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...and... Wine Company | Willamette Valley Pinot Noir & Chardonnay NEWSLETTER: THE VINEYARD ABOUT THE TERRY STORY MANIFESTO THE STORY OF …AND… OUR TEAM OUR WINES NEWS CONTACT The Terry Family Vineyard is one of the most unique sites I have farmed. Rocks are not a new phenomenon in the vineyard, but the rocky crest of the hill is something spectacular. The vineyard had a coat of basalt cobbles that caused havoc for us during development. Now those rocks have been organized into short walls below the vines. The stones inhibit weeds, absorb heat during the day and radiate it at night. The underlying soil is uplifted marine sediment of the Willakenzie type, making for a beautiful juxtaposition between the volcanic basalt, ancient seabed, and our vines struggling through it all. I am always amazed how we can have such a unique terroir that is specific to just this site.” – Evan Bellingar, Vineyard Manager TERRY FAMILY VINEYARD PLOT MAP # BLOCK NAME VARIETY CLONE ROOTSTOCK 1 Pacifica Pinot Noir 667 101-14 2 Wedding Tree Pinot Noir 943 3309 3 Sysiphus Pinot Noir Pommard 3309 4 Lightning Rod Pinot Noir 777 101-14 5 John J. Kramer Chardonnay 69(76) 101-14 6 Aria Chardonnay 548 101-14 7 Home Oak Chardonnay 46(75) 101-14 8 Mariana Chardonnay 37(95) 101-14 9 Gateway Chardonnay 44(Musque) 101-14 10 Bradie Pinot Noir 115 3309 11 J. Addison Pinot Noir Coury 101-14 12 Trixie’s Pool Pinot Noir 943 3309 13 Christmas Tree Pinot Noir 828 101-14 # 1 BLOCK NAME Pacifica VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 667 ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 2 BLOCK NAME Wedding Tree VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 943 ROOTSTOCK 3309 # 3 BLOCK NAME Sysiphus VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE Pommard ROOTSTOCK 3309 # 4 BLOCK NAME Lightning Rod VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 777 ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 5 BLOCK NAME John J. Kramer VARIETY Chardonnay CLONE 69(76) ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 6 BLOCK NAME Aria VARIETY Chardonnay CLONE 548 ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 7 BLOCK NAME Home Oak VARIETY Chardonnay CLONE 46(75) ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 8 BLOCK NAME Mariana VARIETY Chardonnay CLONE 37(95) ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 9 BLOCK NAME Gateway VARIETY Chardonnay CLONE 44(Musque) ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 10 BLOCK NAME Bradie VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 115 ROOTSTOCK 3309 # 11 BLOCK NAME J. Addison VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE Coury ROOTSTOCK 101-14 # 12 BLOCK NAME Trixie’s Pool VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 943 ROOTSTOCK 3309 # 13 BLOCK NAME Christmas Tree VARIETY Pinot Noir CLONE 828 ROOTSTOCK 101-14 Return to Home OUR STORY as told by Rick Terry Although our family is relatively new to the wine business, farming has been in our DNA for centuries. Our very name – Terry – is derived from the French word terre” meaning of the earth.” Our family lineage is humble. We are farmers, ranchers, arborists, and vine tenders. Ours is a rich history of living on the land. Our Grandparents first tended vines in the Mosel River Valley of Germany, then farmed in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Great Plains states. Now, a new generation continues their tradition in Oregon. As a young man fresh out of college I aspired to change our family’s trajectory and chose city life, away from the rolling hills of the family farm. Determined to get as far away as possible from the hard work in the hot sun, and cold winter months, I chose a career in wealth management. My love of the land never wavered. Over the years I found that spending my leisure time outside, mostly as a ‘wine tourist’ greatly invigorated me. My greatest joys and fondest memories came while touring the great vineyards of the world, and enjoying the community of food and wine with my family. I dreamt of growing my own grapes and making my own wine. In 2010, I could no longer resist the sirens’ song. I began looking at established vineyards for sale in the Willamette Valley but none felt right. My dream came to fruition in the most unlikely of places – an overgrown, abandoned farm on a sunny hillside in Yamhill-Carlton. I can see it in my mind’s eye and feel the sun on my face like it was yesterday. As I stood on that hilltop surrounded by rocks and poison oak, I stared across the Willamette Valley at Mt. Hood. Like a pleasant dream, the undulating hillside revealed herself to me utterly transformed, filled now with rows of vines laden with lush fruit. In that moment, I knew this was the place. The Terry family had come full circle – from work boots to loafers and back again. Return to Home MANIFESTO Minimalism, excellence, sustainability, and authenticity are our core values in business and in life. Above all, we are minimalists. We are dry farmers, entirely dependent on the vagaries of nature to provide necessary hydration. Without irrigation, our vines are forced to struggle for life-giving water and nourishment deep in the Willakenzie soils and volcanic Basalt bristling throughout our property. We consciously keep much of our farmable land in its primitive state, as it has been for eons. We encourage the elk and black tail deer that make this place their home to stay… just on their side of the fence. We intentionally and peacefully coexist with them. Currently we farm 15 of our 57 acres. The remainder of our property is kept in its primal state, an unfenced haven for ancient flora and fauna. We carefully preserved hundreds of ancient trees, silent witnesses to epic stories that remain untold. Our minimalist philosophy continues from the vineyard to the winery. At harvest, our dedicated crew arrives before sunrise. We hand pick our grapes, and while they are still cool, we carefully transport them to our team of hand sorters at the winery. Multiple pairs of experienced eyes ensure that every single grape is without blemish, so that only the very best fruit from our estate makes its way into your glass. As fermentation begins, we allow only native yeasts from our own terroir to do the important work of natural fermentation. We never use commercial yeast, no matter how inconvenient. We relish the fact that our wines are authentic and taste different from year to year based on nature’s whims. Subtle nuances of flavor arise from each year’s varying heat and rainfall, wind, intention, and spirit. Our wines are unfiltered and unfined, resulting in wine that speaks its truth with as little manipulation from us as possible. Our values are expressed in our label . . . and . . . which graphically expresses our belief in the power of minimalism and authenticity. Three letters and six dots on organic paper embossed with the actual topographic lines of our steep and undulating property. Our label colors are basic and natural, each color selected from somewhere on our 57 acres. From the mists of time to the eternal now, Nature has invested eons heaving away at our craggy hillside, making it the work in progress that it is today. We embrace our role as stewards of an ongoing project that is without end. Return to Home THE STORY of ...and... Perhaps the most surprising discovery thus far has been how difficult it is to come up with a name that is both unique and meaningful, which can also be trademarked. For the first several years of our existence, we assumed that we could just use our family name, and we operated as Terry Family Wines. In the autumn of 2014, with wine ready to be bottled, we learned a new label was needed because a derivation of Terry” was trademarked by a global company. Stunned, we began searching for a meaningful name that wasn’t already taken. Our family gathered often, yellow note pads at the ready, glasses of wine in hand, listing countless ideas for names. The ones we considered revolved around themes that are important to us: nature, music, art, spirituality, love, family, and many others. We fell in love with the perfect name many times, only to find that it was already taken. We began to notice a pattern. The names that we liked the most were two or more words linked together. Sometimes it was a melodic or unusual pairing of words or ideas… Sometimes we were drawn to names that were a comparison of two polarities. We considered...