Soter Vineyards

October 2005: Soter Vineyards Delivers On Our Promise! We were elated in 2003 when Food & Wine Magazine named us America's Most Promising New Winery. Today we're proud to announce that in Food & Wine's 2005 American Wine Awards, our 2002 Beacon Hill Pinot Noir was named America's Best Pinot Noir over $20: "Oregon winemaker Tony Soter turns out cellar-worthy Pinots like the firm-bodied Beacon Hill, which is just now beginning to unwind. Soter's rigorous pruning practices makes the superb Beacon Hill Vineyard a particularly low-yielding site, producing only two tons of intensely flavored grapes per acre. Tony Soter Takes the Floor at erobertparker.com Click here to check out the archive of Tony Soter's December 2005 comments in the Wine Talk forum of erobertparker.com. The archive contains some of Tony's thoughts on viticulture and winemaking, plus the latest developments here at Mineral Springs, and much more.