Dundee Hills AVA

Dundee Hills was established as the nation's 172nd, the state's ninth and the county's second appellation on November 30, 2004, by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing a petition submitted by Alex Sokol Blosser, secretary of the North Willamette Valley AVA Group, proposing a viticultural area in Yamhill County named "Red Hills." The petitioner subsequently amended the area's name to "Dundee Hills." At the outset, the area cultivated under vine. ==Soil and viticulture==

Dundee Hills are a north–south oriented range of hills on the western side of the Willamette River valley. The soil is Jory series reddish silt, clay and loam, moderately fertile and well-drained suitable for grape cultivation. The region gets of rainfall per year. The Chehalem Mountains to the north protect the region from the cool breezes that enter Willamette Valley from the Columbia Gorge. ==See also==