The 83-acre hazelnut orchard purchased in 2005 is neighbor to some of the very best vineyards in Oregon (such as the estate vineyards of Beaux Freres, Brick House, and Patricia Green). After a year and a half of preparation, the 28-acre Ribbon Ridge vineyard was planted with a combination of six different Pinot Noir clones (Pommard, Wädensvil, Coury, Dijon 115, 667, and 777) on three different rootstocks in a mixture of 3×7 and 4×7 spacing. Two different Riesling clones were also planted in three different blocks over five acres.

In the heart of the Ribbon Ridge AVA, Trisaetum’s second vineyard is composed of gently rolling benches and side slopes, ranging from 350 to 500 feet in elevation, that were created when the westward-moving North American continent collided with coastal range seamounts. Known as the Pittsburgh bluff series of soils, the only place they have been discovered in this specific configuration is on Ribbon Ridge.