Boedecker Cellars

I’ve been here three times and I’m impressed. Staff are very friendly and knowledgeable. Wines are quite good. I recommend!

I have been friends with Athena for years and had their wines many times. I even found a bottle of the Stewart when I was on vacation once in southern Ontario, Canada. The tasting room is beautiful, the wines are great. They support charity events, local farming and business and you couldn’t ask to meet nicer people.

Apparently if you reserve a car online, that doesn’t guarantee it will actually be there when you go to Avis to pick it up. (I should write a separate ranting review for Avis…) Anyway, our plan to visit the vineyards fell through, so we decided to make the most of being stranded in Portland. Solution: urban wineries.
This experience is completely different than visiting a vineyard in Dundee, but it was still a wonderful afternoon. It isn’t really fair to compare the rolling vineyard hills to NW Industrial parking lots, so I’m trying to review Boedecker Cellars for what it is. And I should also mention what it is not. It is not a fancy, elaborate tasting room, but a small and simple space. This place is about wine, and that is it.
However, that is certainly enough! The wine here is wonderful, and priced fairly. Bottles range from $ 15-​$ 65, and you’ll get a quality wine at any price point. A tasting is $ 10, but that’s waived if you buy a bottle. Since the atmosphere doesn’t lend to relaxing and drinking wine all day, I suggest a quick, informative tasting, and then taking a bottle (or a few) home.
I came in on a quiet weekend afternoon, so there were only a few other people tasting and stocking up on bottles. Based on the Unilocal photos others posted, it looks like they hold events here as well. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that! I’ll definitely be back to stock up on «special bottles» (which to me and my boyfriend, as students, means anything over $ 10). If you’re into Pinots definitely look into joining the wine club… You can find out all about it when you go, but it may be worth it to have a local source for quality, affordable wine.

I got the opportunity to check this place out because my friends had a fourth reservation space available. They are all huge into wine and I am definitely a newbie in the area. It should stand as a testament to this location that both they and I were entertained and enjoyed the wine as well as the tour and the personable staff.
Boedecker, named after its founders only about ten years ago, is full on PNW charm; the employee working today during my visit told us that the furthest south the winery goes to acquire its fruit is Eugene, Oregon. Boedecker Cellars also has dueling Pinot Noirs – one named after founder Athena and one named after founder Stewart – made to highlight different flavors in various Pinot Noirs.
All in all, it was a great first wine tasting experience for me and certainly worth it for the others present. They were all there using a current deal: $ 22 for two to have wine tasting, snacks, and go home with a bottle of wine for your trouble. Not too shabby.

I love Boedecker Wines! Their pinots are phenomenal. My wife prefers the Stewart and I prefer the Athena so we always have to get both! The entire Pappas line is amazing and a great value. I highly recommend! We’ve never been disappointed by anything that we’ve opened from them!

I have been a fan of the Boedecker’s since they were in Carlton, and now their studio for the past couple of years is conveniently in NW PDX.
This couple has a passion for good wine and its economical. They are throwing events like soup nights and harvest tastings regularly. In fact, last night, I went to a wine club happy hour pairing of their rose and two pinots. The tables were donned with white cloths and bottles of wines with candles lit. The wine was each accompanied by a wonderful appetizer — balsamic strawberries and goat cheese, shitake mushroom frisee salad and a croûton of pork and chutney.
I have to admit — I joined their wine club on the spot!
Glad you are close!
Beautiful space for events too when its not filled with the oaking barrels! Tasting room is tres chic minimalism. Encourage you to stop in for a sip of your own!

The best wine, the greatest hospitality and all without the 45 minute drive to wine country! They are my favorite producers of Oregon Pinot Noir– hands down. There’s no better place to relax and enjoy a glass of wine as you gaze into their barrel cellars. Go there — you’ll be happy you did.