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The Buzz
Teutonic Wine Company in the news Mix Magazine [January 2012] Portland Monthly [August 2011] Cellar Tracker [May 2011] Northwest Vine Time [February 2011] Northwest Palate Magazine Wicker Parker [September 2010] Alsea Valley Voice [August 2010] The Oregonian [April 2010] Square Deal Wine Company [March 2010] Storyteller Wine Company [February 2010] 
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Barnaby and Olga Tuttle of Teutonic Wine Co.changing the way we think about Oregon wine
January 2012  If you import antique glass bottles from Germany for your Oregon wine, if you find one single 46-year-old row of chasselas vines growing in Forest Grove and vinify it, if you plant your own vineyard just 22 miles from the ocean in a freezing-cold, high-elevation site that may or may not ripen, you might be completely nuts.
Or, you might just be Barnaby and Olga Tuttle. The rules of the wine game are changing, and in Oregon, the Tuttles are at the forefront of the new guard. Where the old buzzword was "big," as in oak and alcohol, it's now all about "small"—low pH, low alcohol and low brix (a ripeness measure) at harvest. Where the cool 2007 vintage was viewed in some quarters as disastrous, the cooler 2010 and 2011 vintages are triumphs-in-the making. That's because the Tuttle way of thinking is taking hold. Read the article > Teutonic Wine Company's 2010 Riesling ranked 9th best white wine by Portland Monthly magazine August 2011 Teutonic Wine Company's 2010 Riesling lands in the top ten whites featured in Portland Monthly's "Oregon's 50 Best Wines" feature. Read more > Cellar Tracker Read reviews from Cellar Tracker > 
Teutonic Wine Company on Northwest Vine Time Newsradio KXL February 5, 2011 Listen to the podcast > Back to top ↑ Northwest Palate Magazine: Top Northwest Wine Picks of 2010 By Cole Danehower Small is Big Almost all of the Northwest's 1,200 or so wineries are small outfits—even our biggest are small by world standards. But don't confuse tiny with puny: these are impassioned producers of powerful wines, whose diminutive output escapes the wider market they deserve. Teutonic Wine Company—Oregon Under the Schöne Schlucht label, winemakers/owners Barnaby and Olga Tuttle are crafting scintillating Rieslings in an audaciously Alsatian and German style. Their Schöne Schlucht 2009 Riesling, Crow Valley Vineyard, Willamette Valley ($16) is full of mineral-laden, peachy goodness with a high-energy, low-alcohol verve, and points to an impressive future for this exciting new producer. Back to top ↑ Wicker Parker: Points on Wine, Without the Points September 28, 2010 "Keeping Portland Weird: Schöne Schlucht" "Keep Portland Weird," goes the rallying cry, and Willamette Valley winemakers Barnaby and Olga Tuttle are doing their part. Let's count the ways.
Back to top ↑  Alsea Valley VoiceAugust 2010 "Couple Grows Wine Grapes in Alsea; Makes Pinot Noir" "Tuttles encourage Alseans to Raise Meat, Honey, Grapes; Would Help Market in Portland and Eugene Area" Read the full articles (PDF) > Back to top ↑ The Oregonian, Food Day Katherine Cole, Wine Columnist for The Oregonian 4/27/2010 2009 Schöne Schlucht (Mit Weingut Ackermann) Willamette Valley Riesling Those who already have sniffed out this thrilling new label are counting down the seconds until fall, when the 2009 Schwarzriesling (pinot meunier) will be released. Until then, snap up this classic riesling before anyone else discovers it. Husband-and-wife team Barnaby and Olga Tuttle are so driven to craft German-style wines here in Oregon that they made this crystal-clear white under the long-distance guidance of riesling master Harald Junglen of Weingut Ackermann in the Mosel River Valley. Their kabinett-style bottling is an ethereal 8.75 percent alcohol by volume and is all apple blossoms and spring dew. "Schöne Schlucht" means, among other things, "beautiful grove"; it's an apt title for this beautiful wine. Back to top ↑  Julia, The Wine BuzzMarch 18, 2010 2008 Honig Schlucht Pinot Meunier Their Alsea Vineyard is near the small town of Alsea, Oregon, located on the west side of the coast range, about twenty two miles as the crow flies from the Pacific Ocean. On windy days, you can sometimes smell the salt from the ocean breeze. This cool, south-facing site at 550 feet of elevation, consists of Bellpine soil, an ideal earth for Pinot vines. Read more > Back to top ↑ 
Storyteller Wine CompanyMichael Alberty February 8, 2010 2008 Honig Schlucht Borgo Pass Vineyard Pinot Meunier Some of you may be familiar with Pinot Meunier's role as a blending grape in the Champagne region. But it took the Willamette Valley's David "Papa Pinot" Lett to recognize its potential as a stand alone still red wine. David planted his Pinot Meunier vines in the 1960's and he was pretty much the first person on the planet to commercially release a 100% Pinot Meunier wine. And even as the grape rises in popularity in places like Austria and Germany, there's not exactly a whole lot of it being made in the western United States. So when I heard about this couple making Pinot Meunier in the foothills of Oregon's coastal mountain range, I had to check it out. Read the full article > Back to top ↑ |
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