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About us
Antica Terra makes wines from the Willamette Valley that stand shoulder to shoulder with the greatest wines in the world. Tucked into the rugged, wind-swept hills of Oregon’s Eola-Amity AVA, Antica Terra is both a place and a philosophy. It is a commitment to the idea that challenge is not a hurdle, but a condition of beauty. Here, vines grow in fractured marine sandstone, a remnant seabed sown with 60-million-year-old fossils. Deprived of the fertile, loamy soils found elsewhere in the Willamette Valley, the vines struggle—against shallow roots, against rock, against the relentless coastal winds that barrel through the Van Duzer Corridor each evening. Over decades, they’ve grown small and tenacious, like bonsai trees rooted in stone. The fruit they yield is scarce, intense, and full of tension—thick-skinned berries with extraordinary depth, purity, and structure. Since its founding, Antica Terra has been guided by a restless curiosity and an obsessive pursuit of quality. Winemaker Maggie Harrison never meant to stay in Oregon. After eight years apprenticing under Elaine and Manfred Krankl at Sine Qua Non, she arrived in 2005 to consult on a small, scrappy vineyard carved into the hillside. But something about the place—the rawness, the quiet, the stunted vines, the way the wind moved through the oak trees—wouldn’t let her leave. What began as a visit became a life’s work. Over time, Antica Terra has expanded beyond its original site to include neighboring vineyards and more than 80 acres of native oak savannah. But scale has never been the point. The goal remains constant: to see more clearly, to act more precisely, to farm with greater intentionality. Organic and biodynamic practices aren’t marketing levers here—they are tools to deepen vitality and resilience in an already extreme environment. There is no formula at Antica Terra. Just the quiet weight of thousands of decisions made well.
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http://www.anticaterra.com/
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- Industry
- Wineries
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Amity, Oregon
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2005
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5100 SE Rice Ln
Amity, Oregon 97101, US
Employees at Antica Terra
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Thank you, Hannah Wallace, for telling this story. The Oregon White Oaks that crown our vineyards are more than just beautiful; they are an essential part of the region's biodiversity. It is our honor to care for them during our tenure on the land.
To be fair, Maggie Harrison of Antica Terra winery already knew how to make wine before she bought the adjacent Keeler property in Amity. [I did not write the headline, as is so often the case!] But Craig Keeler never would have sold her the property if he didn't know for sure that Harrison wouldn't cut down any of the 80 acres of native white oak he'd spent so long preserving. Over the last two years, Harrison has made that oak savannah the centerpiece of a new tasting experience, Table in the Trees. Her “VP of Polyculture,” Madeleine Rowan-Davis, tells me that she has heard 15 distinct bird species over 15 minutes of recording audio in one place: everything from red-winged blackbirds, red-breasted nuthatches, and acorn woodpeckers to the western bluebird, a cackling goose, and the chestnut-backed chickadee!! This is my first story for Tyee’s new “What Works” column. Have a read! #regenerativeag, #wine, #sustainablefarming, #biodynamicwine, #whiteoak, #Oregonwhiteoak #polyculture, #anticaterra https://lnkd.in/g7cx6XmC
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Antica Terra and Denniston Hill Present: Vol 1. SWERVE: Exquisite Corpse It’s our deep honor to introduce the first in an ongoing series of cross-disciplinary collaborations, reflecting the complex blending of style and place at the heart of both winemaking and combinatorial creativity. For this first volume, Denniston Hill co-founders Julie Mehretu, Paul Pfeiffer, and Lawrence Chua, along with Denniston Hill founding member Jessica Rankin, joined Antica Terra winemaker Maggie Harrison at the table, where together they made three wines from Antica Terra barrels and created three original artworks in dialogue with them, to be shared in a collector’s set inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s “Museum in a Box”. The editions contain: 01. Three Original Prints Created by Julie Mehretu (@juliemehretu), Paul Pfeiffer (@pmp2021), and Jessica Rankin (@j_ss_c_r_nk_n) in an edition of 150, with one of each included in Vol. 1. 02. Three Exclusive Wines The artists blended three wines in collaboration with Maggie Harrison. Each bottle label features an original drawing by the artists, which together form a complete “exquisite corpse composition.” 03. Print Issue of SWERVE: Exquisite Corpse Curated by historian Lawrence Chua, this edition of SWERVE draws from the Exodus Reading Group, a study circle on exodus and diaspora. Available in an edition of 150. All proceeds will support @dennistonhill, an artist residency in the Southern Catskill Mountains. The set will be offered to collectors in November 2025. Please visit https://lnkd.in/erhHimTV to learn more and register for first access. Photo by Kayode Ojo.
