Jun 11, 2026 · 58 min · 10 segments
A revolution has begun in Oregon and it could change American wine forever. After decades of experimentation, hard work, and dreams - the greatest sparkling wine producers in Oregon have banded…
Jason WiseHost
Andy LytleGuest
Jeanne FeldkampGuestDan DiephausGuestNo entities detected.
On today's episode, I am going to have three of the most prominent sparkling winemakers in America, that happen to be from Oregon, talk about a movement that's happening in Oregon that is going to change American wine, in my personal opinion.
Method Oregon is the first American classification where people are trying to band together and create a standard of wine.
You don't really see Napa saying, "Here's how many months, uh, your wine has to be in barrel.
Here's what grapes you're allowed to blend." You don't see Santa Barbara doing that with Pinot or with Chardonnay or any of those things.
But in Oregon, there are enough sparkling wine producers that have banded together to try to say, "Here's how long it should be in barrel.
Here's how long X and Y," and they're putting a classification to make traditional method sparkling wine.
And to be v- honest with you, I mean, I know if you've listened to this pod or you see things on SommTV, you know I'm a very big fan of the sparkling wines up in Oregon.
So I wanted to have Andy Lytle of Lytle Barnett, Jeanne Feldkamp, and Dan Diephaus of Corollary Wines on the podcast to talk about what is happening in Oregon and how challenging it is to get everybody on the same page to create a standard.
And then I'm gonna force these guys to rank the top five sparkling wine regions in the world, and whether or not they include Oregon on that list and where it sits.
If you're a SommTV subscriber, you'll be able to watch this on SommTV, this whole episode.
We've got an award-winning episode on Method Oregon that you can watch right now, and, uh, there's a lot more coming.
Go to SommTV.com and you can watch tons and tons on Oregon and, uh, what's happening in that state.
Without further ado, my conversation with winemakers about Method Oregon and the revolution it has started.
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On today's episode, I am going to have three of the most prominent sparkling winemakers in America, that happen to be from Oregon, talk about a movement that's happening in Oregon that is going to change American wine, in my personal opinion.
Method Oregon is the first American classification where people are trying to band together and create a standard of wine.
You don't really see Napa saying, "Here's how many months, uh, your wine has to be in barrel.
Here's what grapes you're allowed to blend." You don't see Santa Barbara doing that with Pinot or with Chardonnay or any of those things.
But in Oregon, there are enough sparkling wine producers that have banded together to try to say, "Here's how long it should be in barrel.
Here's how long X and Y," and they're putting a classification to make traditional method sparkling wine.
And to be v- honest with you, I mean, I know if you've listened to this pod or you see things on SommTV, you know I'm a very big fan of the sparkling wines up in Oregon.
So I wanted to have Andy Lytle of Lytle Barnett, Jeanne Feldkamp, and Dan Diephaus of Corollary Wines on the podcast to talk about what is happening in Oregon and how challenging it is to get everybody on the same page to create a standard.
And then I'm gonna force these guys to rank the top five sparkling wine regions in the world, and whether or not they include Oregon on that list and where it sits.
If you're a SommTV subscriber, you'll be able to watch this on SommTV, this whole episode.
We've got an award-winning episode on Method Oregon that you can watch right now, and, uh, there's a lot more coming.
Go to SommTV.com and you can watch tons and tons on Oregon and, uh, what's happening in that state.
Without further ado, my conversation with winemakers about Method Oregon and the revolution it has started.