Wine and Farms
The Illinois Valley grows wine grapes, sweet corn, and a long list of vegetables, and the easiest way to taste any of it is on a Friday afternoon in Kerby or a slow afternoon at a tasting room. Four wineries in the valley started a shared Illinois Valley Wine Trail in July 2026, with a $25 passport that the Illinois Valley News says comes with free tastings and a one-time purchase discount at each stop.
Hours below come from each business or from listings we checked in November 2026. Small tasting rooms change their days often, especially in winter, so call before you drive out.
Foris Vineyards
Foris Vineyards is on Kendall Road near Holland, east of Cave Junction. Ted Gerber started it in 1974, and Visit Grants Pass calls it one of Oregon's oldest wineries. It's known for Alsatian-style whites and Pinot Noir. The winery's own visit page lists the tasting room open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except holidays.
- 654 Kendall Road, Cave Junction
- foriswine.com
Bridgeview Vineyard and Winery
Bridgeview sits among ponds and vines on Holland Loop Road. It hosted tastings for a winery tour on May 2, 2026, and is one of the four wineries on the new valley wine trail, according to the Illinois Valley News. Two things to know before you go: the property has been listed for sale, and when we checked in November 2026 the winery's website wasn't loading. A visitor in August 2026 also found the tasting room shut on a Monday afternoon. Call (541) 592-4688 first.
Kerbyville Inn
In Kerby, the Kerbyville Inn is a five-suite inn on Redwood Highway with rooms named after wines (Chardonnay, Rosé, Cabernet, and so on). Its own site lists rooms only and says nothing about a tasting room, and recent guest listings say breakfast isn't served. One 2026 directory also lists it as closed while its booking site still works, so call (541) 592-4689 before you plan on a room. For wine, go to Foris or Bridgeview. More places to stay are on /stay.
Two more tasting rooms
Augustino Estate pours wine in a treehouse tasting room on Brown Road in O'Brien, on a ranch that also has cabins and RV spaces. It held a wine release party there on September 19, 2026. Listings give weekend afternoon hours; call (541) 596-2818 to be sure.
Deer Creek Vineyards, on Deer Creek Road in Selma, is the fourth winery on the trail. Visit Grants Pass wrote in May 2026 that it runs an open mic every Thursday evening, and the winery tour ended there that month with live music. Its website wasn't answering when we checked, so confirm before you go.
Sweet Cron farm stand
You'll know it by the Sweet Cron signs along US-199 between Selma and Cave Junction. The misspelling is on purpose: the Nelsen family kept it, then registered it. The family has farmed Sauer's Flat near Kerby for more than 60 years, starting with sweet corn and adding tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, squash, melons, eggplant, and peppers. In fall 2025 the stand sold pumpkins, offered a pick-your-own patch, and ran a corn maze.
The stand is seasonal. Check the Sweet Cron Facebook page for what's ripe and when it's open.
Cave Junction Farmers Market
The valley's market is called the Cave Junction Farmers Market, but it sets up in Kerby, at 24100 Highway 199, across the road from the Kerbyville Museum. The 2026 season ran Fridays from April 17 to October 30, 4 to 7 p.m. The market started in 2013.
- Farmers, food makers, artisans, and musicians. The last market of 2026 had 31 vendors.
- Music on many Fridays, with an open mic on the last Friday of the month.
- SNAP shoppers can get up to $20 a week in matching Double Up Food Bucks for fruit and vegetables, plus up to $20 a week in Protein Bucks, a program a 2025 AllCare grant paid for.
The 2027 dates weren't posted yet when we checked. Watch cjfarmersmarket.org for them, and see /events for the market's special evenings. For more on Kerby, see /kerby.
Farther afield: the Applegate wine trail
The Applegate Valley Wine Trail lists 18 member wineries, but they're outside the Illinois Valley, over the hills toward Jacksonville and Grants Pass. If you're heading that way, start at applegatevalley.wine.