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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 read more

Purple Hands Red Wine 08

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Purple Hands Red Wine 08 - This blend has the character and the elegance of Bordeaux varieties of the Languedoc region in southern France. The structure integrates, not letting the fruit over power its terrior. The fruit power lingers as this wi...read more

Purple Hands Pinot noir Holstein Vineyard 08

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Purple Hands Pinot noir Holstein Vineyard 08 - made with Cody's step-father, Rolin Soles (Argyle).

Classic, nuanced, Burgundian, sophisticated, layered (a little tight until it had a chance to breathe), long long intriguing finish with b...read more


 

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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.

Purple Hands Red Wine

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.