Shea Wine Cellars & Vineyard, Yamhill Oregon - Producer of world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Founded by Dick and Deirdre Shea in 1996, Shea Wine Cellars is a producer of world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, all made from fruit grown on-site at Shea Vineyard. Shea Wine Cellars was a natural outgrowth of Shea Vineyard which was first planted to wine grapes in 1989.

The 200-acre vineyard property lies at the heart of Oregon's Yamhill-Carlton District and supplies fruit to some of Oregon's and California's finest wineries.

Shea Vineyard named one of five Pinot Noir vineyards in the U.S. meriting the designation "Grand Cru".

—Wine Enthusiast

Pinots made from Shea Vineyard tend to be deeply concentrated and supple, with bold structure...

—Wine Spectator

"The wines of Shea Wine Cellars are invariably elegant expressions of what makes Oregon pinot noir so great: focused fruit, velvety texture, strong structure, and that almost indefinable ability to reflect the nuances of where the fruit was grown."

—Cole Danehower, Northwest Palate

A consistent floral aroma and a dark red fruit, character with spice seems unusually clear and unique to this vineyard. Shea Wine Cellars Pinot Noirs have become a cult classic collectible.

—Rusty Gafney, Pinot File & Grape Radio

The 2011 harvest:
We still have some of our 2009 Estate Pinot. The Wine Spectator just awared it a rating of 94. We still have the Chardonnay too. Homer is gone.

Sustainability Award
For the seventh straight year we have been recognized by the US Department of Agriculture for "conservation stewardship". The Conservation Security Program (recently continued as the Conservation Stewardship Program) is a holistic program evaluating farmers for: air, water, soil, energy, and plant conservation practices. It is a science based approach to environmental stewardship. The United States Department of Agriculture conducts a competitive ranking process among farmers. We were ranked in the top group of our area farmers (the top 33 out of well over 500) in 2005 and in every annual ranking since we have been ranked in the best practices group.

Mailing List & Direct Purchase of wine
Contact us if you would like to be added to our mailing list: dickshea@sheawinecellars.com. Our letter only goes out via USPS so please leave your postal address. If you would like to purchase wine directly from us go to the same e-mail address.

5/18/2010
The Spring has been cool and wet.

10/16/2011
A cool wet spring and early summer has led to what will be our latest harvest in the 20+ years we have been farming. We have not started picking yet and looks like we will not start until the 19th.
The forecast looks promising.

12/27/2011
Harvest took place from 10/23 throung 11/2. That broke the old record for latest harvest on record by 10 days.
Long "hang time" on the vine is always good. We are very excited about the wines.

10/16/2011
Botltling of all of the 2010 vintage wines is done. We are waiting to recieve fruit from the 2011 harvest. Because of record cold in the spring and early summer it will be the latest harvest we have ever hsd.

Mailing address: 4304 SW Strathfell Lane, Portland, OR 97221 | Vineyard and Winery location: 12321 NE Hwy 240, Newberg, OR 97132
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