About Ponzi Vineyards
One of Oregon's founding winery families since 1970 — Dick and Nancy Ponzi planted the first Chardonnay and Pinot Gris vines in the Willamette Valley
Ponzi Vineyards is one of the founding pillars of Oregon wine.
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Ponzi Vineyards isPonzi Vineyards is one of the founding pillars of Oregon wine.
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Dick and NancyDick and Nancy Ponzi established the family estate in 1970 — the same year that David Lett was planting his first Eyrie Vineyard vines and Bill Fuller and Dick Erath were beginning their own Willamette Valley projects — in the Chehalem Mountains southwest of Portland, at a time when the Willamette Valley had no wine reputation, no critical attention, and no reason for a family from California to believe it could produce world-class Pinot Noir.
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The Ponzi family'sThe Ponzi family's contribution to Oregon wine history extends beyond their own estate.
"One of Oregon's founding winery families since 1970 — Dick and Nancy Ponzi planted the first Chardonnay and Pinot Gris v"
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Featured Wines
Pinot Noir
Reserve Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley / Ponzi Estate
Ponzi's most celebrated expression — Reserve Pinot Noir from the founding Chehalem Mountains estate and Willamette Valley sourcing partnerships, consistently earning 93–97 points for the elegant, food-first, Burgundian-style character that Luisa Ponzi's second-generation winemaking produces from Oregon's most historically significant founding estate.
Estate
★★★★☆
Pinot Noir
Abetina Pinot Noir
Chehalem Mountains / Ponzi Estate
Ponzi's estate single-vineyard flagship — Abetina Pinot Noir from the Chehalem Mountains planting that Dick and Nancy Ponzi established in 1970, showing what 50+ years of accumulated founding-family estate knowledge produces in the Willamette Valley's most historically rooted single-vineyard Pinot Noir expression.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Reserve Chardonnay
Willamette Valley / Ponzi Estate
Ponzi's premium white flagship — Reserve Chardonnay from the Chehalem Mountains estate and Willamette Valley sourcing, Burgundian-barrel-fermented and reflecting 50+ years of the founding Ponzi family's commitment to producing Oregon Chardonnay of genuine quality and food-first elegance.
Estate
★★★★☆
Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris
Willamette Valley
One of Oregon's most historically significant Pinot Gris programs — Ponzi estate Pinot Gris from the Chehalem Mountains property where Dick and Nancy Ponzi planted some of the first Pinot Gris vines in the Willamette Valley, producing the aromatic, food-friendly white that has become one of Oregon's most distinctive varieties.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Founding Estate Tasting
Daily tasting at one of Oregon's most historically significant founding family estates — Reserve Pinot Noir, Abetina, and Reserve Chardonnay from Luisa Ponzi's second-generation stewardship of the Chehalem Mountains property that Dick and Nancy Ponzi planted in 1970. Picnic grounds and Willamette Valley views.
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