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Excellence in Concrete

2024

Excellence in Concrete Award plaque, Winery category, John M. Russell Construction, Rodeo Hills Wine
Rammed earth winery building at Rodeo Hills in Newberg, Oregon, seen from the vineyard
Rodeo Hills entrance sign on the gravel drive, Newberg, Oregon
Entry of Rodeo Hills Winery — deep roof overhang above rammed earth walls
Interior hallway at Rodeo Hills Winery with exposed rammed earth wall
Tasting room interior — timber ceiling, glass wall, rammed earth
Angled roofline over the rammed earth exterior at Rodeo Hills Winery
Daylight across the timber ceiling and rammed earth walls inside Rodeo Hills Winery
Rodeo Hills lettering set into the concrete tile floor
Rammed earth and wood siding meeting at the winery entrance steps
Window opening framed in a rammed earth wall, Rodeo Hills Winery
Rodeo Hills Winery from the field, layered rammed earth walls visible
Timber framing and glazing above the rammed earth structure
Long rammed earth wall along the drive at Rodeo Hills Winery
Timber roof structure over rammed earth walls during construction
Formwork and reinforcement inside the winery walls during the build
Rammed earth formwork and timber framing mid-construction, Newberg, Oregon
Concrete pump placing material at the Rodeo Hills Winery site
Formwork panels on a rammed earth wall in progress at Rodeo Hills Winery

Excellence in Concrete — Winery

Rodeo Hills Winery · Newberg, Oregon · May 2024

In May 2024 the Oregon Chapter of the American Concrete Institute and the Oregon Concrete & Aggregate Producers Association recognized Rodeo Hills Winery in Newberg with their Excellence in Concrete Award for Winery. John M. Russell Construction was named on the award alongside Concrete Finishing Co.

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The following year the same two organizations recognized our work at the Labyrinth in Corbett, in the Paving & Flatwork category.

 

The winery was built in rammed earth — soil and aggregate compacted in layers inside formwork, then left exposed as the finished wall. Nothing goes over the top of it, and there's no second attempt. Every lift shows in the final surface.

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These awards are judged by people who pour concrete for a living, across Oregon and southwest Washington. Not a badge you can buy — a jury of the trade.

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