The Willamette Valley

Back at the end of the last ice age the ice damn broke on Missoula Lake. Located about 68 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana. The flood that ensued swept across Montana, Idaho, into Washington and down the Columbia River. It filled up the Willamette Valley with about a hundred feet of top soil that the flood deposited.

Willamette Valley Oregon is an area that goes from Eugene in the south to about thirty miles north of Portland. It stretches from the Coast Range in the west to the Cascade Mountains in the East. The Willamette Valley has about seventy percent of Oregon’s population.

Because of the soil deposits, the Willamette Valley is rich with crops. Found here is Jory Silty Clay, one of the top ten soils in the world to grow grapes, as can been seen by all the world renown wineries in the area.

The Willamette Valley

We have a small town to the west of the Willamette Valley called Dundee. In my opinion this is where the wine industry in Oregon started. Sitting on the foothills of the Coast range and just the right distance from the summit, it gets a measured amount of rain perfect for grapes. Many of the slopes are south or south east, giving the grapes the perfect amount of sun.

This area of the Willamette Valley has an area to the west in the Coast range called the Van-Duzer corridor. This dip to the mountains let’s just the perfect amount of cool air from the ocean. This creats the perfect climate for grapes.

How anyone ever figured out all this is beyond me.

The industry started to grow and soon many realized the Willamette Valley was full of great soils. The soils for grapes and the spread of wineries continues to this day.

But that’s not all, the Willamette Valley Oregon grows a wide variety of crops.

One the most popular currently is the Hazelnut (Filbert) orchards. With a growing demand for Hazelnut flavorings, with Starbucks being on the top of the list, we have seen many new orchards planted here in the Willamette Valley lately.

With the soils being great, beautiful weather and endless things to do it is now wonder the Willamette Valley is so popular.

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