Natural Wine, Organic Farming, Indie Wines & Visiting Limited Addition Wines: FAQ
Curious about natural wine, organic vineyards or what makes Limited Addition different from a traditional Willamette Valley winery? You’re in the right place.
Limited Addition Wines is an independent, woman-owned, small-production winery in Gaston, Oregon, founded by winemakers Bree Stock MW and Chad Stock. We make low-intervention, site-driven wines from organically and regeneratively farmed vineyards throughout the Willamette Valley, with a particular focus on grape varieties that we believe have an exciting future in Oregon.
We work with Gamay, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Aligoté, Mencía, Trousseau, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc and many other varieties alongside traditional Willamette Valley grapes.
Our philosophy is simple: farm thoughtfully, grow the right grapes in the right places, pay close attention and add as little as possible.
Natural Wine & Low-Intervention Winemaking
What is natural wine?
Natural wine generally describes wine made from thoughtfully farmed grapes with minimal intervention in the cellar. Common practices include organic or regenerative farming, fermentation with native yeasts, minimal use of additives and limited manipulation of the finished wine.
There is no single legal definition of “natural wine” in the United States, which is why we prefer to be specific about what we do: organically and regeneratively farmed fruit, native fermentation and minimal-intervention winemaking designed to express grape variety, vineyard and vintage.
Is natural wine legally defined in the United States?
No. Unlike organic wine, “natural wine” is not a federally regulated wine category in the United States.
Because the term can mean different things to different producers, we believe transparency matters more than the label. At Limited Addition, we talk about farming, fermentation, additions and winemaking decisions so you can understand how the wine in your glass was actually made.
What is low-intervention or minimal-intervention wine?
Low-intervention wine is made by avoiding unnecessary manipulation in the cellar.
For Limited Addition, that begins in the vineyard. Healthy, balanced fruit allows us to ferment naturally and avoid many of the adjustments commonly available to winemakers. Our goal is not to make wine by recipe, but to preserve the character already present in the grapes.
We often describe our approach as minimal intervention, maximum attention.
Are natural wines always funky, cloudy or unstable?
No.
Natural wine describes an approach to farming and winemaking, not a particular flavor. Low-intervention wines can be bright, precise, clean and age-worthy.
Some natural wines may be bottled unfiltered or develop sediment, but “natural” does not automatically mean cloudy, funky or volatile. Our priority is to make distinctive, delicious wines that clearly express their variety and place.
Think about the difference between drinking orange juice concentrate (conventional wine) and fresh squeezed pulp-in orange juice.
Does Limited Addition use native yeast?
Native fermentation is central to our winemaking philosophy. Rather than relying on a predetermined commercial yeast strain to create a particular flavor profile, we allow naturally occurring yeast populations associated with healthy fruit and the cellar to conduct fermentation whenever possible.
For us, fermentation is part of allowing vineyard, vintage and grape variety to speak for themselves.
Do Limited Addition wines contain sulfites?
All wine naturally develops some sulfites during fermentation, so “sulfite-free wine” is not technically the same thing as wine with no added sulfur.
Low-intervention winemakers may also use small amounts of sulfur when needed to protect a wine's stability and integrity. Practices can vary by wine and vintage. If drinking wines with no added sulfur is important to you, ask us about the specific bottles available when you visit or purchase.
Are natural wines better for you?
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, whether it is conventionally, organically or naturally produced.
We choose organic and regenerative farming and low-intervention winemaking because of what they can contribute to healthy vineyards, biodiversity, transparency and the expression of place—not because we make health claims about drinking wine.
Organic & Regenerative Wine
What is the difference between organic wine and natural wine?
They are related ideas, but they are not the same thing.
Organic is a regulated agricultural and labeling term in the United States. Certification addresses how grapes and other ingredients are grown and how a certified wine is produced.
Natural wine is an unregulated term generally used to describe wines made from responsibly farmed grapes with relatively little intervention in the cellar.
A wine can therefore be made from organic grapes without being marketed as natural wine, and a producer may describe a wine as natural even when the finished wine itself is not certified organic.
Are Limited Addition wines organic?
Our farming philosophy is rooted in organic and regenerative viticulture, and we work with vineyard partners committed to those practices. Some of the vineyards we work with hold third-party organic or Biodynamic certification, while certification status varies by site.
Our focus is on knowing how the grapes are grown and building long-term relationships with farmers who share our commitment to healthy soils, biodiversity and resilient vineyards.
If you are looking specifically for wine from a certified organic vineyard, ask us about the current releases when you visit.
What does organically farmed wine mean?
Organically farmed grapes are grown according to organic principles rather than relying on conventional synthetic agricultural inputs.
For us, the larger goal goes beyond simply removing inputs. We want biologically active soils, healthy vines, diverse vineyard ecosystems and fruit capable of completing a healthy natural fermentation.
Great low-intervention wine begins with great farming.
What is regenerative viticulture?
