Jamie C.

Stunning grounds. Beautiful art. Wine was not my favorite. All fairly dry and acidic but if that's your thing come try it out! I did like their Pinot rose though. It's darker and more red than others. Almost looks like a Pinot noir but has great flavor. The pond has huge koi fish and beautiful plants around. Electronic art fixtures that move and change when you watch them. Rolling hills and 360 views. Has charcuterie board if you're snacking!

April M.

Enjoyed our tastings for 2 @ $30.00, Cheese & Charcuterie Board @ $28.00 & Hannah's Bridge City Mix Popcorn @ $8.00 with a view of the Koi pond, gardens, artwork & partial vineyard view outdoors on a beautiful day was well worth the price we spent on the 2 bottles of wine:) Thank you Ken for the relaxed & easygoing conversation. We appreciated your insight & sharing some Vineyard knowledge with us. Highly recommend this estate to hangout & chill with friends. They had high end artwork & sculptures outdoors for the serious buyer. There were also outdoor games to play like safe ax throwing & cornhole:)

DM C.

We stopped by this winery as we kept passing it in our travels back and forth from our accommodation. Great facility and immaculate grounds. We did not do a tasting but had a glass of very good Pinot Noir and Rose. Really enjoyed the atmosphere, very sleek, Asian inspired. Loved the Koi pond.

Alana K.

Absolutely gorgeous location with some noteworthy Pinots. Reservations are required, and they evidently fill up quickly on the weekends. The Japanese garden with koi pond, lavender fields, and serene walkways were all exquisite. The building itself is beautiful with great artwork within. Detracting from our visit this particular Friday was a wedding they were setting up for. We had to walk through the wedding photo session to enter the building and were questioning whether we had the right date/place down in our calendar. No warm reception by staff who themselves seemed disoriented by the wedding hubbub. We seated ourselves at a two-top by the floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors open to the outside since the patio was full. This would normally be just fine, but the wedding set-up soon blocked off our outdoor view , so we moved ourselves to a table-less spot on the patio. The patio is definitely the place to be on a summer day. I am regrettably and embarrassingly bad at remembering names, but our server (Lauren, maybe??) was great. She said it was only her second day. She was friendly, accommodating, and didn't hesitate to find out answers to our questions when she didn't know them off hand. I was thankfully the only one of us doing a tasting that afternoon. I say thankfully because these were some generous pours, and we would have otherwise had no choice but to stay for the wedding until we sobered up enough to drive home. My friends who recommended the winery said the same thing after their visit last summer, so I don't think this was a case of someone new being heavy handed. While I didn't care for the white or the rose I tried, the Pinots were lovely, and we ended up bringing two home with us which waived the tasting fee. We didn't partake, but they also offer a cheese and charcuterie spread as well as a few other small snacks. Surely worth a visit, but try to avoid a day when there's an event taking place so you can fully enjoy your surroundings.

TheLuxuryLowdownBlog L.

Literally, one of the prettiest wineries I've ever been to. Even though it was pouring rain outside, it still was amazing to visit. The drive to get there was a little long, but totally worth it in my opinion. Everything from the fun digital art to the beautiful Japanese garden makes me want to stay there all day. COVID precautions are in place. It's not too crowded and there was only one other group there when we went. My boyfriend and I got the standard tasting since it was complimentary with Alaska Airlines. If you didn't know, Alaska Airlines has a program where you can have free wine tastings at participating wineries. If you're interested, you can read more about it here (https://www.theluxurylowdown.com/free-wine-tasting-part-5-willamette-valley-oregon/). We tasted one chardonnay and three pinot noirs. We ended up buying a bottle of the 2017 Heritage Clones pinot noir. Can't wait to come back!

Raj S.

We loved our tasting here. Andrea poured us the wines and answered so many questions. Pinots were delicious. And, the rose - very refreshing for the warm spring day. Charcuterie board was plentiful for 2 and well prepared. The property is gorgeous. Koi are massive and fun to watch.

W B.

Great wine Great venue Great staff. Members for 4 years. They have a wonderful koi pond and multiple seating options.

