Frequently Asked Questions

The Estate Tasting Experience typically lasts 60 to 90 minutes.

Yes. Our team is happy to help guide you through our à la carte food menu and make recommendations that fit your dietary restrictions and allergies.

The Wine and Food Pairing Experience is designed as a more immersive tasting, lasting up to two and a half hours.

The Wine and Food Pairing Experience is available Thursday through Sunday at 11am and 2pm, by advance reservation only. For a party of six or more guests, or for a reservation requested within 7 days, please contact our team directly by email or phone. Please note: a 20% gratuity will be added for parties over six guests.

Yes. We are pleased to accommodate essential dietary restrictions and allergies for the Wine and Food Pairing Experience with advance notice, and we offer a non-alcoholic pairing option upon request. While we are happy to accommodate dietary needs with advance notice, we are unable to modify the menu for personal preferences, as each dish is intentionally crafted to pair with the wines being served.

Yes, Ambar Estate wines are available for purchase online, including limited releases and seasonal offerings. We recommend subscribing to our email updates to stay current on all things Ambar Estate. For full access to all Ambar Estate wines, we recommend joining the Ambar Circle wine club.

Select vintages are available in limited quantities as magnum, large-format bottles. These are often reserved for Ambar Circle members and are ideal for extended aging.

We currently ship to the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. If you have specific requests or questions regarding shipping, please contact our team directly by email or phone.

We closely monitor weather conditions to protect wine in transit. If temperatures exceed safe thresholds, we will hold the shipment and coordinate a more suitable delivery window to ensure the wine arrives in excellent condition.

A Regenerative Organic Certified® vineyard is organic certified, but uses additional techniques and practices to prioritize soil health, carbon capture, animal welfare, and social fairness. As part of the Regenerative Organic Certification® standards, we practice minimal tilling (and are moving toward complete no-till), which in turn sequesters carbon and helps reduce our carbon footprint. Additionally, we bring sheep onto the property in the winter months to graze our cover crop, which prevents the soil compaction caused by tractor mowing and adds natural fertilizer. We adhere to and support Regenerative Organic Certification® standards for everyone working at Ambar Estate, which include fair hiring practices, non-discrimination, protection from abuse and harassment, equal pay, health and safety, and commitment to paying a living wage.

Ambar Estate is proud to be the first Regenerative Organic Certified® vineyard in the Willamette Valley. To explore other Regenerative Organic Certified® brands and products, visit the Regenerative Organic Alliance website.

No. As part of our commitment to Regenerative Organic® farming, Ambar Estate does not use synthetic herbicides (including glyphosate), synthetic pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. Instead, we farm organically and rely on natural systems, including cover crops, a biodiverse ecosystem, and grazing animals to promote vineyard health.

No. As part of our commitment to Regenerative Organic® farming, Ambar Estate does not use synthetic herbicides (including glyphosate), synthetic pesticides, or synthetic fertilizers. Instead, we farm organically and rely on natural systems, including cover crops, a biodiverse ecosystem, and grazing animals to promote vineyard health.

Yes. In addition to Regenerative Organic Certification®, Ambar Estate holds certifications from CCOF, LIVE (Low-Input Viticulture and Enology), Salmon-Safe, and Bee-Friendly Farming. The vineyard is also completely dry-farmed, using no irrigation.

According to our winemaker, Bryan Weil, it begins in the soil. Healthier, more biologically active soils help the vines ripen more evenly and naturally, leading to wines with greater balance, freshness, and clarity of flavor. “You don’t taste ‘organic’ as a flavor,” Bryan explains, “but you can often notice a cleaner fruit expression, more precise acidity, and a sense of purity that comes from healthier vineyard ecology.” Our cover crops, which include many native wildflowers, also help to keep the vineyard cooler during the summer months, which allows the clusters to hang longer on the vine and develop more concentration of flavor before harvest.

The Dundee Hills AVA is known for iron-rich Jory soils, elevation, and cooling influences, all of which contribute to balance and structure in the vineyard. These conditions allow Ambar Estate to produce Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that are distinctly Oregonian, while our Regenerative Organic® farming practices result in pristine, flavorful fruit and, ultimately, beautiful wines.

In general, at Ambar Estate we strive for expressive Chardonnay that emphasizes freshness and texture, and Pinot Noir that highlights elegance, structure, and depth. Ambar Estate’s Lustral Chardonnay is a rich, textured, and expressive white wine with vibrant acidity balanced by a layered palate of citrus, stone fruit, white florals, and subtle notes of oak. Sacra Terra Pinot Noir is a rich red wine offering a more aromatic and structured expression than the Lustral Chardonnay, with red fruit, baking spice, earthy nuance, and silky tannins carrying through a long, balanced finish.  Both wines are intended to age for extended periods. 

Ambar Estate is best known for its Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, both shaped by Dundee Hills terroir and our Regenerative Organic® farming practices. We also offer a Rosé of Pinot Noir during the spring and summer season, and limited quantities of sparkling wine, such as our 2022 Blanc de Blancs.

Ambar Estate’s first-ever sparkling wine, the 2022 Blanc de Blancs, is a sparkling wine of remarkable vibrancy and complexity. It was crafted using the traditional method (méthode champenoise) with patience and intention, and aged en tirage for three years. As a founding member of Method Oregon, we are proud to be part of a collective dedicated to producing world-class traditional method sparkling wines and advancing Oregon’s reputation as a premier sparkling wine region. The Method Oregon seal on our label signifies that our wine is made in accordance with one of the world’s most rigorous standards for the farming and production of traditional method sparkling wine.

Ambar Estate has eliminated foil capsules to reduce waste, a small change that reflects a broader commitment to thoughtful, sustainable practices as part of our Regenerative Organic® commitment.

Our goal is to channel the full potential of our estate fruit into Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with the structure to age alongside the greatest examples in the world and develop beautiful tertiary aromas and flavors. Both the Lustral Chardonnay and Sacra Terra Pinot Noir can age 10–15 years, and our Estate Pinot Noir and Estate Chardonnay can age 8-10 years.