Regenerative viticulture looks at the vineyard as an ecosystem rather than simply a crop.
Practices can include building soil organic matter, encouraging biodiversity, using cover crops, reducing soil disturbance, integrating animals, improving water resilience and supporting the long-term biological health of the farm.
At Limited Addition, regenerative thinking also includes people. Vineyard resilience should support growers, farmworkers, wineries and the long-term economic health of the Willamette Valley.
What is Biodynamic wine?
Biodynamic farming treats the farm as an interconnected living system and builds on organic farming principles with additional practices designed to encourage soil, plant and ecosystem health.
Some vineyards that Limited Addition works with are certified Biodynamic or are farmed using Biodynamic principles. Certification and individual vineyard practices vary, so we identify them when relevant to a specific wine.
The Future of Willamette Valley Wine
What makes Limited Addition different from other Willamette Valley wineries?
The Willamette Valley is internationally famous for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. We love those varieties—but we believe the region is capable of much more.
Limited Addition explores what comes next.
We work with more than 20 grape varieties across the Willamette Valley, including Gamay, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Mencía, Trousseau, Aligoté, Grüner Veltliner and Sauvignon Blanc.
By matching different grape varieties to different vineyards, soils and growing conditions, we are exploring how a more diverse wine landscape can create distinctive wines while helping the Willamette Valley adapt to a changing climate.
Why does Limited Addition work with unusual grape varieties?
Because grape variety is one of the most important tools available to farmers adapting to place and climate.
Different grapes ripen at different times, retain acidity differently, respond differently to heat and drought and bring different characteristics to the cellar.
Instead of asking how we can make every vintage fit an established style, we ask a different question:
What grapes naturally want to grow here now—and what might thrive here in the future?
That question has led us to varieties including Gamay, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Mencía, Trousseau, Aligoté and Grüner Veltliner.
Does Limited Addition make Pinot Noir?
We work with Pinot Noir, but Limited Addition was created to expand the conversation around Willamette Valley wine rather than build another winery centered exclusively on Pinot Noir.
Our wines explore the region through a much broader range of grape varieties and blends, giving visitors an opportunity to experience an entirely different side of Oregon wine.
What grape varieties does Limited Addition make?
Our wines change with vineyards and vintages, but Limited Addition works with more than 20 grape varieties.
These have included Gamay Noir, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc, Aligoté, Mencía, Trousseau, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Grenache, Blaufränkisch and Pinot Noir, among others.
Many are produced in extremely small quantities, so the wines available in the tasting room change throughout the year.
What is a site-driven wine?
A site-driven wine is made to express the vineyard it comes from rather than impose a predetermined winemaking style onto the fruit.
Soil, elevation, aspect, farming, weather and grape variety all influence how a wine develops.
Our single-vineyard wines allow us to explore those differences across the Willamette Valley and to understand where both established and emerging grape varieties perform best.
Independent & Woman-Owned Wine
Is Limited Addition an independent winery?
Yes. Limited Addition Wines is an independent, small-production Oregon winery founded and owned by winemakers Bree Stock MW and Chad Stock.
We are an Indie winery: the people who own the wine brand are also directly involved in making the wine, choosing and managing vineyard relationships, selling the wines and building the business.
Limited Addition is not a corporate wine brand, private-equity project, ghost label or winery created around outsourced wine made to a work order. Our wines are made in small lots by the people behind the brand, with direct relationships to the vineyards and growers we work with.
For us, independence means being able to make decisions based on farming, place, quality and long-term vision rather than volume targets or corporate ownership.
Is Limited Addition a woman-owned winery?
Yes. Limited Addition Wines is an independent woman-owned winery and small wine brand in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Co-founder and winemaker Bree Stock MW is a Master of Wine, winemaker and international wine educator. Together with winemaker Chad Stock, she founded Limited Addition to explore a more diverse future for Willamette Valley wine through organic and regenerative farming, minimal-intervention winemaking and grape varieties beyond the region’s traditional focus on Pinot Noir.
As an independently owned winery, the people making the creative, farming and winemaking decisions are the same people building the business and sharing the wines with customers.
What does “Indie wine” mean?
We use Indie wine to describe independently owned wineries where the owners are also the makers.
Indie wineries are small businesses built around farming, winemaking and personal involvement rather than outside ownership or brand creation alone. The people behind the label work directly with vineyards, make the wines, sell them, tell their stories and take responsibility for what goes into the bottle.
At Limited Addition, that means working directly with growers and vineyard sites, making our wines in Oregon, fermenting in small lots and staying closely involved from vineyard decisions through bottling, sales and hospitality.
We believe independent producers are an important part of the future of American wine because they preserve experimentation, regional diversity, craftsmanship and direct connections between farmers, winemakers and wine drinkers.
Is Limited Addition a small-production winery?
Yes. Limited Addition is intentionally small-production so we can participate fully in all aspects of the production from farming relationships, production, sales and marketing.
