Producer notes from Love & Squalor:

"In 2007 Portland Wine Company released 65 cases of wine. Now we make a few thousand and have our own facility. We’ve grown steadily and are eager to share our wines with you. With your friends. And with everyone you know on Facebook.

We start with the belief that wine needs to taste alive. The best way to ensure this is to let the grapes express themselves. We’re happily positioned in a new world, younger growing region so our wines won’t resemble what comes from Europe or California. Flexibility here is key, as conditions in the volatile Pacific Northwest change with each harvest. Just as wines vary per region, wines from the same region shouldn’t taste the same each year. We strive to present those with a unique personality, personality that includes authenticity (or, honesty) in each vibrant sip."

About the cuvee:

"This is our first time working with grapes from Dion Vineyard, a site that was first planted in 1976 near the town of Farmington on the east end of the Laurelwood District sub-AVA. The Laurelwood soils are quick draining silt over red volcanic sub-soil. The vineyard is LIVE Certified. We are excited about this new partnership with Kevin and Beth.

The fruit arrived at the winery on October 8th, a sunny day near the beginning of the late 2023 harvest. These grapes were gently pressed whole-cluster and the juice settled for a few days before being racked off of the gross lees. The must was fermented slowly in small stainless steel tanks – some lots with added yeast and others uninoculated and allowed to go wild. After the fermentations reached their natural conclusions, the separate lots were blended, stabilized and filtered by the gentlest means. We bottled this wine on March 1st, 2023. The 2023 vintage is great for stony minerality and deep fruit flavors with plenty of natural acidity."