Ahead lay the Corazón de las Vides tasting rooms and the wine lounge. Open to the general public, for a fee, it was focused on cultivating the big spenders. It had been built farther around the hilltop than the house, commanding an equally impressive view to the south and west. The Coast Range, while far lower than the Cascade Mountains to the east, was also much closer. Starting less than five miles away, its conifer-shrouded shoulders rose to impressive heights above the last of the Willamette Valley patchwork that surrounded the Dundee Hills.
It was a masterpiece of yellow faux adobe, heavy stone, and wooden beams, capped with red Spanish tile. Inside it offered seating for cozy groups by warm fires, and a luxurious old-world dining room where, for special events, a hundred could dine,
