The Allison Inn & Spa

09.04.2008

Tour Oregon Wine Country

What better place to experience Oregon’s abundance than where it all began, the Willamette Valley, a fertile paradise that yields an agricultural bounty ranging from hazelnuts to pears and wine. And in August, 2009, it gives rise to The Allison Inn & Spa, a 35-acre hillside destination hotel in Newberg, Oregon (20 miles southwest of Portland.)

That this region could reap so much bounty should surprise no one. It’s done so for more than 160 years. Early settlers quickly tapped the valley’s rich topsoil—deposited during the last Ice Age by raging floodwaters that poured from Montana across Eastern Washington and down the Columbia River Gorge. The Allison was named after the resulting 300 square-mile lake that briefly covered the entire Willamette Valley from Portland to Eugene.

The Austin family owners, visionaries behind The Allison, are direct descendants of this fertile region's earliest settlers. Which means their family legacy reaches deep into the Willamette Valley soil, rooted in seven generations of personal history.

And now visitors to the Oregon wine country of the Willamette Valley will have a one-of-a-kind destination inn and spa at the heart of it all — a soothing retreat for those looking to enjoy some of the best local wines, cuisine and natural beauty that Oregon has to offer.