What a gem! Beacon Hill Winery recommended we try Safron Fields and I'm very glad we did! I was surprised by the beautiful koi pond and all of the frogs in their other pond! The property was beautiful, the wine was good and the staff was very friendly. Tasting was $30. There were only two of us and we were able to walk in. I would recommend this place to friends.

Michele R.

But for the September review of Yelp friend Jessica K I would not have had Saffron Fields on my radar for a planned pre-Thanksgiving weekend wine tasting stop. So in the spirit of the season I start this review with thanks for hers and also extend her mitzvah by saying this: if you are wine tasting in the Willamette Valley go here! Fabulous new facility with intriguing architecture, gorgeous garden, spectacular views and very good first vintage wines to taste. The owners are husband and wife, Angela Summers and Sanjeev Lahoti, who are engineers from Houston. When they purchased the property in 2004 it was farmland with a barn (that will be of interest later if you read on) with a vision for a winery and winemaking through partnerships with local experts and contractors for the former and winemakers for the latter. FACILITY Set on a knoll, the wine tasting room building was created by a well known architect and the surrounding Asian themed landscaping, including water feature and sculptures and patio to take in the spectacular view, by a world class landscape architect. We had a chance to enjoy time with Angela as she walked us around to look at and talk about the art displayed throughout the facility. She also talked about the awareness on the part of the contractor as the work was unfolding that this was not a building with a garden but a garden with a building. The outside is integral to the structure itself. Some parts of the garden are still a work in progress and we are eager to see outcomes on our return visits. As to the structure, given the barn on the property could not reasonably be modified to become winery, although that was the owners' first thought to respect the land and origins, it was disassembled and the wood from the barn used in constructing this incredible tasting room. Look at the tight grain fir that lines the walls as you come in for just one example of that. Also impressive that they used local contractors for the project and a plaque outside names them and shows the distance from the winery where the businesses are located. Very nice. ART A perfect pairing with wine is art and some of the art here, from a visual graphic of beautiful but poisonous flowers projected on the wall to photos of Buddhist finger poses to bronze sculpture, comes from Angela and Sanjeev's personal collection. Some art, like a unique LED light panel display on one wall, was commissioned for the winery. What a treat to have this kind of gallery to enjoy with wine and views too. TASTING FORMAT Tasting flights are $15 and include five wines including the Saffron Fields first release of Riesling (very, very good - $28 / bottle) as well as their first vintage of Pinot Noir ($48). The former from grapes brought in from the Columbia Valley. The latter from estate grapes was my husband's favorite of the four Pinots poured, theirs plus three others using their grapes made by other local wine makers, such as Roots Saffron Fields Pinot Noir (which was my favorite). Great fun to taste how differently grapes from the same vineyard have nuance in the bottle based on how a winemaker treats them. Fee is refunded with a minimal purchase of any single bottle of Pinot Noir or any $50 total purchase. Metered pours in top quality stemware are offered by friendly and knowledgeable folks behind the tasting bar. During the pre Thanksgiving weekend event any tasting flight also entitled guests to enjoy a lunch of yummy petite sandwiches and fabulous cookies. (Note to self; Find this caterer!) That may be so for Thanksgiving weekend festivities too. TASTING SPACE Standing room at the bar. Also seating inside on a large, custom sectional as well as standard height (yahoo!) tables and chairs. More standard height seating on patio. PARKING A gravel lot right outside the tasting room front entry also includes two paved spaces for accessible parking. If the lot is full I imagine you'll need to park downhill of the long gravel driveway. ACCESSIBILITY From parking layout to pathway in the door to the tasting room and patios outside, this is a beautifully universally accessible facility. Although required to be so by Federal civil rights laws that are nearly 25 years old, it is astounding how many winery's ignore equal access. Kudos to the design and build team, including the owners, for getting this right so all people can get in the door. BOTTOM LINE Saffron Fields is fabulous all around right now. It will be fantabulous when they've settled in in the next year or so. What a find, thanks Jessica K!

James S.

The most peaceful winery we visited. Although we went on a Monday so I am assuming that had something to do with it. I bet on the weekends it is crowded. We really enjoyed walking our dog along the japanet garden path next to thekoi pond. We also did a wine tasting with a charcuterie board. indoors they had a lot of art as well. Definitely going to come back!