Easy
$195 – $275
per shipmentFour bottles, twice a year
- Special access to direct email offers
- Free admission to Open House events for two
- Access to limited edition Members Only wines
Carlton, Oregon
Wines of balance & elegance.
Taste the terroirYamhill-Carlton AVA
- Join E · I · O
- Two allotments a year
- March & November
- Members-only wines
- Dealer's choice
- From $195 a shipment
94pts
Vinous · Chardonnay
2018
The Year the Farm Opened
6
Guests, Six Glasses Each
1–3hrs
Every Tasting, With Jay
“One of my favorite producers in Oregon.”
Eric GuidoVinous
A long list of bottlings, no single house style, and wines that keep their sense of place. Some of them never reach the shop at all.
The Wines
Taste the terroir.
Single-vineyard offerings for a taste of place, and thoughtful blends that honour what Oregon does. New releases, prior vintages and verticals, plus some treasures for the cellar.
Every bottle here is poured at the farm. Some of them only ever go to members.
The Wine Club
Join the club.
Two allotments a year, in March and November, dealer's choice. Members get the limited bottlings, and the pre-paid and higher tiers reach the wines that never make the shop at all.
Inclusive
$375 – $475
per shipmentSix bottles, twice a year
- Email offers at a saving of 10 percent
- Free admission to Open House events for two
- Additional savings at Open House events
- Access to limited edition Members Only wines
Opulent
$775 – $1,275
per shipmentTwelve bottles, twice a year
- Email offers at a saving of 20 percent
- Free admittance to events for up to four
- Early, personal invitation to intimate wine dinners
- First access to limited production wines
- Substantial additional savings at Open House events
Shipping is UPS Ground for your location, or collect on the farm by appointment. Should the weather turn, we'll gladly hold your wine for up to six months.
Taste first, then decide
Behind the Label
A genuine appetite for experiment.
This is Jay pouring trial lots beside the tanks. There is no house formula here, just a long list of bottlings and a real curiosity about what each one can become. Some of them never reach the shop at all.
See what members getTrial lots, beside the tanks, on the farm in Carlton.
$500
The Experience
Six wines. Six glasses. One host.
Tastings begin at the top of the hill, seated in the cottage, with every wine poured into its own glass so you can compare them side by side. Jay takes it himself, start to finish.
- By appointment, seven days a week. 10:30am or 2:30pm, book at least 48 hours ahead
- Up to six guests. One to three hours, indoors or out as the weather allows
- Charcuterie and nosh throughout. You almost certainly won't need to bring food
- Then walk it off. Trails, viewing platforms, the firepit, and barrel tasting if you want to stake a claim on a future vintage
The booking
$500 for six
Prepaid at the time of booking, and deducted in full from whatever you buy on the day.
Which is to say
It costs nothing
Your $500 becomes a $500 credit toward wine. Turn up, taste, take some home.
Dress code
There isn't one
Comfortable shoes for the farm's many terrains, and layers if it's cool.
- Yamhill-Carlton AVA
- Walk the trails
- Viewing platforms
- The fire pit
- Barrel tasting
- Up the hill
The Farm
It is, genuinely, a farm.
The vista of the Yamhill-Carlton AVA opens out below the viewing platforms. Walk the trails, take a bottle to the fire pit, or carry on to the production building for a barrel tasting.
The Winemaker
Jay McDonald
Winemaker, owner, host, and the person who packs your box. If you have met EIEIO, you have met Jay.
“My wine making is focused on the fruit that grew in the vineyard.”
- Pinot noir and Chardonnay, plus a Rosé of Pinot and a White Pinot that tend to sell out
- No house formula: a long list of bottlings and a genuine appetite for experiment
- Every tasting on the farm is led by him personally
Jay and Olivenot a golden retriever
End of the Day
Come and say hello.
Pour a glass, walk the hill, meet Olive. Tastings run seven days a week by appointment, and your booking comes back to you as wine.
Find us
10100 NW Meadow Lake Rd
Carlton, OR 97111
Tastings
10:30am or 2:30pm
Book 48 hours ahead