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An Open Call As part of our ongoing commitment to combinatorial creativity, we are offering the opportunity for emerging wine writers to contribute to the way our wines are introduced to the world. This is to acknowledge that great work is rarely born in isolation, but instead through the layering of participation and interpretation. It is a devotion to polyphony. A celebration of everything that becomes possible when you let new perspectives in. The Invitation It’s simple, really: taste our wine, and offer us your words in return. We’ll fly the selected writer (or writers) to the Willamette Valley in December for an overnight stay welcoming them to the winery to taste the just-blended, yet-to-be-bottled wines, from barrel, with winemakers Maggie Harrison and Mimi Adams. In exchange, we ask for a written reflection. We are less interested in traditional tasting notes, per se, and more in context, feeling, and shape. This is not a ghostwriting gig. Your name will appear alongside your work. We want you to be seen, and we want the wines to be seen anew. To be considered, send a letter of interest and a sample of your writing, in the form of three wine descriptions (of any three wines, not ones we made) to communications@anticaterra.com. Deadline for submission: October 15th, 2025
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Now live for The New York Times Magazine Entertaining With series—a story of magic-making, conjured over a high summer evening feast and tasting at our 200-foot-long Table in the Trees. Read on at nytimes.com—link below. With so much gratitude, thank you: Jordan Michelman for translating the dream we’ve been building, and Celeste Noche for your gift for late summer light. And to our guests and team: Jai Kumaran and West of West Timothy Wastell, Ramon Kelly-Canarios, Rachel Foster and the rest of the incredible team at Antica Terra Lily Clark Heidi Korsavong and Benjamin Critton of Marta Los Angeles Nicolas Musso Kristina Foley Kara Holekamp and Story Wiggins of TERREMOTO LANDSCAPE https://lnkd.in/g9Fx_y7n
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The headline says it all. Jordan Michelman is on to the best-kept secret in Oregon: come for the wine, stay for the food...or the other way around. In either case, you should be eating lunch at a vineyard. Thank you Portland Monthly! We are so grateful for your words and attention. https://lnkd.in/gHhD8weZ
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Celebrating Azure Road's new sustainable Wine Region Guide for the Willamette Valley. There's so much in Oregon to be proud of, and this editorial team uncovered the best there is to find. https://lnkd.in/gDeuaiwA
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Thank you to Portland Art Museum and Harper Brokaw-Falbo for joining us in Amity for an artist-lead tour of the Lily Clark exhibition. Your presence and attention were deeply felt.
Last Friday, the Portland Art Museum Artists Council had the pleasure of visiting Antica Terra for a special presentation of Lily Clark’s work, organized by Marta gallery (Los Angeles). Such a joy to spend time with fellow art lovers in such a stunning setting, and well worth the Friday afternoon traffic. Grateful for our hosts, the company, and the chance to experience Lily’s work in such an ethereal setting. https://lnkd.in/gEFccMQH
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Thank you to Travel + Leisure and Zoe Baillargeon for including us in this brilliant guide to the Willamette Valley. We are proud to share our home with all of the incredible winemakers, growers, chefs, farmers, and lodgings that make this place worth returning to, again and again. We can't wait to share our table with your readers. https://lnkd.in/gXw8vdPc