Ruby Vineyard & Winery Willamette Valley Gamay Noir 2023

Ruby Vineyard is a family-owned and operated winery and vineyard in the Chehalem Mountains AVA in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, representing a confluence of old roots, both familial and viticultural. The 7.25 acres of Pinot Noir at Ruby are own-rooted vines and some of the oldest in Oregon, planted in a narrow band of rare Laurelwood soils.

The vineyard is dry-farmed using sustainable agricultural practices and is organic and LIVE certified.

In 1973 the first vines at Ruby were planted by John and Beth Hiestand--Wädenswil clone Pinot Noir cuttings from the famous South Block of Eyrie Vineyards originally planted by David Lett, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry. In 1979 Bill Beran planted the majority of what would eventually become Ruby Vineyard--seven acres of own-rooted Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Chardonnay. The white wine grapes are later grafted to Pinot Noir Dijon clone 115 in 1990. Bill and Sharon Beran converted an old dairy barn on the property into a winery and in 1997 released their first vintage of Beran Vineyards wines.

In 2012 Steve Hendricks and Flora Habibi purchase the vineyard from Bill and Sharon Beran and establish Ruby Vineyard and Winery, named after Flora’s favorite gemstone. They released their first commercial vintage in 2015.