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Willamette Valley Wine pioneer announces retirement with vineyard sale
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By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive
Myron Redford’s storied 47-year wine career officially ended with a simple statement: “We sold our vineyard.”
Redford recently announced the sale of 10 acres of the Redford Wetle Farms property he owns with his wife and partner Vikki Wetle. The deal with Michael Baryla of Livermore, California, includes a 7.3 acre organically certified vineyard planted by Redford and Wetle in 2006. The vineyard property on S.E. Eola Hills Road was listed at $549,000 by Oregon Vineyard Property in Dundee.
Redford founded Amity Vineyards by purchasing an existing pinot noir and riesling vineyard near Amity in 1974. He was joined by Wetle in 1980.
Oregon Wine Industry Pioneer Retires
Myron Redford announced the sale of Redford Wetle Farms Vineyard to Baryla Wines LLC. Redford, one of the founders of the Oregon wine industry, has with the sale of the vineyard retired from active involvement in the industry after 47 years.
Redford founded Amity Vineyards in 1974 and was joined by his wife, Vikki Wetle in 1980. The couple has been an active part of the industry since its beginnings. Redford was an active member of both the Oregon Winegrowers Association and the Oregon Wine Advisory Board. Wetle was on the founding board of the International Pinot Noir Celebration. They introduced the first organic wine and Gamay noir to Oregon viticulture. Amity Vineyards was sold to Union Wine Company in 2014.
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