Crawford Beck Vineyard
The Crawford Beck Vineyard (CBV) is a venture of David and Jeanne Beck, located in the Eola-Amity Hills American Viticultural Area (AVA) of the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Â The Eola Amity Hills AVA is quite different from the other Willamette Valley AVAs, and the CBV is distinct in its own micro-terroir. Â Its soils are of volcanic origin, having been laid down by lava flows that occurred some 15 million years ago. Â These clay-loam soils overlay some ancient marine sediments that in many places are not far below the volcanic soils. Â Furthermore, the CBV lies on the gentle slopes of a swale that faces south-southwest, looking across the Willamette Valley toward the gap in the Coast Range through which cooling breezes flow into the Valley. Â These breezes blow steadily all summer, bathing the CBV slopes at night with relief from the day's heat so essential for our grape varieties. Â The altitude of the CBV slopes ranges from 387 feet to 521 feet above sea level.
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