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Oregon wine pioneer Dick Erath died March 29, following two weeks in the hospital. He was 87. A former engineer, Erath was first inspired to pursue winemaking in 1965 .
The Road Home
By Sophia McDonald
Knudsen Vineyards may not be a household name in the same way as other Oregon wine brands celebrating a golden anniversary this year, yet it has played a pivotal role in some of the region’s best-known wine success stories.
From the top of her family’s 228-acre property, Page Knudsen Cowles, the winery’s managing partner, has a commanding view of the vines that provided fruit to pioneering still and sparkling wine producers. It is also a fitting setting to reflect on what has been a second home to her and her three brothers Colin, David and Cal Jr. for most of their lives. Both the new tasting room and growing wine label are part of a sweet homecoming, of sorts, for them, and a way for their family’s legacy to shine even brighter.
The Oregon wine world says ‘goodbye’ to farmer Jim Maresh
Updated Mar 13, 2021;
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The Willamette Valley is missing a giant today.
James “Jim” Maresh, Sr., the man who shaped the region’s wine history with his pioneering vineyard, died in his Dundee home on March 6. He was one month shy of his 95th birthday.
Maresh left Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1944 to attend Marquette University in nearby Milwaukee. He was blissfully unaware of the kismet awaiting him on a dance floor.
Lois “Loie” Hansen, a student at Wisconsin State Teachers College in Milwaukee, didn’t want to attend Marquette’s big dance. Her friends insisted. Maresh was equally disinterested, but he ended up going anyway.
Willamette Valley Pioneer s Virtual Series Highlights Wine Country Luminaries February 25, 2021
Dundee, OR. (February 24, 2021) Knudsen Vineyards celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, launching an interview series with wine luminaries interwoven in the story of this Willamette Valley pioneer. Entitled The Outlook from Knudsen Vineyards: Reflecting on the past, present and future of Oregon’s Dundee Hills, the series includes Brian Croser (owner of Tapanappa in Australia’s Adelaide Hills), Véronique Drouhin (winemaker at Maison Joseph Drouhin in Burgundy and Domaine Drouhin Oregon), Rollin Soles (winemaker at ROCO Winery in the Willamette Valley), and others. The virtual event series begins on March 9 with Dick Erath, founder of the eponymous winery Erath.