In 2007, when Paul Hart and Jan Jacobsen were ready to retire, they didn’t sell to a big wine conglomerate. They handed the keys to the founders of A to Z Wineworks, another family owned Oregon winery. Bill and Deb Hatcher, Cheryl Francis, and Sam Tannahill took over as stewards of this phenomenal piece of Oregon.

The legacy of the land is alive at Rex Hill. You can see the original tunnels into which the carts of drying racks were rolled, but you’ll also see the new tools of the trade: French oak and stainless steel barrels, wine presses, in-house laboratory and bottling line, temperature controlled fermentation and blending tanks, a state of the art cross-flow filter. As we tend to the existing farm, we have put down a few roots of our own– alongside the original fruit and nut drier sits a new energy-efficient building to house us as we continue to grow. Here’s to the rebirth of the Oregon family farm!