Purple Hands Wines

Purple Hands is the winery of Cody Wright, a young winemaker from Portland, Oregon. Cody makes wine the handmade way, maintaining a close connection to the vineyard.

People who make wine inevitably have "Purple Hands" during harvest, (along with quite a bit of purple on clothes and other parts of the body as well). During harvest, purple hands provide a quick way to recognize fellow winemakers.

Cody grew up in the Willamette Valley, Oregon's most recognized and abundant wine region. With constant immersion in the wine culture and with close family ties to some of the greatest wineries in the Northwest, Cody pursued intense but rewarding work assisting at key wineries in California, Oregon, New Zealand and Australia. Upon returning to Oregon, Cody set Purple Hands into full swing.

Cody's primary focus is on a constant awareness of the wine growing environment, carefully managing the way Purple Hands wine evolves through the process of picking and sorting the very best grapes, handling and pressing the grapes, watching over the juice during maceration and fermentation, patiently creating the ideal blends and completing the process with bottling and labels.

Purple Hands Pinot noir Stoller Vineyard 2010 $30.95 Retail $27.86 Qty. Cola, chocolate, cherry, strawberry, red raspberry, red currant, earth, rich minerality. A luscious, velvety mouthfeel with beautiful structure and elegant balance. - the winery... read more

Purple Hands Red Wine 09 $18.95 Retail $17.05 Qty. This silky wine has flavors of red raspberries and chocolate. 15% Pinot noir, Holstein Vineyard, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Syrah, 40% Merlot, Del Rio Vineyard. This blend has the ch... read more

Purple Hands Pinot noir Holstein Vineyard 09 $41.95 Retail $37.76 777 rootstock, hand-picked and hand sorted. Aged 9 months in neutral French oak. Unfined and lightly filtered. "Silky texture and robust notes of cherry and red raspberry hinting on terroir of red dirt and earth. The red fruit driven creamy... read more