Herb Quady (l.), winemaker, and Chris Martin, owner, taste from the barrel. Quady’s family, who have been vineyard operators in California since 1975, have added Quady North, an Applegate vineyard and estate...

Dick Troon, who began by planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel on his 32-acre property in 1972, is shown putting up the Troon Vineyard sign. Troon vintages were offered starting in 1993 with River Guide...

Entrance to Troon Vineyard in the Applegate Valley, Oregon

Dick Troon was one of the pioneer viticulturalists in the Applegate Valley, along with Frank Wisnovsky and Roger and Barrie Layne. He formulated a course in viticulture for the Grants Pass campus of Rogue...

John Ousterhout farmed turkeys for many years before trying viticulture. In 1970 he planted his vineyard from cuttings supplied by Porter Lombard, head of Oregon State University’s Hanley Road Research...