type winery public nasdaq wvvi industry wine founded 1983 founder jim bernau headquarters turner oregon united states website www.wvv.com willamette valley vineyards is an american winery located in turner oregon . named after oregon s willamette valley the winery is the leading producer of pinot noir in oregon 1 and also produces dijon clone chardonnay and pinot gris . 2 in 2016 the winery was the largest producer of riesling wine in the willamette valley . 3 contents 1 history 2 oregon estate vineyards 3 accolades 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit the entrance to willamette valley vineyards willamette valley vineyards was founded by jim bernau . 4 in 1997 willamette valley vineyards merged with tualatin estate vineyards which was established by bill fuller in 1973 . jim bernau conducted the first crowdfunding in the u.s. to establish his winery which was performed in 1988 after permission was obtained to do so from the securities and exchange commission . the winery has expanded and is listed on the nasdaq under the symbol wvvi . 5 most recently a successful campaign to expand the company was conducted to fund two new wineries . shares of preferred stock listed on the nasdaq at wvvip were made available to those interested in becoming owners in this expansion . citation needed oregon estate vineyards edit oregon estate vineyards is a new company division that was founded in 2015 by jim bernau and winery director christine collier . the elton and pambrun winery is located in the eola amity hills ava at elton vineyards and in the walla walla valley ava at pambrun vineyards . the wines at elton vineyards will focus on pinot noir and chardonnay . 6 pambrun vineyard is named for bernau s fifth great grandfather pierre pambrun 7 a walla walla pioneer . the site was scheduled to be planted to cabernet sauvignon along with other bordeaux varieties in spring 2016 . 6 7 accolades edit wine enthusiast magazine recently included willamette valley vineyards whole cluster pinot noir as one of america s best value pinot noirs . 8 great northwest wines named 2012 o brien pinot noir in their best northwest wines of 2015 . 9 coordinates 44 49 30 n 123 00 25 w 44.824997 n 123.007053 w 44.824997 ; 123.007053 references edit jenkins t top 25 oregon wineries page 20 . portland business journal august 11 2006 mccarthy e. ; ewing mulligan m. 2011 . wine for dummies . wiley . p. 254 . isbn 978 1 118 05071 2 . haeger j.w. 2016 . riesling rediscovered bold bright and dry . university of california press . p. 133 . isbn 978 0 520 96216 3 . danehower c. ; johnson a. 2010 . essential wines and wineries of the pacific northwest a guide to the wine countries of washington oregon british columbia and idaho . timber press . p. 163 . isbn 978 0 88192 966 9 . retrieved august 13 2016 . publishing dk 2004 . eyewitness companions wines of the world your essential handbook . eyewitness companion guides . dk publishing . p. 520 . isbn 978 0 7566 8927 8 . retrieved august 13 2016 . a b focused on oregon s great wine terroirs . wine spectator . retrieved august 13 2016 . a b willamette valley vineyards plans new elton winery led by isabelle meunier . wine business . may 26 2015 . retrieved august 16 2016 . gregutt paul november 2015 . value pinot noirs gallery carousel 2 wine enthusiast check url value help . page not found . great northwest wine . retrieved 2016 06 11 . further reading edit the people s pinot noir crowd funded wine from willamette valley vineyards . forbes . may 6 2016 . retrieved august 13 2016 . sodomka dennis january 20 2016 . wine time willamette valley vineyards whole cluster pinot noir 2014 oregon . the augusta chronicle . retrieved august 13 2016 . associated press september 20 1993 . wine lovers invest in their vines owners many of willamette valley vineyards 4 500 shareholders place fun over profit but they get both . . los angeles times . retrieved august 16 2016 . visionary drives willamette valley vineyards . the oregonian . february 19 2010 . retrieved august 13 2016 . perry v. ; vincent j. ; schlesinger s. ; peterson nedry h. 2013 . winemakers of the willamette valley pioneering vintners from oregon s wine country . american palate . history press . pp. 147 . isbn 978 1 60949 676 0 . subscription required panichkul victor june 1 2015 . willamette valley vineyards heads to walla walla . statesman journal . retrieved august 13 2016 . panichkul victor august 19 2015 . willamette valley vineyards raising 6 million . statesman journal . retrieved august 13 2016 . willamette valley vineyards sues five cent farm . statesman journal . july 25 2015 . retrieved august 13 2016 . willamette valley vineyards . southcoast today . july 1 2016 . retrieved august 13 2016 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title willamette valley vineyards & oldid 744158013 categories wineries in oregonturner oregoncompanies established in 1983companies listed on nasdaqcompanies based in marion county oregon1983 establishments in oregonhidden categories pages with url errorsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016coordinates not on wikidatapages containing links to subscription only content navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 13 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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