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Vin du Bois Winery
When you tell someone you make wine, almost always the first question they ask is, "where is your vineyard?". Vin du Bois Winery has chosen to concentrate on making wine letting the experienced vineyard owners and managers grow our wine for us. We feel that gives us the opportunity to select the very best wines grown for us in the best vineyards of the northwest.
The vineyards located in the southwestern corner of Idaho are able to grow some of the best wine in the northwest because they are south of the 45th parallel, near the Snake River, blessed with languorously long warm summer days and cool refreshing nights, an extended growing season that allows the grapes to not only develop high sugars but the complex flavors of fully ripe fruit.
"The Best Wine in the Bottle is Grown in the best Vineyard"
It has been our good fortune and great pleasure to walk alongside growers, getting to know them and their vineyard practices. That is why we have chosen to use the grapes we have, from the growers we have chosen, because of the wines they grow for us.
WoodRiver Vineyard: This
vineyard is nestled in the bottom slopes along
Homedale Road. It is about three
blocks from the Snake River. And, it is situated strategically so that it
catches the first rays of sunlight in the morning and the last ones to slide
past the Owyhees in the evening. One of the warmest sites in the northwest.
Known as a premier grower of great wines, this vineyard has earned its share of
designations on many fine labels. It is our source for Malbec, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Merlot and Petite Verdot, the grapes from which we craft delicious
blends and single grape wines.
Stowe (Indian Creek) Vineyard: A
25 year reputation for growing the finest Pinot Noir in Idaho. They actually
grow their grapes in two different locations, both on McDermott Rd.
Pinot Noir is best known in Northwest Oregon, certain select areas of California
and France. Yet, when grown as well as Bill grows wine, Pinot is also a subtle,
smooth, fruity and versatile wine from Idaho.
A.R.S. Vineyard at University of Idaho in Parma: Small lots of select fruit are grown for research purposes in a wonderful setting on the slopes above the Snake River overlooking Oregon. We find wines being grown that are not available anywhere else. It is from these vines that we hand pick Orange Muscat, Muscat of Alexandria, Tannat, and Sangiovese.