Many of our wines come from individual vineyards, unusual grape varieties or very small parcels and may only be made in limited quantities each vintage. That scale allows us to experiment, follow individual vineyard sites closely and make decisions according to the needs of each wine rather than a standardized production formula.
It also means many Limited Addition wines sell out and may change from vintage to vintage.
Why does supporting an independent winery matter?
Buying wine from an independent winery keeps more of the value of that bottle connected to the people farming, making and selling the wine.
Small independent wineries also play an important role in preserving vineyard diversity and experimentation. They can work with unusual grape varieties, small vineyard parcels and farming practices that may not make sense within a large-volume wine business.
For Limited Addition, independence gives us the freedom to ask bigger questions about Oregon wine: what should we plant now, what varieties might thrive here in the future and how can farming and winemaking evolve as the Willamette Valley changes?
Visiting Limited Addition Wines
Where is Limited Addition Wines?
Limited Addition Wines is located at:
3440 NW Bridge Farmer Road
Gaston, Oregon 97119
We are approximately 2.7 miles southwest of downtown Gaston in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
Our tasting room is inside the working winery, surrounded by forest, pasture and the rolling hills of the northern Willamette Valley. Follow the gravel drive that curves around alongside the pasture and park on the gravel lot by the Airstream. Walk to the winery (green building) and up the stairs to the tasting room. If walking is not preferred feel free to take the drive up to the tasting room next to the green winery.
Can I visit Limited Addition for a natural wine tasting in the Willamette Valley?
Yes.
Limited Addition offers guided, seated wine tastings at our winery in Gaston. Tastings explore our small-production natural and low-intervention wines, alternative grape varieties, vineyard sites and the thinking behind the future of Willamette Valley wine.
Rather than simply pouring a flight, we want visitors to understand where the wines came from, how they were farmed and why we made them.
What is a tasting at Limited Addition like?
Personal, educational and relaxed.
You are tasting inside the working winery where the wines are actually made. Our seated tastings generally explore multiple wines and grape varieties and often move into conversations about farming, fermentation, climate, vineyard sites and the future of Oregon wine.
You do not need to know anything about wine before arriving. Curiosity is enough.
Can I taste wine with a Master of Wine in Oregon?
Limited Addition was co-founded by Bree Stock MW and Chad Stock.
Bree is a Master of Wine, winemaker and international wine educator. Limited Addition offers private and educational tasting experiences that can include a deeper exploration of vineyards, grape varieties, wine styles and winemaking.
Availability for private experiences with Bree varies, so advance reservations are required.
Do I need a reservation to visit Limited Addition Wines?
Yes. Reservations are recommended and may be required depending on the season and tasting experience.
Limited Addition is a small working winery rather than a large commercial tasting facility, so reservations allow us to give each group the time and attention the wines deserve.
Check our current tasting calendar before visiting.
Is Limited Addition family friendly?
Yes. Well-behaved children are welcome at the winery.
We ask parents and guardians to remember that Limited Addition is a working winery and farm environment and supervise children accordingly.
Is Limited Addition dog friendly?
Yes. Leashed, well-behaved dogs are welcome on the property.
Because this is a working winery and rural property, please keep dogs under your control throughout your visit.
Can I bring food to Limited Addition?
Guests may bring outside food for regular winery tastings, and we offer a small selection of provisions when available.
Policies can differ for special events and wine classes, so check the details of your specific reservation before arriving.
Do you accommodate large groups or private wine tastings?
Yes.
For groups of 10 or more, private tastings, trade visits or special wine experiences, contact us directly before booking so we can create the right experience for your group.
Buying Limited Addition Wines
Can I buy Limited Addition wines outside Oregon?
Yes. Limited Addition wines can be found through restaurants, independent wine shops and distribution partners in markets around the United States.
Because many of our wines are produced in very small quantities, availability changes frequently.
You can also purchase available wines directly through our website and join our mailing list for new releases.
Does Limited Addition ship wine?
Yes. We currently ship wine directly to consumers in most U.S. states where direct-to-consumer wine shipping is permitted.
Shipping availability depends on state law. Enter your shipping address during checkout to confirm whether we can ship to you.
Does Limited Addition have a wine club?
Yes.
Our wine club is designed for people who want regular access to our smallest-production wines, unusual grape varieties, single-vineyard bottlings and special releases.
Members also receive tasting benefits, invitations to events and priority access to limited and library wines.
Where can I find natural and organic wines in the Willamette Valley?
The Willamette Valley has become one of the most exciting regions in the United States for organically farmed, Biodynamic, regenerative and low-intervention wine.
If you are specifically interested in natural wine, organic farming and grape varieties beyond Pinot Noir, Limited Addition offers a tasting experience devoted to those ideas at our working winery in Gaston.
Our wines are made from organically and regeneratively farmed vineyards and explore more than 20 grape varieties across the Willamette Valley.
Come curious. #DrinkDifferent.