Vivianne Kennedy, the woman behind RAM Cellars, and Cristina Gonzales, the woman behind Gonzales Wine Company, both make malbec in Oregon — one of the lesser-produced varietals in state. It was how the two of them connected. But as they got to know each other, the winemakers realized that they had far more in common than grapes.
“As our lives started going through major life changes and chaos, we kind of just connected over malbec and trauma, commiserated over our experiences in the wine industry,” Gonzales says. “We leaned on each other.”
As two winemakers without tasting rooms, getting their wine in the hands of consumers has been difficult.
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