Oregon wine country Situated in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon, due to its cool climate, has long been the home of the craftsman winemaker wine supplier , vinifying grapes grown in small, personally managed, mainly estate vineyards. Oregon has 18 different wine-growing regions, over 600 wineries and 20,000 vineyard acres producing a wide variety of grapes. The concentration of the State’s wine-growing is in the settled valleys west and south of Portland, particularly the Willamette Valley, the home of the annual Pinotfest and a region widely regarded for its production of Pinot Noir. Southern Oregon and the eastern section of the Columbia Gorge, two key grape growing districts in the State, are best know for nurturing quality Bordeaux and Rhone grape varieties, along with Burgundian lines such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah.