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SPRING OPEN HOUSE! Join us Saturday and Sunday April 27th & 28th 11-4pm for tasting of 2012 futures & sales of the delicious 2011 vintage. 265 S. 5th Street, Monroe, OR 97456 (541)-847-5934 This is your LAST CHANCE TO taste 2012 futures. Cut off for 2012 futures is April 30th, 2013. $10 tasting fee for non club members. The winery will not be open again to the public until Fall 2013.

Harvest Report 2012 Harvest 2012: Why are wines so interesting? There are many factors that come to bear on the final product: weather, soil, vineyard management, and wine making style. Every year the weather gives us a new set of challenges to work with. 2010 and 2011 presented us with very difficult marginal weather. We are very proud of the wines produced in these vintage years that required every bit of what we have learned over the past thirty years, and allowed us to produce wines of exceptional balance and finesse. In contrast, the 2012 growing season was dry and our fall weather gave us a nearly perfect harvest. From a small crop we were rewarded with ripe healthy fruit. The wines produced are big, very dark, with ripe tannins and modest acidity. Wines very similar to those produced in 2008 in size and depth of flavor.

2011 Harvest Harvest 2011: Weather extremes... While the East Coast baked all summer, Oregon struggled through yet another record cool spring and summer. By the end of August, many in the wine business were openly talking about a harvest that might not happen. But weather does seem to balance itself out. The East Coast had a record early snow and Oregon was blessed with record heat in September and cool sunny weather all the way to November 2nd. The latest harvest on record started on October 24th and has given us beautiful balanced wines, with excellent color, ripe aromas and soft tannins. Wines to be grateful for...

Join the Family Cellar Wine Club Now you can regularly receive special Broadley Vineyards wine selections twice a year, hand- chosen from The Broadley Family Cellar, delivered directly to your family cellar. You will receive two shipments of 3 bottles each year of wines specially selected by Craig, Claudia, Morgan, and Jessica. This will include a "best-barrel bottling," club only release. Every shipment will be different, but the price to you will not exceed $150 per shipment (shipping fees & state taxes not included). All wines chosen will be available only to members at the exclusive Family Cellar price. You will also enjoy special case discounts, no tasting fees at our future open houses, and invitations to our special "club only" events! Go to the Wine Club Page and fill out our online form or print the pdf and mail into the winery today (25158 Orchard Tract Rd., Monroe, OR 97456 - mailing address).

New "When to Drink" List Click here to see the updated "when to drink list." Although we believe optimal drinking time is very subjective, these are our suggestions of when the best time to drink Broadley Vineyards wines. They are of course, subject to change!

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