2008 Rachel Estate Pinot Noir - 92 Points Wine Advocate, "A Wine of grace and finesse and intense flavors, a silky texture, and a seamless finish. ~ Jay Miller

2008 Rachel Estate Pinot Noir - Prince of Pinot 2010 Oregon Pinot Noir All Americans Top 10 First Team. "Very charming scents of plum sauce, mixed berry tart and spice box that led me to write, You gotta be kidding me!" ~ Prince of Pinot

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2008 Jacob Estate Pinot Noir - 91 Points Wine Advocate, "Enticing perfume of balsam wood, spice box, rose petal, intense cherry and raspberry.  Elegant and easygoing on the palate but with good grip, this medium bodied effort is jam packed with spicy red fruits.  It has good volume and balance leading to a lengthy, fruit filled finish.  ~Jay Miller

2008 Jacob Estate Pinot Noir - Prince of Pinot 2010 All Americans Second Team.  "An alluring nose of exotic scents including dark red raspberries, rose petals, Asian spices and seasoned oak. ~ Prince of Pinot

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2008 St. James Estate Blend Pinot Noir - 90 Points Wine Advocate, "A superb value for customers with no drop off in quality.  Medium ruby-red, it gives up an aromatic array of Asian spices, incense, cherry blossom, and raspberry. ~Jay Miller

2008 St. James Estate Blend Pinot Noir - Prince of Pinot 2010 Value Priced Pinot Noir All-Americans.

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2007 St. James Estate Blend Pinot Noir - Portland Monthly's Oregon's 50 Best Wines.  The St. James was selected No. 38.

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2006 Rachel Estate - 91 points - Wine Spectator, "Smooth and rich, with a sense of delicacy to the ripe blackberry, and cherry flavors, weaving spicy, toasty notes through the finish as it sails on and on.  Drink now through 2013.  - H.S."

The "Prince of Pinot" Rusty Gaffney, M.D. wrote in the PinotFile Volume 6 Issue 57, the 2006 Jacob and Rachel Estate wines:

"... charming in their own way and highly (that's HIGHLY) recommended."

2006 Rachel Estate ... "Very elegant and demure with the kind of plush and velveteen texture that only great Pinot Noir can offer."

2006 Jacob Estate ... "This is the kind of wine that makes you wonder how mere grapes could ever have made such nectar."

Laura Volkman Vineyards wine can also be found at The Herbfarm restaurant in Woodinville, Washington. Winner of RESTAURANT HOSPITALITY’S 16th Annual "Best Domestic Wine List in America" and Wine Press Northwest's "Best Northwest Wine List"  for six years running.

"Laura Volkman burst from the starting blocks with her first release in 2004. The Pinot Noir is more Old-World than Oregon in style, with wonderful balance and sweet, earthy aromatics.  Our restaurant guests sing its praises. I took a bottle to the 2006 International Pinot Noir
Celebration where people regularly share world-famous bottles. Guess what? Many were stunned by this wine."

Ron Zimmerman, Proprietor, The Herbfarm Restaurant

Laura Volkman Vineyards 2005 Jacob was deemed worthy by The 2007 Portland Indie Wine Festival judges "... a weekend celebration of Oregon's most talented limited-production wineries."  40 Wineries were selected to represent Oregon's best and briightest in the May 5 & 6, 2007 event. 

The 2006 Northwest Wine Summit results are in and the 2004 Elle Rêve Estate took home a gold medal. Approximately 1000 wines were entered in the 11th annual Northwest Wine Summit. We are proud of our little winery and its great tasting wine.

The November 22, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle selected the 2004 Elle Rêve Estate in a blind tasting of Oregon Pinot Noir. The Panel tasted 94 - 2002, 2003, & 2004 Oregon Pinot Noir wines. Seventeen were selected for publication. Click on the link above to go to the page on the Chronicles Web site.

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