Wine wars: Oregon and Napa Valley clash over labeling, state and federal regulators investigating

Rows of grapes growing at Willamette Valley Vineyards in Turner on Tuesday. The vineyard is part of a fight against what it perceives as misappropriation of the region’s pinot noir by a Napa Valley winery. (Troy Brynelson/Salem Reporter)

TURNER — Jim Bernau bought a rolling hillside of blackberry vines and scotch broom in Turner in 1981, intending to grow pinot noir. At the time, Oregon wineries “were just trying to survive,” he said.

Today, Oregon’s…