Willamette Valley,
Oregon Vineyard For
Sale
The vineyard
property is
located
approximately 4
miles south of
Monmouth, Oregon
in the
Willamette
Valley on a
well-maintained
gravel road that
lies west of
Hwy 99W
and is north
of Elkins and
west of Helmick
County Roads,
both paved
roads.
Helmick
Hill Vineyard
was established
in 1984 and has
been certified
by LIVE ("Low
Input
Viticulture
Enology") to be
"Salmon Safe"
since the
beginning of the
LIVE program in
1999. These
sustainable
farming
practices are
more and more
important to the
wine consumer,
wineries and
general public.
A 59.5 acre has
32.5 acres
inside of the
New Zealand deer
fencing
and about 30
acres of it are
planted in
vineyard which
are currently
producing over
*100 tons of
fine
award-winning
wine grapes each
year.
-
6 acres
of Pinot
Blanc
Grapes
-
11 acres
of Pinot
Gris
-
18 acres
of Pinot
Noir
(with
wide
clone
varieties,
Pinot
Noir
115,
114,
777,
Pommard
and
Wadensvil;
Pinot
Blanc is
all
Colmar
clones
159 and
161; and
Pinot
Gris are
Dijon
clones
146,
152, and
UCD 103)
About 12 acres
are grafted
rootstocks, and
the rest are
self-rooted.
There are 22
acres of
VSP trellis
and 8 acres of
older, modified
hang-down
trellis.
Growing wine
grapes requires
much deeper,
well-drained
soil.
The soils in our
area are
sedimentary
"Spencer
Formation" of Willakenzie,
Steiwer and
Wellsdale.
Spencer Soil
Formation Info
The vineyard is
planted with a
10 foot row
spacing and 5
feet between
plants. It has
worked well with
these soils.
The vineyard
property has two
irrigation ponds
with an approved
water allocation
of 5 acre feet
of irrigation
which has never
been needed in
one year. There
could be an
additional 5 or
6 acres on the
east side of the
house to plant
more wine
grapes. Included
in rental of
vineyard is a
tractor,
sprayer, flail
mower and field
cultivator.
An approval in
2000 had been
given by the
OLCC for a
winery on the
property (not
currently
active), (which
is not the same
as a bonded
Federal winery).
*2006 was the
last year that
the owner was in
complete control
of the operation
of the vineyard,
which sold 132
tons of grapes
for over
$206,000. That
was before
planting 4 more
acres of Pinot
noir grapes and
now have a total
of 18 acres of
Pinot noir, 10
Gris and 6
Blanc.
Contact Owner by
phone (602)
549-9920, or
email