About Kathy Reese

Kathy Reese began her wine experience in the early 1980s touring Oregon's wine country “just for fun”. As her knowledge and love of wine grew, she found herself seeking a career in the wine industry.

In 1994, she began working part time at Autumn Wind Vineyards (now Patricia Green Cellars) in Newberg, Ore. She started in the tasting room and worked up to marketing the Autumn Wind line to local retailers. Kathy was with winery until 2001. You will still find her in the tasting room on Memorial Day and Thanksgiving Weekends.

1994 also saw the launch of her own wine tour company, at that time named Northwest Wine Tours. A year later, when the business expanded, the name was changed to Adventures In Wine. The company conducts wine tours in Oregon and California. Adventures In Wine also produces winemaker dinners, wine events as well as Riedel Glass Tastings. They also carry the entire line of Riedel stemware and accessories.

Kathy’s wine experience also includes stints as Wine Steward at both Lamb’s Marketplace in Troutdale and Fred Meyer Raleigh Hills.