DISCUSSING OREGON PINOT NOIR AND CHARDONNAY WITH DOMAINE SERENE WINEMAKER MICHAEL FAY

Associate Editor and Taster Claire Nesbitt sits down with Domaine Serene Winemaker Michael Fay to ask about the proportion of pinot noir versus chardonnay grapes used at the winery, as well as its plans for making more chardonnay."We're definitely bullish on chardonnay," Michael says. "We really believe in three things for chardonnay that really make this style of chardonnay that we want. We're really only interested in planting chardonnay in high elevations, on Jory soils ... and using Dijon clones, which are early-ripening clones of chardonnay."