Tucked quietly into the Pacific Northwest of America, Yamhill County remains one of the United States' greatest hidden treasures. Preservationists who have known about Yamhill county for years beg newcomers not to spread the word about this timid locale. They fear that once Yamhill county is discovered by everyone else, it will lose its quiet charm.

There is another group that maintains that Yamhill County will never lose its charm because it is inherent to its location. This contingent looks to their neighbor to the south as an indicator of what they can expect. All agree that the increased popularity of the Pacific Northwest as a getaway destination and wine country travel have done little to eviscerate the beauty of other local wineries.

Holding Onto Tradition
Yamhill County is one of the few wine-producing counties with wineries that still use traditional methods of making. Held secret for many centuries and passed along generation after generation by word of mouth, rumor has it that several wineries in Yamhill county use the oldest known method in the world to produce their exemplary wines.

Those that sample the wines produced in Yamhill County cannot deny the distinct taste and unique texture of Yamhill wine. Even those reluctant to believe the myth do revel in the idea that they are possibly tasting the same wine taste that their Roman and Greek ancestors indulged upon centuries before.

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