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Christina Kelly,
Avalon Wine Senior Editor

Christina Kelly spent the first half of her career as a journalist for daily newspapers and magazines. She left daily journalism to work in corporate marketing/communications, but as a passionate wine enthusiast, she continues to write about the Northwest wine industry (since 1997) for many national publications.

Christina is a multiple fellowship winner to the Professional Wine Writers Symposium in Napa, including 2012. Christina has written for Avalonwine.com for the past 12 years. She can be reached at winewriter@comcast.net.

Jean Yates
Avalon Wine Owner

Jean first worked with the Oregon wine industry in 1989, when she helped develop marketing brochures for wineries in the South Willamette. She then started Avalon, and has supported the industry through her wine shop and web site ever since. Jean enjoys promoting Oregon and Washington wines and bringing Northwest wines to the notice of the wine-loving public across the country. She previously worked in high tech marketing and research in Silicon Valley.

Jean built and continually updates the Avalon web site, writes our Wine Club Newsletter, numerous e-mail articles on NW wine, and articles for the web site. Her twenty five years of experience working with NW wineries and winemakers gives Avalon a deep knowledge of the industry. She's judged NW wine at various competitions since 1997. Jean's favorite activity is photography, and many of the images on the Avalon web site are hers. She's from NC via Palo Alto, and lives in the South Willamette wine country.

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July 15, 2010, at 11:25 am

Oregon Wine – Haden Fig’s Purchase of Evesham Wood

By Jean Yates Avalon Wine, on July 15th, 2010

Here’s an update to our continuing coverage of the purchase of Evesham Wood by Erin and Jordan Nuccio of Haden Fig. (Don’t I sound a bit like Dan Rather in that sentence…very official.)

Erin sent me this a few minutes ago:

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As many of you know, Haden Fig has been produced at Evesham Wood since its inception.  But many of you probably don’t know how that came to be.  Through a very bizarre and serendipitous series of events I found myself driving up the long gravel road to Evesham Wood about three years ago.  What was meant to be a quick winery and vineyard tour turned into the beginning of a meaningful friendship and an indispensable mentorship. Russ and Mary Raney built Evesham Wood from the ground up and spent nearly 25 years honing their craft.  I have learned a lot from them and they have welcomed Jordan, Haden, and me into their family over the last three years while we worked side by side creating something we believe in.

Russ and Mary have decided to move on to the next chapter of their lives and have asked Jordan and me to carry on what they have worked so hard to create.  While it wasn’t what I envisioned three years ago, or even more recently, it is an incredible honor and opportunity to carry this legacy forward and I take the responsibility extremely seriously.  Russ and Mary will stay close by, living just down the street, and their influence and input will be invaluable as we make this transition of ownership.

Now what does this mean for Haden Fig?  Haden Fig will continue down the path started three years ago with even more opportunity for experimentation and allowing me to really push the envelope in working towards creating wine that truly embraces the philosophies of sustainable viticulture and natural winemaking.  Jordan and I are thankful to Russ and Mary for making this possible and we are thankful to you for helping us grow.  This is exciting news for Haden Fig and good things are to come!

We’ll have more in an article on Avalon Wine in the next few days.

July 15th, 2010 | Category: Oregon Wine | Comments are closed

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