A Blooming Hill Vineyard and Winery

This winery & vineyard is a world class experience situated in a lovely bucolic environment. Nestled in a veil of trees and surrounded by sloping hills and lush natural landscape, the vineyard sprawls below the charming country home whose doors open to dark-​washed hardwood floors and a cozy salon decorated in local art, vintage light fixtures and intimate seating off to the right of the glistening wood bar. The receiving room adjacent hearkens to a golden-​years Hollywood theme with antique, classic and elegant furnishings. The wine is absolutely exquisite, lush, complex and nuanced. The pinots will hold their own against pricier counterparts with grace. They are structured and layered with vivacious fruit and warm leather accoutrements. The wine dogs, Gemini and Trouble, add a special touch. Jim and Holly are the consummate hosts who bring an eloquent, stately and witty New York presence married with demure, unassuming atmosphere. You feel at home and welcomed here. The wine club is wickedly affordable and comes accompanied by release fêtes. Hollys cooking is to die for. Come if you’re ready to enjoy the hospitality of rural Oregon that remains untarnished by the increasingly commercialized and impersonal feel of encroaching Napa syndrome. Cheers!!!

I really liked this place. It had great pinot gris and pinot noir. They had a semi-​sweet Riesling that is also worth checking out. The tasting room is basically the downstairs living room of the house so its nothing grand or spectacular but has a nice non-​pretentious homey atmosphere to it. They had a groupon for two tastings, two wine glasses, and a bottle of pinot noir for $ 20 which is why I checked them out and was glad I did. The free pinot wasn’t my favorite of theirs but I wouldn’t have expected it to be for that price. Recommended if you are in Cornelius.

They do not practice sanitary food service! My husband and I came in to taste some wine. There was already a couple at the «bar», and they had a plate of cheese and crackers in front of them, and they were eating it. When they left, the blond lady pouring the wine moves their mostly eaten cheese in front of us! We were shocked to say the least. The couple before us had definitely eaten the cheese before us, and we were expected to share the utensils and food they had already touched? Don’t know if it’s an Oregon thing. Despite their very good wine, we were turned off by their lack of sanitary food service. Yes I know it’s not a restaurant, but people don’t want to be given a masticated soft cheese touched by who knows how many people. Dry bar snacks are understandable. But not soft goat cheese where strangers are using the same knife or double dipping.

My girlfriend, and I first visited A Blooming Hill on a groupon that she had picked up. The day we visited was real quiet, and Holly was out of town leaving Jim to run the tasting room by himself. It was great to hear Jim talk about the different wines.
A Blooming Hill does a 5 flight tasting.
We are huge fans of the 08 Pinot Noir (The rest are great too). The quality of Jim’s wine is fantastic, and the prices can’t be beat for such great product.
The wine club is an outstanding value as well. We are proud to be members here.
We have tasted quite a few other Pinot Noir’s. And Jim’s hold’s up easily to the wineries that charge double. Easily one of the best values around.
The View of Mount Hood from the bench swing on a clear day is our favorite as well.
Go visit!

After our Rachel’s burgers experience, I had another «GroupOn» of sorts it was actually a local coupon you bought for $ 20 and received $ 40 in product and since our first coupon of the day went well we decided to try this place out.
This is well off the beaten path but well signed with those helpful blue signs so we decided to cruise (as much as you can in a 72 Chev pickup – long story but a fun one) up the the winery.
The tasty room is actually in the basement of the owner’s home. We were greet by two «wine dogs» they are big dogs but very friendly.
There were many wines to taste and we each chose five to taste. There were about 11 or 12 to choose from.
A few whites, a Rose’ or two and several reds. The pinot noir has won an award or two and was quite tasty. Our coupon entitled us to two free tastings, a bottle of the pinot noir and two glasses. We bought a Rose and a white wine. It’s summer time, well a hot spring at least, and it’s time to bust out the refreshing white wines.
The wines are tasty and fairly inexpensive. The view is beautiful and a nice view of the mountains, Mount Hood right out the back of the house and directly to your left as you look east is Mount St Helens. On this day the view was quite clear and beautiful.
Jim and Holly Witte are newcomers to the wine industry but so far so good. Jim has stories to tell he spend twenty years or so in Hollywood working in the television industry.
I’ll definitely come back and check this place out. Friendly folks and tasty wine.
Note: It might be a challenge to traverse to the tasting room if you have mobility issues, gravel driveway and a stone path lead downhill to the tasting room.

I love it when we find little hidden treasures in our area! A Blooming Hill Vineyard and winery is just that. Nestled in the rolling hills south of Cornelius, A Blooming Hill Vineyard and Winery is seemingly a little known local wine maker that is gaining recognition, and deservingly so.
The winery tasting area seems to be run out of the finished basement of the vineyard owner’s home. It is a small operation, quaint, and friendly; nothing fancy. The owners, a husband and wife team (Holly and Jim), were on grounds during our visit, serving the wine and talking with us about the awards their wine had received. The couple was extremely friendly and seemed to enjoy talking about their wine with us. I would have enjoyed talking with them more if it were not for the other guest they needed to assist.
I didn’t have high expectations for the wine… after all, I had never even heard of the vineyard. However, after just one sip of my husband’s Pinot Noir I knew these two knew how to make a good wine! So I had a glass of their Pinot Noir 2009. Oh baby, that was good! I was dying for another glass, and that like never happens! I spoke to Holly and Jim about my love for the 2009 Pinot Noir and Jim then told me about the awards they had received for their 2008 Pinot Noir. From what I can recall, there was a local competition with entries from around the world of different Pinot Noirs… over 300 entries. From that, there were about 50 top wines that were chosen for judging. A Blooming Hills was selected and received a silver medal. So, of course, I wanted to try that one! It was good for sure. Bold, rich; a great Pinot Noir. I preferred the 2009 over it as I am a light weight and the 09 was a little less bold, but excellent non-​the-​less! It has yet to be entered into completion! I wish them the best; that 09 is worth a gold medal in my book!
Here is what their website says about the 2008 Pinot: — «Noir has a superbly fruit forward flavor and gorgeous garnet color, a smooth sensation and long finish. Silver Award — Northwest Wine Summit; Bronze — Northwest Food & Wine Festival; Outstanding — Oregon Wine Awards; Silver — 9^th Annual Pinot Shootout, Sebastopol, CA»
Anyway, the grounds were beautiful! The indoor wine tasting area was nice; like I said, nothing fancy, but nice and appropriate for the rural setting. I wish we had a reason to return and relax their more often! The wine was priced very reasonably; average was about $ 15-​$ 20 for a bottle. Holly told me they sell their wine at the Tuesday Market in Hillsboro as well as Hanks Market. Guess I’ll be heading their soon to buy me some wine!