Given the state’s facility with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay above all others, one would think it only natural that Oregon would become a hotbed of sparkling-wine production. But for the first twenty years or so of the state’s winegrowing history, only a handful of producers tried their hands at sparkling wine. Now, however, there are more than 100 producers of sparkling wine in Oregon, and the most serious among them are organising under the banner of ‘Method Oregon’.
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