In the late 1960's, when Dick and Nancy Ponzi purchased 20 acres of a small farm in the Willamette Valley to cultivate pinot noir, they became pioneers of what is now regarded as the country's best terroir for the grape. Then as now, their Ponzi Vineyards' bottling is an honest pinot noir, with qualities of summer violets, black spices, and savory black cherries. Delicious with mushroom dishes, salmon filets, and rib eye steak.