Decanter: The rise of US urban wineries

There’s killer stuff coming from the nine-member PDX Urban Wineries Association in Portland, for instance.

Wine Spectator: He Said, She Said: Two Boedecker Pinots

Husband-and-wife team Stewart Boedecker and Athena Pappas from Oregon's Willamette Valley agree that Pinot is the perfect grape. But when it comes to style, they go in different directions. Join the fun as they talk winemaking - and relationships.

10 Unmissable Portland Urban Wineries and Tasting Rooms

No matter how hard you squint, the low-slung, uninspiring warehouses that populate Nothwest Portland’s industrial district will not resemble the verdant rolling hills of Oregon wine country. So you’ll have to let the wine at Boedecker Cellars, perched incongruously on NW 30th Avenue, transport you instead. The pours from the husband-and-wife team effort are more than up to the task. A great place to start is the $15 tasting flight, which includes the Portland Wine Project’s refreshingly approachable PDX Blanc, a blend of chardonnay, Riesling, and pinot gris that tastes like summer and bubbles, even as the weather turns to fall.

Wine Enthusiast: Boedecker Cellars 2011 Athena Pinot Noir (Willamette Valley)

Nicely differentiated from the companion Stewart bottling, this Athena is a sharp and spicy affair, with tight, tart cranberry and raspberry fruit. Native yeast fermentation and extended sur-lie aging add some snap to the finish. Try after 2016 for optimum enjoyment. – PAUL GREGUTT

Washington Post: This crisp, minerally $12 French white blend evokes the mountains where it’s grown

Boedecker Cellars Pinot Noir 2016 - This is solid Oregon pinot at a reasonable price. It features lively flavors of black cherry, mushroom and root beer spice, with a long finish that will leave you wanting more. ABV: 13.5 percent.

Forbes: Oregon’s Willamette Valley Makes Rosé Like No Place Else On Earth

Boedecker Cellars sources fruit from four estate vineyards for this small-production pleaser made in Portland’s North Industrial District. Husband-and-wife winemaking team Athena Pappas and Stewart Boedecker manage to coax maximum fruit flavor out of this Saignee-style Rosé, bringing it right up to the edge of sweet. But its crisp, clean finish keeps it from going there. This fine wine stands on its own, though that truffle popcorn served at the winery’s Friday happy hour — temporarily on hold — makes a nice accompaniment.

Oregononian: 4 Oregon wine discoveries from out of left field

The collaboration between Boedecker Cellars in Portland and The Olde McKenzie Bitters Co. in Eugene proves white wine spritzers don’t have to be insipid, sugary cocktails. Their new Grigio & Arancia is a tangy mix of pinot gris, bitters and sparkling water that makes a mighty fine dry apéritif.

Veteran winemakers Stewart Boedecker and Athena Pappas made the pinot gris. Boris Wiedenfeld-Needham of Olde McKenzie created the complementary bitters with orange, ginger and the gentian herb used in Aperol, Italy’s popular, but sweeter, apéritif.