Jacksonville Vineyards
Welcome to the beautiful Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon!
In Southern Oregon, we are blessed with as many new and unique wineries as the people who own and operate them. Many of these owner/operators began their vineyards and wineries after full careers and far-flung lives completely unique from growing grapes or making wines.
One example: Pamela and Dave Palmer. After 20 years traveling across America and abroad they discovered the joys of wine and founded Jacksonville Vineyards in the Applegate Valley. Over the last 15 years, the two have worked to create their beautiful gardens, vineyards, winery and home like the estates found in the countryside of Southern France and the Tuscany region of Italy, and the Hunter Valley of Australia.
As pictorial as any in Southern Oregon, the vineyards surround the original 1897 farmhouse and the new winery completed in 2005. Notable for the Claret, Bordeaux and Tuscan style wines for which we are becoming so well known, production is just 1,500 cases, and will top out at 3,000 cases in 5 years or so. “We want to be able to keep our size appropriate to our lifestyle and never to staff ourselves out of our favorite jobs – like gardening and meeting visitors!” Pamela states clearly, while eyeing Dave, as if they have settled this between themselves with a definitive clarity some time ago.
Jacksonville Vineyards winery is unique in Southern Oregon for its exclusive use of French oak barrels, extended aging time, and estate production of its wines. We can accomplish all this because we live here on the vineyards, right next door to our winery!” declares Dave.
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“Jacksonville Vineyards represents the new
pioneers ~ in viticulture and winemaking in the Applegate Valley!” David Palmer, Owner/Winemaker |
