Oh, the orchard’s a-glistening sight,

With apple trees in morning light,

Waving to the grapevines' glow,

Let ‘em grow, let ‘em grow, let ‘em grow.

In our continued Puzzle of the Large Intruder, we have found some clues to who broke our fence. Some very large animal had climbed over to get into our orchard and vineyard, bending down the fence and muddying the ground as you see in this picture.

Delicious cider pairs well with delicious pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving!

Is this the culprit who trespassed and left destruction on Kristof Farms in its wake?

Let’s build a club community where we hope to share perspectives and questions about some of the events going on in this world.

You can’t order bears or eagles from us, but wild neighbors are a part of our farm. Believe us, they have free range to roam here on Kristof Farms at the edge of the Willamette Valley.

Our harvest is in! The bears and deer are sulking, because we’ve snatched our cider apples and Pinot Noir grapes from their jaws. The grapes are now on their way to becoming wine. And the apples are headed to the fermenting tanks and in the process of becoming delicious cider that goes into our Cider Club!

• Virtual Conversations with the Kristofs

• Twice/Year Cider Shipment

• Free or Discounted Shipping

• Sitewide Discounts

• Early Access to Small-Batch Cider

We’re launching a new Cider club — pairing our delicious cider with virtual conversation with the Kristof Family. Cider is much more enjoyable with conversation. So drink, talk, thrive and check out our new Cider Club.

We just bottled our first wines, a milestone in our re-invention of Kristof Farms. The farm has been in our family for more than half a century, but we only decided to plant grapes in 2018, and wine – it takes time. Our first grape harvest was in 2022, and the grapes have been fermenting in tanks since then under the supervision of our maestro, Adam Campbell, a neighbor who runs Elk Cove Vineyard.

Sheryl and Nick dropped by for the bottling of Kristof Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines at Elk Cove. Read about it here.

Caroline gives talk at Women in Wine 2023; photo by Andrea Lonas