Paul Gregutt’s NW Wine Guide
Jan 30, 2025
2022 White Cloud Vineyard Pinot Noir – Concentrated black fruits with sappy acids give this a powerful push right off the bat. It’s packed with flavors of blackberry and black cherry fruit, balsamic crema and dark chocolate, though all neutral oak was used. It’s layered and compact, you can peel off slices of brambly berries, chocolate cherries, espresso and truffle as it sails down through the long finish. 75 cases; 13.8%; $75 (Willamette Valley) 96/100
Purely Domestic Wine Report
Aug 14, 2023
2021 Pinot Noir, White Cloud Vineyard: The nose is dried plum and crushed blackberry along with broken rock and muddled mint leaf. The palate entry is rich and dense spiced black and red fruit with a deeply-polished mid-palate of blue plum juiciness finishing with brown spice and tobacco. Drink 2023-2027
Joey’s Interview with Linfield University’s Oregon Wine History Archive
March 7, 2023
In this interview, Joey speaks about growing up in the vineyard industry thanks to his father’s nursery and vineyard business. Once Joey decided that he wanted to follow a similar path, he attended Southern Oregon University and worked in California and abroad before coming back to Oregon.
Joey speaks about growing his knowledge in vineyard work and coming to work at A to Z, as well as the impetus to starting his own experimental vineyard and wine brand. He also talks about the future of wine and vines in Oregon.
This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt at White Cloud Vineyard in Carlton on March 7, 2023.