Willamette Valley winemaker continues brisk event season into summer 2024
April 15, 2024, Dundee, OR … While the patiently cellared wines of Nysa Vineyard are still some of the Willamette Valley’s greatest-kept secrets, the word will soon be out as Nysa has been selected as a featured winery for the 2024 International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC). The event, with 70+ wineries and over 1,000 Pinot lovers in attendance, will place Nysa among the world’s best Pinot noir tasted under sunny skies July 26-28, 2024 in McMinnville.
As is the tradition for IPNC, select local wineries host dinners the Thursday evening prior to the IPNC weekend to welcome visitors to the area. This year, on Thursday, July 25, 2024 Nysa will host a collaborative dinner with Audeant and Torii Mor, wineries also featured at IPNC, accompanied by wood-fire catering by Red Hills Market. More details on this Thursday night dinner will soon be available.
In May, Nysa will be a featured winery at the American Heart Association’s Heart’s Delight Auction in Washington DC to be held in May 2024. May will also see the official release of Nysa’s 2021 Chardonnay and 2022 Rosé of Pinot noir.
Nysa Vineyard designated grapes have been sourced by some of the Willamette Valley’s premium winemakers, with Torii Mor and Audeant among them. “Nysa started the year pouring at the Chardonnay Celebration and heads into summer with IPNC,” said owner Michael Mega. “These are already the makings of bookends for a banner year for Nysa.”
Sitting from 600-720 feet in the Dundee Hills of the Willamette Valley, the vineyard enjoys all cardinal aspects with the eastern slope predominant. Nysa was founded by Michael Mega in 1990, when Oregon was home to 330 vineyards compared to today’s 1,411. With 42 acres, currently 20 under vine, Nysa subscribed to what Mega refers to as “patient cellaring,” to allow these concentrated pinots to fully bloom and express the nuances of each vintage, with 2017 released now in 2024.
About Nysa Vineyard
Planted from 1990 through 2006 on volcanic Jory soil, with basalt bedrock 8 to 12 feet below the surface, the 20 acres of densely spaced dry farmed vines yield highly concentrated fruit. Given this optimum site our vinicultural goals are to limit crop load, control disease, and allow physiologic maturity to manifest in tandem with optimum sugar and acid levels. More about Nysa’s thoughtfully crafted winemaking is here: Nysa Vineyard.
