US: Oregon's wine pioneers earn their praise
US: Oregon's wine pioneers earn their praise
Sep 25, 2011 6
(SeattleTimes) - DURING THE past couple of decades, the unprecedented growth of the Northwest wine industry has made it easy to keep this column's focus on who is new to the business and what exciting developments are taking place in the vineyards. But a look at the recent accomplishments of those who founded the industry is in many ways more valuable than tracking the newcomers.
In Oregon, Eyrie, Ponzi and Adelsheim are three (though not the only) wine pioneers. All are still going strong (many of the wineries from the 1970s and '80s are not) and still family-owned. They have succeeded not because they avoided mistakes, but because they adapted and learned from them. They also did a lot of things right, right from the start.
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