Editing Cave Junction, Oregon (section)

=== Wine ===
The Illinois Valley is the coolest and wettest of the three valleys in the [[Southern Oregon AVA#Rogue Valley AVA|Rogue Valley]] [[American Viticultural Area]].<ref name="Rogue">{{cite web | title=Rogue Valley AVA | work=AppellationAmerica.com | publisher=Appellation America | url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Rogue-Valley.html | access-date=2009-02-02 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218183331/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Rogue-Valley.html | archive-date=2009-02-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref>  In the late 1960s and early 1970s a new group of Oregonians started experimenting with growing grapes and making wine.  Initially this group was not very successful, but 40 years later, Oregon is considered a prestigious growing area.<ref name="Gerber">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=20060503&id=s11WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qfADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6444,484701 |title=Oregon wine pioneer made the right call in Illinois Valley |access-date=2007-12-04 |last=Rutan |first=Roger |date=2006-05-03 |newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]] |location=Eugene, Oregon}}</ref> Southern Oregon is higher, and its climate is often warmer, than better known wine producing valleys such as [[Napa Valley AVA|Napa Valley]] to the south and [[Willamette Valley]] and [[Columbia Valley]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/09/Taste/Wine_of_the_week.shtml |title=Wine of the week Foris Fly-Over Red |access-date=2007-12-03 |last=Sherman |first=Chris |date=2005-03-09 |publisher=St. Petersberg Times}}</ref>  The Illinois Valley has dry warm summers and cold nights, which make it well suited for [[pinot noir]], in contrast to the hotter and drier [[Rogue Valley|Rogue]] and [[Umpqua River|Umpqua]] valleys.<ref name="Gerber"/>  Several vineyards and wineries are located near Cave Junction, including [[Bridgeview Vineyard and Winery|Bridgeview Vineyards]], [[Foris Vineyards Winery]], and Bear Creek Winery which are all discussed in [[Fodor's]] 2004 book "Oregon Wine Country."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cavejunctionoregon.com/attractions.html |title=Attractions |access-date=2007-12-04 |publisher=Cave Junction Chamber of Congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118053434/http://www.cavejunctionoregon.com/attractions.html |archive-date=2008-01-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0112/life/stories/01life.htm |title=Fodor book gives boost to local wineries |access-date=2007-12-06 |last=Twitchell |first=Cleve |date=2005-01-12 |work=Wine Talk |publisher=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701125030/http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0112/life/stories/01life.htm |archive-date=2012-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cave Junction is the home of Bridgeview Vineyards, one of the largest [[winery|wineries]] in Oregon.<ref>{{cite book |last=Perdue |first=Andy |title=The Northwest Wine Guide: A Buyer's Handbook  |year=2003 |publisher=Sasquatch Books |isbn=978-1-57061-361-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/northwestwinegui00andy|url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/northwestwinegui00andy/page/107 107] |quote=Bridgeview Vineyards. }}</ref>  Bridgeview is noted for its chardonnay, pinot gris and pinot noir.  At the 2000 [[Food & Wine Magazine|American Wine Awards]], Bridgeview's 1998 Bridgeview Oregon Blue Moon was selected as the best pinot noir under $15.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/american-wine-awards-2000 |title=American Wine Awards 2000 |access-date=2007-09-29 |publisher=American Express Publishing Corporation}}</ref>  Its {{convert|85|acre|ha|adj=on}} estate in the Illinois Valley is planted in the European style of dense {{convert|6|ft|m|adj=on}} row and {{convert|4|ft|m|adj=on}} vine spacing.  Bridgeview also has an {{convert|80|acre|ha|adj=on}} vineyard in the [[Applegate Valley]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/99999999/LIFE07/70416071 |title=Bridgeview |access-date=2007-09-27 |newspaper=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161037/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F99999999%2FLIFE07%2F70416071 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Foris Vineyards Winery is also located in the Cave Junction area.  Established in 1986,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071128/LIFE/711280307 |title=Foris offers bargains for wine lovers |access-date=2007-12-03 |last=Twitchell |first=Cleve |date=2007-11-28 |work=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161632/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071128%2FLIFE%2F711280307 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as of 2007, they produced 48,000 cases of wine, making it the 14th largest bonded winery in Oregon.<ref name="local business">{{cite web |url=http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080124/BIZ/801240320 |title=Local Business |access-date=2008-01-24 |date=2008-01-24 |publisher=Mail Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610161952/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080124%2FBIZ%2F801240320 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>