Located in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. The wines are produced entirely from sustainable farmed estate fruit and many of the grapes are also sold to other notable wineries.
Dick and Deirdre Shea, owners of Oregon's famed Shea Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton area, said that even the winemakers who buy their fruit were willing to share winemaking ideas.
Ms. Banke's influence can be felt most immediately in Oregon, where on Monday the company closed on the famed Zena Crown vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills region (along with Gran Moraine in Yamhill-Carlton).