The Columbia River Gorge is a perfect growing environment with water, deer fence and every growing advantage! This is the best area for your new plantings! These well drained slopes will make a name for your fruit. Property is for sale at $10,000 an acre or at grower’s option; 35 year extendable leases—$400 an acre plus 4%: - 1/2 the price of Red Mountain
Just 4 miles East of The Dalles is a superb blend of perfect elevation, air flow, rain shadow and growing conditions for high-value fruit.
This land has been historically owned for several generations and has always been farmed for wheat. Now a break in tradition is begun with full water rights and deer fencing. Forty acres of vineyard have already been started with great promise. Cherries and blueberries will follow. 160 acres are not spoken for on the northern “Douglas Place” with at least 300 acres available on the adjacent “English Place” property to the South. IFP Net indicate 2,850 degree days that compare as a mean between Napa, Red Mountain and Walla Walla. The frost-free period is from mid-April through late October. The natural canyons provide air drainage year round and recent data indicates that the property is in a natural rain shadow with most precipitation tracking south of this property
Soils are deep Walla Walla silt loam and no bottom was found in all the 6’ deep irrigation trenching. The area is sublimely beautiful with amazing views of Mt. Hood and Gorge. It is only minutes from The Dalles yet you are in your own world. Property is available for long term lease at half the Red Mt. prices and you don’t have to be out in the middle of nowhere to boot. The Columbia Gorge area is the finest for cherries and grapes. Irrigated land for these purposes is nearly impossible to find. Owner has established Measure 47 claim rights and a possibility for ownership with lease is probable. |
