“Owner and winemaker Danielle Lafayette operates Lafayette and White Cellars, a small batch producer started with Andrew White. She creates wines with minimal intervention adopting novel approaches to both expected and less common varieties. Her Eocene 2023 Rosé, an unusual blend of 80 percent Pinot Noir, 15 percent Pinot Gris and 5 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, fills the nose with fruit and a hint of funk. The palate is rich with pleasant fruit and suggestions of mint, watermelon, and, retronasally, watermelon rind. Great balance and texture.”

—Click here for the full article By Neal D. Hulkower of Oregon Wine Press

“If a Winemaker has total artistic freedom, not held down by market preferences or current consumer demands, they’re given permission for unbridled thought processes and realization of innovative techniques and outcomes. Those outcomes are recognized by consumers, encouraged and honestly, welcomed with open arms.” -Danielle LafAYETTE

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“The 2024 Newport Seafood and Wine Festival brought us two medals! Bronze for our 2022 Eocene Rose and silver for our 2021 eocene chardonnay!”

--Newport Seafood and Wine Festival

“"Another first-timer is Lafayette and White Cellars, a small batch producer started by Danielle Lafayette and Andrew White. They employ minimal intervention and novel approaches to both expected and less common varieties. The 2022 Embue Pinot Gris is an amber wine sourced from the Tualatin Hills AVA. It offers aromas of fruit, spice with savory notes, yielding a pleasant perfume of cantaloupe as it warms. The palate features sweet melon"”