A small, artist-run estate on one of Oregon's oldest vineyards, crafting honest Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Port-style wines since 1987 — bold in character, unpretentious in spirit.
Wine Fauve grows on vines first planted in the early 1970s, tended by hand through nearly every vintage since. The approach here has never chased trends — it favors character over polish, expression over formula, much like the painters the winery borrows its name from.
The result is a small, distinctive list of reds, whites, and dessert-style wines, made in modest quantities and priced so they're meant to be opened, not saved for a special occasion that never comes.
From structured estate reds to bright, food-friendly whites and a Port-style pour for later in the evening.
The estate's signature bottling — silky tannins, red fruit, and a savory finish shaped by old vines.
Full-bodied and structured, with dark fruit and a firm backbone built to age gracefully.
A rustic, deeply colored red with a peppery edge — a nod to Oregon's early winemaking days.
Inky, muscular, and generous with dark berry and baking spice — built for the table, not sipping alone.
A Portuguese variety grown in small lots, floral and dense — the backbone of the Port-style wine below.
Off-dry and aromatic, with orchard fruit and a bright, mineral streak from cool Willamette nights.
Perfumed and spiced, with lychee and rose petal notes — a favorite with the tasting room regulars.
Fortified and rich, built from estate Touriga — dark fruit, cocoa, and a long, warming finish.
An estate original — a small-batch pour that changes with the vintage and the winemaker's mood.
Mikey Jones has tended the vineyard and cellar at Wine Fauve for decades, working one of the oldest planted blocks in the Willamette Valley. His approach borrows more from painting than from spreadsheets — a belief that a wine, like a canvas, should carry the hand of the person who made it.
Alongside the wine, Mikey keeps a running, slightly irreverent journal of vineyard life — seasons, old friends, the occasional chicken with a flair for the dramatic.
Set among rolling vineyard rows in the heart of the Willamette Valley, the tasting room pours the current lineup alongside small-batch and library wines not found elsewhere.