The Dream...

Imagine sun soaked days at the beach, an ocean view deck, wine tasting in the afternoon and evenings around the firepit, sipping handcrafted wine and delicious nibbles...an Oregon Coast Wine Experience!
 

The Back Story...

Manzanita is a small, quaint beach town on the Oregon Coast, just 15 minutes south of Cannon Beach and a little over an hour from Portland, Oregon.  With 7 miles of uninterrupted, dog-friendly beach, amazing sunsets, cute shops and tasty restaurants, it is a regular vacation destination for Portlanders and Seattleites alike.

I founded the winery under the Bodhichitta name and wine label in 2008 while attending wine school, making small batches of wine (10-100 cases at a time) by hand in Salem, Oregon.  I became interested in wine during my 11 years in the Air Force as a pilot and engineer, visiting Napa and Sonoma and eventually Oregon as Pinot noir grew in popularity here.

After wine school and a few years in Hawaii developing my line of dry to off-dry tropical fruit wines (passion fruit, pineapple, guava, mango) under the Island Mana Wines label on Kauai, I began looking for a new venue, a location inspired by nature, that would allow for increased production while maintaining high quality.  Manzanita came to mind, as I had made many trips there with my black lab Pinot, mainly for its long, dog-friendly, leash-free beach and awe-inspiring sunsets. Pinot is our mascot, logo and wine label model!

A Vision Becomes Reality...

We welcome you to a dream turned into reality--a cedar shingled tasting room and winery production facility with a courtyard, red Adirondack chairs, fire pits, ocean view deck and glass roll-up garage doors.  Our wine production focuses on small batch fermentations—on quality over quantity.

We serve flights, glasses and bottle service in the afternoon and evening.  We also carry craft Pacific Northwest beer and cider from Oregon and Washington.

To accompany the wines, we offer artisan cheese, salami, charcuterie, truffle popcorn and more.

We welcome families, wine aficionados and their dogs.

I added Black Dog Vineyard in Carlton to the pack in Summer 2021. It is 20 acres of organic Pinot noir set in the Coastal Foothills of Yamhill-Carlton AVA on a 50 acre property with magnificent Oregon oak trees and beautiful views. We opened the vineyard tasting room, Manzanita NW in Portland’s Slabtown and Bend Wine Bar all in 2022.

The wines are available exclusively in our tasting rooms in Bend, downtown and NW Portland, Manzanita and at the vineyard in Carlton.

Hope to see you soon on the Oregon Coast!

Cheers,
Mark Proden
Winemaker/owner
The Winery at Manzanita