German wine magnate strikes local partnership

Ag business — Construction expected to start on a new vineyard to be developed on Hillside Drive

  • By: David Sale 
  • Published: 3/3/2010 12:00:00 PM
Photo By: David SaleWinery in the making —
Winemaker Jay Somers stands before the future site of a vineyard near Hillside Drive, a venture he is undertaking with noted German vintner Ernst Loosen.
   Yamhill County’s wine country has drawn attention from the Old Country for quite some time — most notably with the 1988 decision by French winemakers Maison Joseph Drouhin to purchase a vineyard in the Dundee Hills.



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