About Iota Cellars

We chose a unique 57 acre parcel of land, never planted to grapes, in the northern Eola Hills of Yamhill County outside of Amity, Oregon, for our vineyard site. The property is part of the Willamette Valley and sits just east of the Van Duzer corridor. This corridor guides the Pacific breezes inland in the late afternoon to early evening, helping cool the grapes after warm summer days. The land’s special mesoclimate, combined with its 300-500 foot elevation and northern latitude, generally provides our vineyard with a long, cool growing season. The property has many subclasses of both sedimentary and volcanic soils, containing a great deal of rock, from fractured basalt to sedimentary sandstone, siltstone and shale. Our “little” winery, built in the spring of 2010, sits right below our Pappou block of pommard clone pinot noir vines, tucked under the hill. The 2,860 sq. foot, all-steel construction building with crush pad generates its power from solar energy, a true testament to our commitment to sustainability. It also houses our state of the art grape processing equipment and French oak barrels for wine storage in a temperature and climate-controlled environment. In the ultimate, ideal location, the winery allows us to harvest and process our grapes right on site, at our vineyard, and to closely monitor all aspects of the winemaking process from “crush” to bottle. Open to the public by appointment, you may contact us directly at johanna@iotacellars.com if you have an interest in taking a tour. We periodically hold tastings or open houses around holiday weekends, so please visit our blog or Facebook page for updates regarding these public events. Experience a visit to our winery by reading Jeff Burrow’s blog, FoodWineClick.