2012 Oregon Value Priced Pinot Noirs Honorable Mention

The following value priced Pinot Noir wines are often widely distributed in wine retail and supermarket stores. They are often discounted below the listed prices. Pinot Noir priced at $50 or more has often been decried as the “dead zone” because the poor economy in recent years has made it more difficult to sell wines in this price category. The wines listed below, however, can be considered to be in the “fun zone” and drinking these wines can make you feel good about skirting a punishing economy. All these wines received the Value icon award.

2010 Kudos Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $15

2010 Plowbuster Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $20

2010 Seven of Hearts Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $20

2010 Kramer Vineyards Estate Yamhill-Carlton District Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $20

2010 Kudos Reserve Yamhill-Carlton District Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $20

2010 Longplay Lia’s Vineyard Chehalem Mountains Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $20

2010 Cardwell Hill Cellars Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $24

2009 Kramer Vineyards Yamhill-Carlton District Willamette Valley Brut Sparkling Wine $24

2010 Ponzi Vineyards Tavola Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $25

2010 St. Innocent Temperance Hill Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $28

2008 Siltstone Dundee Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $28

2010 Elk Cove Vineyards Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $29

2008 Youngberg Hill Vineyards Natasha McMinnville Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 St. Innocent Zenith Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 Kudos Zena Crown Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 Purple Hands Oregon Pinot Noir $30

2010 Haden Fig Cancilla Vineyard Barrel Select Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 Haden Fig Bjornson Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 White Rose Estate Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $30

2010 Bethel Heights Black Label Estate Grown Eola-Amity Hills Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $32

2010 Et Fille Heredity Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $34

2010 Luminous Hills Estate Grown Yamhill-Carlton District Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35

2010 Cooper Mountain Vineyards “Life” Willamette Valley Organic Wine $35

2010 Seven of Hearts Lia’s Vineyard Chehalem Mountains Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35

2010 Evesham Wood Le Puits Sec Eola-Amity Hills Pinot Noir $35

2010 J. Christopher Dundee Hills Cuvée Terroir Series Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35

2010 Roots Johnson Vineyard Yamhill-Carlton District Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35

2010 Roots Estate Vineyard Yamhill-Carlton Willamette Valley Pinot Noir $35