WOMEN-LED
WINERIES

From the very beginning, women have shaped the story of Oregon wine. Long before the Willamette Valley became synonymous with world-class Pinot noir, women like Diana Lett, Shirley Coury, Pat Campbell, Ginny Adelsheim, Susan Sokol Blosser, and Nancy Ponzi were walking the rows, taking the risks, and building the foundations of an industry that didn’t yet exist. Their work wasn’t just pioneering, it was transformative.

Today, that legacy is not only alive but expanding in ways the early trailblazers could have only imagined. Women now occupy every corner of the Willamette Valley’s wine community: growing the grapes, crafting the wines, shaping policy, building businesses, and leading with vision from cellar to city hall. The photographs featured here capture just a small glimpse of that story.