Stephen Hagen and his wife Niki met in 1996; 60 days after their first date, they purchased the property that is now Antiquum Farm, along with its 20.5ha of vineyards. They wanted to offer their future children, Daisy and Juel, the childhood that Stephen was lucky to have. A native son of the Willamette Valley’s coastal foothills, Stephen was raised only a few miles down the road from Antiquum Farm. Of the 140 acres that comprise Antiquum Farm, just over twenty are planted to vine. Their Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir vineyards produce distinctive fruit bearing the terroir clearly expressed in our wines. Their livestock are not only the most important part of the viticultural system, they are also the foundation of a rich catalog of farm products that provide their guests with an even more complete experience of the bounty of Antiquum Farm. The soils are cultivated in the tradition of pre-1940s agriculture. No outside fertilizers, synthetic or otherwise, are used. The vineyard floor is intensively managed for abundant life. This means letting the wild in, while contributing species enhance vine health, insect habitat and diversity. Returning livestock to this mix is essential: a flock of Katahdin/Dorper crosses are the cornerstone of fertility management. The Hagens' use intensive rotational grazing to cycle nutrients from diverse cover crops to the vines. Several years of this practice have led to a vineyard that needs no other fertilizer, creating wines that are truly site specific. Clonal selection does not matter there, as not a single clone on the site behaves as expected. Vinification: fermentation with indigenous yeasts for all the wines, which are vegan. The wines are unfined and left to settled naturally.

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