Beaux Frères

The wines were top of the line and tasted «like liquid sunshine splashing on my tongue». The staff was very friendly and very cute place.
But the very best part? The pig… PORKCHOP!!!

Just came back from a major buying trip to OR, Visited 15 top shelf wineries in the Valley.
Must say the visit to Beaux Freres was the highlight. Outstanding Pinots!!!, Wes was an outstanding host– Thank You!. We came early in the morning, middle of the week and we were the only ones. The tasting room is small and very unpretentious. You must make an appointment but these wines will change your life!!!
Joined the club after the tasting. Tasting fee refunded with purchase, You must go there if your serious about your wine. The 2007 is the benchmark.
If you just looking to have fun and drink, go join the posters who complain
about $ 25 tasting fees when the bottles run $ 75 and up.
Also recommend going to Brick House and Big Table Farm, All with gracious hosts and phenomenal wines.

Gotta be honest, was a huge fan of their wines and their tasting experience leaves a bit to be desired. The owner greeted us and then took us into the wine room to meet with the tasting manager. They were all very nice and accommodating. I’ve had the wines before at a restaurant and seemed to recall they were better. They are quite expensive for pinots as well but perhaps that is because you are paying for the Robert Parker name (his brother-​in-​law is the owner).

I would rank Beaux Freres as the top of my list of all Willamette Valley wines. You will however, need to make a reservation.
The simplicity of «BF» makes me really appreciate everything about the place. Pinot Noir is the sole focus and they don’t compromise on quality one bit. I’m not a wine expert, but I understand the difference between good, great and mediocre. «BF» is great!
The tasting room was right in the work place. No fancy tasting rooms, no pretentious attitudes. Just down to earth people who make, pour and sell fantastic wine. Our server was attentive and informative. He explained the vintages and even brought out older ones to compare and contrast.
My wife and I bought a couple bottles of the 2011 vintage, since our server let us taste 2007, which was a similar year as far as the weather conditions.
Several days after returning home from our trip to «BF,» we received a nice handwritten thank you note for stopping by and for buying a couple bottles. I can honestly say that this was something I one, didn’t expect and two, never have received. I was genuinely impressed.
Thanks Beaux Freres!

Damn! This place is chill! Get a reservation and check it out. $ 20 bucks gets you a tasting of five of the most amazing pinot noirs.
Here is the cool part. Most places you taste a variety of wines from different lots. Maybe even a few different varietals. Here, you can try the same wine from the same estate for a number of different years. You can really get a sense how wine is affected by changes in growing conditions and aging. Very cool opportunity.
We tried 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 (2 different ones). You’ll have to ask em why there was no 2010 available. Each year was quite unique.
Service here was very friendly. Its a small tasting room and you get very personal attention. Since its reservation only no rush and no crowds here.
The tasting room had a rustic look and feel. All natural wood interior. Some nice colorful paintings adorn the walls. I believe they were for sale.

Didn’t have to travel far to get introduced to the gem quality wines of this unique vineyard. Kurt Johnson, their Director of Sales and Marketing, was traveling near us in Eastern MA and just a mile from home we heard him give a very entertaining and educational master class in their wine, vineyard history and winemaking world view. Oh and we drank 5 fabulous wines lovingly made and presented. Sublime.
You will be glad you buy anything they produce. Unfortunately for us that is limited to a small production of a rather short list of estate Pinot Noirs as well as a blended Willamette Vally Pinot Noir (which is 25% their grapes, 32% Zena Crown, 21% Gran Moraine, 13% Amalie Roberts, 7% Shea, and 2% Upper Terrace. A distinguished lot to work with you would agree. The only thing entry level about this blend is the price — a delicious blend indeed of 6 terroir — woven masterfully in a distinct way with their subtle hand and tendency to limit meddling with the wine in any of the common ways– they just don’t believe in adding anything much. For what it’s worth Wine Spectator scores them consistently highly over the past 20 years and even with the less than predictable weather of the last 5 years in their sweet valley they have had amazing results with each year having its own character quite obvious in the wines as you drink them. Kudos

Not open all year round, so I’ve built up for this occasion for the past six months and I have to say I was not disappointed. Wines range from $ 45 – 90, most are very typical of the Newberg area terroir; well balanced, brilliant, nice finish. However what really impressed me was the «COATTAILS» Pinot Noir. I believe this was the best Pinot I’ve had in Oregon so far!!! I would VERY rarely spend $ 70 for a bottle, but I just couldn’t fight the impulse (it was that good). Definitely not an economy wine especially for the everyday wine drinker like myself, but it’s nice to know that such a nice Pinot is made in Oregon. For more honest Oregon wine reviews see my other entries.

This is one of three stops on a beautiful sunny Saturday in May made by my Son and I. We are well versed on wine country travel & tasting and were standing tall so to speak at Beaux Frères Vineyards on Ribbon Ridge just south west of Newberg by 10:30 AM. Beaux Frères like a lot of small wineries are only open a couple times of the year, normally Memorial Day & Thanksgiving. There are private tours and tasting but one must call ahead. Almost all these wineries hold these tasting in their working wineries and cellars, very cool to see the equipment used in making the wines and the barrel rooms were you can almost hear the wines in slumber as they while away the months till bottling. On this trip our first flight of wines to taste were their current release Pinot Noirs, which included, 2007 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, 2007 Beaux Frères Vineyard Pinot Noir and their top rated 2007 Upper Terrace Pinot Noir. We found these wines to have full but soften bouquets, good mid pallet and the 2007 vintage as a whole to be rather feminine. Then the fun part for wino’s, barrel tasting the 2008, which won’t be bottled till March of 2010. Again this flight was made up of 2008 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, 2008 Beaux Frères Vineyard Pinot Noir and their top rated 2008 Upper Terrace Pinot Noir. First off we really like the 2008 vintage, it seems bigger more in your face, almost chewy. The bouquet, balance & structure really stand out. The tasting was $ 15.00 and included a Riedel Oregon Pinot Noir Glass, which was yours to keep, beautiful glass. So your asking which wine did we buy, we bought a magnum (double bottle) of the 2008 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. We will pick up the bottle next May (2010), which is a great incentive to taste the next set of Beaux Frees wines.