Women of Pinot
The Story of Women Winemakers in Oregon
Women of Pinot
The Story of Women Winemakers in Oregon
The Story of Women Winemakers in Oregon
The Story of Women Winemakers in Oregon
This feature length documentary shares the stories of 21 Women Winemakers in Willamette Valley, Oregon and how they have helped shape and develop Oregon's wines and their lives as they continue to be a growing influence in Oregon's wine industry even though as Winemakers, they represent just a fraction of Oregon's Willamette Valley 736 +/- wineries.
The idea behind the "Women of Pinot" wine documentary started in early 2020 when talking with local Winemakers about the number of Women Winemakers in Oregon and more specifically the Willamette Valley which is home to Oregon Pinot Noir. It was surprising to find that although the Willamette Valley has over 730 wineries, less than 9% have Women Winemakers. We knew right then that this was a story that needed to be shared.
One might think that there would be a list of all the Women Winemakers you have in the State or at least in each AVA. You would be wrong; no such list exists. It literally took months of research into every different wine group, website searches, emails and winery searching to compile what we thought was a list of all the Women Winemakers in the Willamette Valley for our Wine Documentary. We knew unfortunately we probably didn't have them all, but we had to move forward.
Another challenge to our wine documentary project after identifying all the Women Winemakers we could find was in getting their contact information and making that initial contact. We sent out 56 invitation letters to the Women Winemakers in the Willamette Valley that we found, with an attached list of everyone that was receiving the invitation and of course invited them all to let us know if they knew of anyone that may have been missing from the list. Despite the challenges of attempting to arrange schedules between filming locations, filming crew and most importantly our Women Winemakers, we were able to have almost half of our list of Women Winemakers contribute to our Documentary and for that we are forever grateful to them and to everyone else involved.
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We are looking to have it released and available in early 2025. We will begin marketing and having interview snippets and behind the scenes footage available on YouTube beginning December 2024
We tried our best to find everyone we could and did send out 56 invitations. Unfortunately not everyone was able to participate by their choice only. No one was turned away by our team.
We are planning to release the film onto streaming platforms along with entrance into multiple film festivals. We will also be providing showings at all participating wineries and winemakers locations. Please check back for updates and viewings.
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