Wine & Spirits 2012 Winery of the Year!

Wine & Spirits 2012 Winery of the YearThank you to all of our supporters, we wish to celebrate this honor with you. After 25 years of consistently striving to produce truly excellent wines, it is fantastic to be recognized for all of our efforts – Cheers! Don, Wendy, Jesse and the Team at Lange Estate Winery.

“Each year Wine & Spirits Magazine blind tastes more than 10,000 wines, to present the most compelling wines to our readers. We recognize brands with the most consistent performance and the highest scores in our tasting as our Top 100 Wineries of the Year. Lange’s range of exceptional wines makes it a great ambassador for Oregon. – Congratulations from all of us at Wine & Spirits.”

Recent Accolades from Wine & Spirits Magazine
93 Points: 2009 Pinot Noir “Freedom Hill Vineyard”
92 Points: 2009 Pinot Noir “Lange Estate Vineyard”
92 Points & Best Buy: 2010 Pinot Noir “Willamette Valley”
92 Points: 2010 Chardonnay “Three Hills Cuvee”
91 Points: 2009 Pinot Noir “Three Hills Cuvee”
90 Points: 2009 Pinot Noir “Reserve”
90 Points: 2011 Pinot Gris “Reserve”

Reflecting on 25 Years

Don & Wendy Lange take a look back at 25 years of making award winning wines in Oregon wine country. Hear how it all started with the discovery of two Oregon Pinot noirs from the late 70′s/early 80′s.

 

Come Visit Us!

We invite you to experience critically-acclaimed wines, friendly people, and stunning vistas at our estate winery and vineyards in the beautiful Dundee Hills of Oregon. Please enjoy this video as a preview of our hospitality. Cheers!

 

 

Why the Fly?

Jesse & Don Lange, on the banks of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, releasing wild and native Redside rainbow trout (the namesake of our Redside Vineyard in the Dundee Hills).

Jesse & Don Lange, on the banks of the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, releasing wild and native Redside rainbow trout (the namesake of our Redside Vineyard in the Dundee Hills).

The first time I cast a fly rod was in 1951 in my grandparent’s backyard in Iowa. I was five years old. It was a split-bamboo rod built by my grandfather. Although the fly-fishing rivers in Iowa are few and far between, he didn’t mind and he taught me to fish flies and poppers on the lakes near our hometown.

As I grew older I drifted away from fly-fishing and didn’t think much about that early experience until Wendy and I moved to Oregon to start the vineyard and winery in 1987. We were immediately amazed and delighted at the variety and beauty of the waterways in our new home state and the fly-fishing culture of the Pacific Northwest.

The "Evening Star" Fly featured on Lange Estate Pinot noir labels.

The "Evening Star" Fly featured on Lange Estate Pinot noir labels.

So, when we needed a logo for our original label designs we chose salmon flies to represent our Northwest heritage. The beauty and variety of these flies reflects the great Oregon outdoors– the mountains, rivers, fish, wildlife, and, of course, the grapes and wines we are proud to produce.

Cheers,

Don Lange
Owner/Winemaker