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Lytle-Barnett has been named a 2026 finalist for Wine Enthusiast’s Wine Star Awards, American Winery of the Year. It is a distinction that recognizes not just a vintage, but a body of work. It belongs first to founder Andy Lytle, whose conviction that the Eola-Amity Hills could produce traditional method sparkling wine worthy of the world’s finest houses set this estate in motion. It belongs equally to Director of Winemaking Andrew Davis, whose rigor in the cellar has carried that vision through every riddling, every disgorgement, every bottle aged patiently past the point most would call it finished. It belongs to our entire team, and to you as well: the club members and visitors whose support has made this work possible from the very first pour.
This recognition also reflects on something larger than any one winery. Method Oregon is the standard Andy and Andrew helped establish, and one that holds this region’s sparkling wine to the same discipline as Champagne itself. We’re proud of what this nod says about Oregon, humbled to be named among such esteemed company, and genuinely excited to keep pouring what we believe is proof that Oregon sparkling wine hasn’t just arrived.
It’s here to stay.
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Lytle-Barnett stands among a small and singular group in the Eola-Amity Hills of Oregon’s Willamette Valley: a handful of wineries devoted entirely to the art of traditional method sparkling wine. Founded by Andy Lytle, our house was built on the conviction that this stretch of Oregon—its volcanic and sedimentary soil variation, its high-elevation aspect, the daily pull of the Van Duzer Corridor winds—produces sparkling wine fruit of genuinely world-class consequence. Every cuvée we release is estate-grown, traditionally produced, riddled and disgorged on site, and aged on the lees beyond what the standard requires. We are, by design, a sparkling wine house—not a winery that happens to make bubbles.
That conviction has carried us beyond our own cellar. In 2025, Andy Lytle and Director of Winemaking Andrew Davis were among the founding architects of Method Oregon, the formal designation setting the standard for traditional method sparkling wine produced in the state. We didn’t simply sign on; we helped write it. Every bottle that leaves our cellar—from the Anahata and Windfall Vineyards we farm in the Eola-Amity Hills to the years of patient lees aging that follow—reflects the rigor we asked for and committed to.
Explore the wines, or join us in the wine lounge to discover the magic for yourself. Here, bubbles aren’t a sideline—they’re the whole point.