A Century on the Land
Our Family's Story
For nearly one hundred years, the earth beneath Kason Vineyards yielded a different kind of harvest. For generations, our family nurtured this pocket of the Yamhill-Carlton District as a dedicated walnut farm, learning firsthand the patience, resilience, and grit required to work alongside the unpredictable rhythms of the Oregon seasons. That century-long conversation with the soil remains the foundation of everything we craft today.
From Orchard to Vineyard
Our agricultural heritage runs deep. The transition from a mature walnut orchard to an estate vineyard wasn't a departure from our history, but the natural evolution of it. Having spent decades learning where the frost settles and how the summer sun hits the slopes, we recognized the extraordinary potential of our property for cool-climate winegrowing.
A Labor of Love
In 2000, founders Kristine and Steve O'Neill broke ground on a new chapter, and by 2002, the orchard had gradually given way to our first blocks of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. We entrusted our future to the ancient Woodburn and Willakenzie loam soils, knowing that the same earth that sustained our family for generations possessed the complexity to produce exceptional, character-driven fruit.
Stewardship & Soil
Great wine isn't merely engineered in a cellar; it is a living reflection of the hands that prune the vines in the winter chill and thin the canopy in the summer heat. While our geology is defined by the lucky rain shadow of the Coast Range and prehistoric marine sediments, the soul of Kason Vineyards is defined by the family who watches over it. When you open a bottle of our wine, you are stepping into a story that has been unfolding on this same land for nearly a century.
An Invitation to the Estate
We invite you to step out of the rush, wander the grounds that our family has farmed for a century, and share in the fruits of this long-standing labor. Whether you join us for a relaxed afternoon tasting or immerse yourself in our hands-on wine blending experience, you are pulling up a chair at a table Steve established over two decades ago.
The profound beauty of Yamhill-Carlton is best experienced as it shifts through the seasons. To fully immerse yourself in our journey, we invite you to join the Kason Vineyards Wine Club; an intimate community with guaranteed allocations of our limited-production estate bottlings, cellar-aged library releases, and private gatherings here at the vineyard.
