
FORIS WINERY VACATION RENTALS
Indulge in something unique and compelling on your next vacation – the rural Oregon experience. Deep in the heart of the rugged Siskiyou Mountains exists a magnificent botanical and geologic paradise untouched by urbanization. We call it "flyover country" because most people see it only from thirty thousand feet on their way to and from San Francisco, Portland, or Seattle. However, there are those that prefer roads less taken. Those that find the time to visit, spend a few days or weeks or months, that get to know and understand the area, are not likely to forget the experience. Some return often, choosing different seasons. Some return to stay. Few go away unchanged.
Hike remote mountain trails, bicycle quiet country roads, kayak wild rivers, explore marble caverns, or spend a day exploring vast tracts of empty beach. Sample unique handcrafted vintage wines at the various wineries and tasting rooms, bird watch, or creek walk. Crater Lake, Ashland’s Shakespeare Festival, lighthouse tours, and the Tolowa Coast dunes and wetlands are pleasant daytrips. Traffic is sparse, stoplights rare or non-existent, and the pace unhurried.
The Gerber Family, owners and operators of Foris Winery and Vineyards, offer three distinctive vacation accommodations to meet the needs of those with a heart for the rare and remarkable. Each option includes satellite TV, DVD, unlimited telephone, high-speed Wi-Fi, a fully equipped kitchen, and, except for the Weaving Studio, laundry facilities.
Maple Ranch Vineyard
Just begging to grow grapes, it took Maple Ranch about 125 years after the first settlers arrived in the valley to fulfill this calling. When we bought the ranch in late 1986, small wild or old time planting of apples, plums, grapes, pears, quince, walnuts, cherries, elderberries, and the weed-like blackberry grew over much of the ranch. Today, most of the farmable ground is planted to wine grapes, predominantly Pinot Noir.
THINGS TO DO WHILE YOU'RE HERE
There are many attractions and events just a stone's throw, or maybe a short drive, from the Ranch