Category: Blog

This post is difficult, I thought I would write about this year’s vintage as we progress through the season. Therein lies the problem, there is not a lot of progress this season. We are currently 30 days behind 2012 season at this time, and slightly behind 2011 as far as the vines are concerned. It…

I love to drink wine….. that being said, I love to drink wine with food. I don’t know when my passion forwine really began, somewhere in my thirties. With all the science and career pressures I went through, itis no wonder that wine became a focus. If for no other reason than a moment to…

I get asked all the time, “What is your favorite wine?” I usually respond with something like, “It dependson what I’m eating”. But, of course that always leads to, “why do I grow what I grow here at SpireMountain?”. Now, that is a complex question! Varietal choices in the 100 valleys of the Umpqua are…

When to release……. This question is one of the most important decisions a winemaker must embrace. There is so much that goes into it, the analytics of the wine, (science) the market place, (business) and the flavor profile (art). These are not listed in a specific order of importance, as the order changes based on…

Here is our first blog post for Spire Mountain Cellars. We have talked about this for several years now and finally got enough free time during this brief tasting room downtime (starting due to a major snow event) to write something down! In the past we’ve been asked repeatedly “Why are we called Spire Mountain…

We are so happy and proud to announce our 2014 Tempranillo received a Silver Metal at the 2018 Greatest of the Grape event. Spire Mountain Cellars Tempranillo was 1 of 7 Tempranillo’s to be entered into the competition and we are honored to have received the metal in the blind judges tasting. View article here:

Check out this nice article, by Emily Hoard, of The News-Review, featuring us and giving everyone a little information about Spire Mountain Cellars. We are really looking forward to sharing what we love and are passionate about with our community. View the article here: