The gentle rolling hills of the Willamette Valley are home to over 200 of Oregon's renowned vineyards. The climate in this wide valley is known for its long and gentle growing season. The warm summer days, cool evenings and wet, mild winters with a long rainy spring season make it a pinot grape grower's version of heaven. With all this going for it, pinot grapes are still a finicky bunch. It is said that each change in the climate can be tasted in the glass. Maybe it's that very challenge that makes it such a beloved wine, and one so many vintners grow.