brooks winery meet janie brooks-heuck MANAGING DIRECTOR, BROOKS WINERY Brooks was founded in 1998 by my brother, Jimi Brooks, who passed away unexpectedly at the young age of 38 in 2004, leaving behind his eight year old son, Pascal. With harvest only a few weeks away, a group of Jimi’s peers got together and offered […]
kumusha wines meet tinashe nyamudokas FOUNDER AND WINEMAKER, KUMUSHA WINES I got my start in wine by working in restaurants and learning on the job whilestudying during o hours to learn as much as I could. I spent many years workingat some of Africa’s finest hotels and restaurants including five years at Africa’s toprestaurant, The […]
maysara winery meet tahmiene momtazi HEAD WINEMAKER, MAYSARA WINERY I believe that the Willamette Valley is an incredibly special place to make wine. It’sthe reason I came back to Oregon in 2007 to work for my family’s winery afterworking in several vineyards, earning a degree in Fermentation Science, andcompleting an apprenticeship under Kim Crawford in […]