{"title":"Division Winemaking Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDivision Wine Company is the founding winery in the Southeast Wine Collective, an urban winery cooperative in Portland. If you've visited Portland, you may have walked right by it and not known - it's right off Division Street near two of the city's best restaurants, Ava Gene's and Pok Pok.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “itch” first surfaced for co-owner\/winemaker Tom Monroe when he registered in college for a class called “Beverage Management,” which was essentially an entry level sommelier course. For Kate Norris (also co-owner\/winemaker), it was during numerous trips to her family home in the high Loire Valley in central France where she and her family would drink magical wines made from the many local hillside vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe itch grew to something between hobby and addiction when Kate and Tom met in San Francisco and spent countless days drinking and eating their way through the Bay Area and the Sonoma and Napa wine country. It was shortly after this during Tom’s grad school days that they began plotting a change in life from high finance and office cubicles to muckboots and winery cellars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKate’s family home in France proved to be a perfect place for their immersion into viticulture and enology. Starting with no grape farming or production experience, they crafted Pinot Noir, Gamay and Chardonnay for regional greats, Domaine Sauvat, during the 2009 season and harvest. With a lot of help from Kate’s fluency in French, they both completed an intensive 8-month private viticulture and enology program with both classroom and field study in the vineyards and wineries of Burgundy, Beaujolais and the Northern Rhone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"division-un-willamette-valley-pinot-noir","title":"Division \"Un\" Willamette Valley Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a region so well known for Pinot Noir, the challenge is creating a distinct voice that speaks to our vision of this legendary grape. Matching the right approach to the site and vintage is key to our approach. As in years past, we approach the Pinot Noir “Un” cuvée as our opportunity to make a vintage character wine in our lighter, finesse-driven style. It is a Willamette Valley cuvée wine designed to perform well above its price point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Pinot Noir vineyards are farmed with a focus on sustainability. Our mission to work with only organically and\/or Biodynamically farmed and 100% herbicide-free sites is almost complete, with all but one vineyard hitting our criteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack-to-back cool climate years have graced us with a balanced and nuanced Pinot Noir that we simply adore. The aromatics are savory and significant while ethereal at the same time. A deep spicy earthy undertone in the nose of the wine features rhubarb crumble and cardamom. The palate is lithe and unique with a balance of baking spice, wild berry concentration, and mid-palate minerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrink up now or hold for days, months, or years! -the winery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Division Winemaking Co.","offers":[{"title":"Regular Price","offer_id":7790667521,"sku":null,"price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Build a Case","offer_id":7790667585,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5679\/products\/kate.jpg?v=1667239976"},{"product_id":"division-willamette-valley-un-chardonnay","title":"Division \"Un\" Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur Chardonnay “Un” is a cuvée of exceptional organic and biodynamic Chardonnay sites in the Willamette Valley. A mix of younger vines and long-term “estate-like” vines gives a truly cross-AVA look into Willamette Valley Chardonnay. -the winery\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Division Winemaking Co.","offers":[{"title":"Regular Price","offer_id":7790882241,"sku":null,"price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Build a Case","offer_id":7790882305,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/5679\/products\/13721_CHAR_UN_2016_F_5959.jpg?v=1708363516"}],"url":"https:\/\/northwest-wine.com\/collections\/division-winemaking-company\/white.oembed","provider":"Avalon Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}