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2 reviews for King's Raven Winery
2 reviews in English
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Review from Ed Z.
Portland, OR
6/10/2009 1 photo
Absolutely love the Pinot and Merchal Foch from Kings Raven. Awesome, full bodied wines that are hand crafted. Now that their wine is served at my favorite pizza joint int he world, (Mi Famiglia in dt Oregon City)....... I can't get enough. Rumour is that lots more distribution to coming fo this local winery.
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Review from Danielle K.
Portland, OR
6/5/2008 3 photos
I am no wine connoisseur.
And at first glance, neither is Darin Ingram, King's Raven's winemaker and estate events coordinator. He reminds me of my father...a quiet and humble man clad in a waterproof jacket and baseball cap. He runs his weekend wine tastings out of his garage, on a small fold-out table with a plastic gingham-print tablecloth.
He's the opposite of pretentious, and it shows in his wines.
The estate is almost unnoticeable--off miles of curvy country backroads far away from the suburbs of Oregon City--marked only with a small wooden sign bearing their spread-winged eagle crest.
It's a muddy Sunday afternoon when we find the place, and about 15 minutes before they're set to close tasting for the day. Several of the other wineries had closed early. Even though the grapes have not yet fully blossomed, the view is incredible. Hill after rolling hill of green, fragmented only by a few cows in a far-off field that Darin is caring for. You can tell that it's amazing during the summer.
And there he is...standing behind the little folding table, offering free shot-sized samples of his favorite wines. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay...and then he really shows his expertise when he recounts the entire history of their organic Marechal Foch (a man who was pompous enough to think he could make wine better than everyone else...and he was right), the clear winner of that tasting [http://en.wikipedia.or...]. Indeed he exuded humility, but in order to create a memorable wine, you've got to know what you're doing, and he definitely does.
We ended up staying several minutes after their official close, and he told us that during the summer they host events like family movie nights and weddings. He told us to come back when the weather's nicer. He was sincere.
As we were about to leave, he began to wave goodbye, and then he quickly came to our car's window. My cousin had purchased a bottle of the Marechal Foch, but Darin came to our car with a partially drunk corked-up bottle of the same to tell us to take it, that we were the last of the tasters for that day, and that it was his gift to us. He reminded us to put it in the back of the car because of the open-bottle laws.
It's this sort of hospitality, humility, and kindness that makes you pray--even if business is slow--that people like Darin succeed.
Specialties
Pinot Noir and Marechal Foch. Our vineyard and event-site is located at 11603 S. New Era Road, Oregon City, Oregon. We do weddings, receptions, private wine tastings and movies in the vineyard.
History
Established in 2003
King's Raven Winery incorporated in 2003, however, the vineyard was started in 1999-2000. The vineyard and winery was started by the Ingram family, and it continues to be a small, family-owned and operated winery with a vineyard and event-site located off of New Era Road in Oregon City.
May 2011 King's Raven Winery opened it's Estate Tasting Room. Come check out the fantastic panoramic views from our tasting room and event space.
Meet the Business Owner: Kim C.
Kim is one of the six owners of King's Raven Winery. Over the last three months the family has been working to convert the grandmother's house into it's Estate Tasting Room. Grand Opening was May 27, 2011.
