Ponzi Vineyards
Oregon, USA
Founders Dick and Nancy Ponzi moved to the Willamette Valley in the late 1960s with a spirit of adventure and a dream to produce world-class, cool climate-grown Pinot Noir. After an extensive search for just the right place, they invested everything they had into a small 20-acre farm on the northern end of the verdant Willamette Valley. They planted their first vines in 1968, establishing Ponzi Vineyards at a time when there were only a small number of other wineries in the region, forever solidifying their place as Oregon wine pioneers. As the winery grew, the family constructed a sustainably focused gravity-flow winery in 2008 and a state-of-the-art tasting room in 2013. Ponzi Vineyards’ low-intervention, natural approach to winemaking and viticulture, along with consistent high-level acclaim and accolades, have kept the brand as a vanguard Oregon producer. In May 2021, Groupe Bollinger acquired Ponzi Vineyards—the family-owned company’s first property outside France—bringing new life and opportunity to the winery. Ponzi Vineyards continues to elevate the elemental, bringing a harmonious contrast to the wild land we farm and the sophistication of the wines we produce—simultaneously natural and refined, pure, earthy, and artistic.
