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No Men, No Glass: One Future Vision of Wine
The four bottles came in a compact cardboard box with the words: “Your Drink Now Wines Are Here.” Picking up a bottle, I noticed three things simultaneously. The playful caricature of a woman on the front; the brief manifesto “Fight Like a Sister. Enjoy Today. Adventures Well” printed on the side; and the fact that the bottles were…well, squishy.
These were the inaugural release from Nomen, a wine brand started by Angelica O’Reilly and her three eldest daughters. O’Reilly and her husband David are the founders of Owen Roe Wines, a wildly successful wine brand that makes wines in Oregon and Washington State.
Nomen’s recyclable PET bottles ask wine buyers to pass on glass
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
It’s estimated that 90% of the wines purchased in America are consumed within two weeks. Five women sharing the name O’Reilly think those wines should be housed in plastic bottles, just like soda pop and water. Their new line of Nomen wines makes a tasty argument to pass on glass.
Moira, Roisin, Angelica, Marie-Therese and Brigid O’Reilly own Distaff Wine Co. in Newberg. They started Distaff to tell their stories as women in the industry while also giving voice to women and minorities in other industries. Then the coronavirus pandemic threw them a curve.