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The winery was established by Gaston Hochar in 1930 after returning from Bordeaux. [4] [1] [5] Gaston Hochar was succeeded by his sons, Ronald and Serge Hochar, with the latter managing the estate from 1959 until his death while swimming in Mexico in 2014, [6] and Ronald Hochar assuming marketing and finance department responsibilities from 1962.
Ribbon Ridge stretches between the towns of Newberg and Gaston. The ridge is defined by local geographic boundaries and an uplift of ocean sediment. It lies at 45° 21' N latitude and 123° 04' W longitude, at the northwest end of the Chehalem Mountains. Colby Carter, an early settler from Missouri, named Ribbon Ridge in 1865, and the ridge has ...
Matt Kramer of The Oregonian considers King Estate the benchmark producer of Pinot gris in the country. [2] While the winery also makes Pinot noir and limited amounts of Chardonnay, it is mainly credited with bringing the Pinot gris grape varietal into national consciousness. [3] The winery was founded in 1991 by Ed King Jr. and his son, Ed ...
The AVA is the wine growing region which encompasses the drainage basin of the Willamette River. It stretches from the Columbia River in the north to just south of Eugene in the south, where the Willamette Valley ends; and from the Oregon Coast Range in the west to the Cascade Mountains in the east. At 5,360 square miles (3,430,400 acres), it ...
Yadkin Valley had a pre-Prohibition wine industry, when North Carolina produced the most wine than any other state in the nation, centered on the native Muscadine vine. The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors nationwide in 1920. Vineyards were uprooted in favor of tobacco and soybeans which became the cash ...
The winery began when Ann and Dick Grace planted one acre (0.40 hectares) of vines in 1976. The first vintage was produced in 1978, at Chuck Wagner's winery, Caymus. [13] A second acre was added in 1985, but phylloxera took its toll, as the winery's vines were planted on non-resistant rootstock. [14]
Kevin Buckler in 2018. Kevin Buckler (born c. 1959) is an American race car driver and entrepreneur. He founded Adobe Road Winery [1] and currently owns The Racer's Group, a professional sports car racing team; TRG Motorsports, formerly a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team; and TRG-Aston Martin Racing.
Gaston Chiquet is a Grower Champagne producer and an original member of Club Trésors de Champagne. [ 1 ] The house has 23 hectares in Hautvillers , Dizy , Aÿ , Mareuil-sur-Aÿ , Crugny and Nanteuil-la-Forêt planted to 46% Chardonnay , 20% Pinot noir and 34% Pinot Meunier .