WINEMAKING

Rizzo Winery is unique in more ways than one. Named after our winemaker, David Rizzo, we consider ourselves the Winemaker’s Wine, as we are true to liquid greatness and use skilled winemaking techniques. We focus on the pursuit of expressing the purest fruit from our grapes and their respective terroir, both from our own estate and the vineyards of our neighboring regions. Each bottle is hand-crafted from small lots using Old World techniques to capture what Mother Nature has blessed us with growing in these vineyards.

We craft a signature Pinot Noir from our exceptional climate, located in the windy Eola-Amity Hills of the renowned Willamette Valley. Though unlike wineries nearby, we also create other wines with many different grapes. From well-known varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Gris to the once lost-to-history Carménère, our wines always belong at the table. We are constantly pushing boundaries with our dessert-style Muscat, robust Tempranillo, refreshing Viognier, dark-fruited Zinfandel, aged Petit Verdot, and even a Port-style Syrah.

These red wines are unfiltered and aged for a minimum of 20 months in oak barrels. We experiment with combinations of both new and neutral American, French, and Hungarian oak to capture what gives us both the greatest expression of each grape variety, and also enhances your sensory experience. We consider ourselves to be a boutique winery producing only 800 to 1500 cases of wine per year - each bottle with much determination and care to give you the absolute best.

Happy Sipping!