and a medium-long finish. Drink it over the next four years." (WA, Oct. 2008)

Oregon Pinot Noir Club features Roads End 2007

"Yum! It's ready to drink and is immensely appealing for its fresh, juicy, fruit-driven character and the purity and transparency of the fruit flavors. Another wine that’s hard to put down."

See OPNC owner and wine critic Robert Wolfe's complete review here.

Oregon Wine Press

The OWP wrote about our new winery in this article.