Pinot pioneers: Willamette Valley wine industry looks back at first 50 years

Small farms, acres of open fields, some berries and vegetables. Livestock here and there. Fifty years ago, McMinnville, Dundee and Newberg were small, out-of-the-way towns that grew food crops, if anything.

There weren’t tasting rooms on every block. There weren’t blue road signs notifying tourists which wineries were available ahead. There weren’t tourists.

By Molly Harbarger | The Oregonian/OregonLive

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