OUR STORY
3rd Generation Family-Owned Vineyard
I'd like to introduce the Vineyard Manager Dakota
When I held him, my firstborn son, in my arms on the day of his birth I saw his future life flash forward 18 years. Was the life I wanted for my child, and his brother , yet to be conceived , Daniel? What would the big city, overcrowded and the pressurized, do to them? Could I get the courage start a new life , leave the city, and plunge headfirst into the unknown?
​
" I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
Set me free, oh, I pray
Closer to heaven above and closer to you
I wanna look at the horizon
and not see a building standing tall
I wanna be the only one for miles and miles
Except for maybe you and your simple smile"
As Wise King Solomon once said:
"Go drink your wine with a good heart, because already the true God has found pleasure in your works"
Eccles 9:7
TRICKED OUT TOWER
A Whimsical Retreat - A "Tricked Out" Tower in the midst of an Oregon Vineyard Featured on HGTV's "Mighty Tiny Houses" | New Years Day 2016
The Towerview Vineyard's "tricked out" Tower is a 400-square foot rustic house that acts in the midst of a Southern Oregon Vineyard. Made of reclaimed wood, pipes and pulleys, it has the feeling of a "wayward pirate ship, floating in the a sea of Syrah vines," according to author Suzanne Mathis McQueen, who wrote about her experiences living here and decorating this tiny house.
ABOUT THE VINEYARD
By the time Dakota turned one. I was journeying northward from California and entered the Rogue Valley discovering the fertile farmlands. True Story, the day I arrived an electrical storm full of lightning bolts was behind me at the California border and the arch of a brilliant rainbow was before me welcoming us like a doorway to a new life. I, in fact, put out my hand and I stroked the colors of the rainbow, it's colored hues glowing radiantly in the palm of my hand.
This Is the place.
I went door to door searching for and found a bare piece of ground to farm with my two boys, Dakota and Daniel, above Wagner Creek in Talent.
By that time I learned a principle to raise my boys by:
​
“The only thing that endures over time is the ‘Law of the Farm.’ You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.”
Planting and cultivating a vineyard has been a family project with me and my 2 boys.
I wanted them to learn the law of the farm and the secrets of a successful life. . Along the way we've learned a thing or two about life.
You reap what you sow
Its cause and effect universe.
The love you make = the love you take.
What's beautiful is symmetrical
Learn the value of the day, consistency like the tortoise vs the hare
For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.
You can't cheat In life.
The value of chores, responsibility and accountability
You can't force a bud to blossom, it knows when.
When its time for the bud to blossom it cant be stopped
Growth and character comes through, seasons , struggle and deprivation and resilience
You either grow or die, There is winter but spring is coming
Your life is a fruit of your own doing
Everything that ever happened to you for good or bad made you what you are today
Quality results from pruning and loss
Life is abundant, resilient and stronger than death
Grapes turn to wine naturally by an act of God,
The grape is a self contained perfect package of synergy
Like fruit of the vine , joy and love keep returning abundantly and is not a scarce commodity.
Wild Grapes are weeds and resilient hard to kill. Our roots need to be like them.
Now a quarter century later on the farm, Dakota is the Vineyard Manager, training his son
Emmett, the 3rd generation how to laugh, live and love the natural laws of the farm.
​
Over the years our Syrah grapes have been in many award winning wines produced by winemaker, Brian Gruber. such as Quady Norths Rosé voted Best of Show at 2018 Oregon Wine Experience winning double gold.
Winemaker Steve Anderson produced Eola hills La Creole Syrah 2008 Reserve
With nuances of Blueberries, cocoa & smoke. Gold Medal Winner & 3-time Silver Medalist.
In 2005 we won a Gold Medal at the Oregon Newport Seafood and Wine Festival in the Ametuer Winemaker competition
TRASITIONING TO
100% ORGANIC WINE GRAPES
