LifeGrid Magazine March 2018 | Page 18

Open Claim Vineyard
Dallas, Oregon | Brett & Marnie Wall
by Karla Erovick - LifeGrid Editor (McMinnville)
It was a passion for food and wine that led Brett and Marnie Wall ever deeper into
the Oregon wine scene. It started for them as an appreciation of Oregon wine
that eventually led them to planting grapes on family-owned property in
Oregon’s Willamette Valley. This is an emerging area for vineyards and possibly
the newest AVA for the Willamette Valley, Mt Pisgah. Open Claim Vineyards takes
its name from being offered as an “Open Claim” in 1850 for someone willing to
nurture the land. In this same spirit the Wall’s have undertaken to nurture the
land to produce grapes and wine. This new boutique enterprise produces 121
cases of wine per year. We’ve assembled a glimpse of the highlights of their foray
into wine making.
www.openclaimvineyards.com
Photography Credit © Andrea Johnson Photography and Open Claim Vineyard