Sotheby's International Realty in Lake Oswego Oregon can help you find your home in the a Stafford, and Pete's Mountain area, just ten minutes away from Lake Oswego and Fifteen minutes from Portland, you can enjoy the countryside. Large five acre plus estates await you, surrounded by golf courses, vineyards, horse properties and wonderful territorial views of Mount Hood and the Willamette valley.
Take a trip to the private golf course, the Oregon Golf Club is designed for avid golfers who are looking for a challenging golf experience. Our Peter Jacobsen-designed course and luxurious clubhouse and amenities make this a place you'll want to call home.  www.theoregongolfclub.com 
For your estate home in Portland and the Willamette valley at http://www.terryspragueproperties.com/ Sotheby's Realty Broker website for Oregon Real Estate.

Perhaps you'd like to own a winery; many small family Oregon wineries have sprung up on the fertile soil of West Linn and Wilsonville Oregon, http://www.carabellawine.com/home.html Carabella Vineyard. They produce elegant estate Pinot Noir, Dijon Chardonnay and Pinot Gris. "It is all about vineyard site."

Terry Sprague Broker at Sotheby's Realty recommends a short afternoon drive just five minutes from the Sotheby's Lake Oswego Office, check out http://www.oswegohills.com/history.php in 1852, Sarah and Richard Whitten left Cincinnati, Ohio and came to Oregon with the wagon train. Richard had a Donation Land Claim and they settled in Rosemont. In 1856, Richard drowned above the Oregon City Falls. Later that year, Sarah met and wed Franklin Ford. Mr. Ford had also arrived in Oregon with the wagon train. He was the widowed father of two daughters and Sarah was now a widow with three sons. (Almost the "Brady Bunch") Franklin moved onto the Land Claim and started farming. Together, he and Sarah had five more sons and one daughter. Franklin was also a County Commissioner, a veteran of the Rogue River Indian Wars, and a delegate to the Oregon Republican Convention. The land he and Sarah shared their life on and the land Oswego Hills Winery sits on are one in the same.

When you're considering buying or selling a home in the Willamette valley consider the concierge service and local knowledge of Terry Sprague, Broker of Sotheby's International Realty. http://www.theterryspraguegroup.com/