Home | Vineyard | Journal | Purchase      Just three and one half miles from Yamhill, Oregon is The Lumpkin Family’s Lazy River Vineyard, 146 acres hidden from the road. From the top of the hill one looks down to the mixed terrain, interlocking puzzle pieces of woods, rolling meadows, grape vines and ponds. The land is separated north from south by a meandering small river, which by August hardly moves.      Huge Oregon white oaks border the water. To the river’s north hay fields grow. Then at an elevation of 250 feet begins the vineyard itself. Quickly the slopes tilt upward until reaching 425 feet. From this height one looks east to neighboring farms and west toward the Coast Range of Mountains, which divide the Willamette Valley from the Pacific Ocean. Thirty-five acres of woods and rows of thickets provide habitat for birds, coyotes, wild turkeys, deer and bobcats.      The focus of the property is the vineyard, a bench of predominantely Jory soil, which is unusual outside of the Dundee Hills. Planted are 30 acres of Pinot Noir and one acre of Pinot Gris. On the far western edge of the hill in two acres of Stony Ground soil is Riesling. First to be cultivated on the east side of the property were eleven acres of Pinot Noir in 2000. First harvest took place in 2002.      Lazy River’s manager is Wallace “Buddy” Beck of Advanced Vineyard Systems. The site manager is Angel Martinez. Owners of the property are Ned and Kirsten Lumpkin, Francoise Neuville and The Lumpkin Family.     Lazy River Vineyard ~ Yamhill, Oregon Seattle Offices 206.324.6708 Oregon Contact: Carlton Winemakers Studio 503.852.6100 Lumpkin@LazyRiverVineyard.com www.LazyRiverVineyard.com © Lazy River Vineyard, 2003