Copyright 2013: The Gray Report This article is abstracted. To read more from The Gray Report, click here.   Oregon is suddenly the belle of the wine ball. A year ago the image was of enlightened hippies earnestly struggling to farm in sync with Mother Nature, with no wineries bigger than 175,000-cases King Estate. This week, …

Underscoring its growth strategy and marking its 10-year anniversary, Precept Wine Chief Executive Officer Andrew Browne announced today the company’s purchase of Yamhela vineyard, located in the renowned Yamhill-Carlton American Viticultural Area in Yamhill, Ore., part of the overarching Willamette Valley AVA. Terms of the sale are undisclosed. “In pursuit of being the vineyard and …