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The People
Luisa Ponzi
Luisa Ponzi graduated from Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Science with an emphasis in Biology in 1990. Following her undergraduate studies, Luisa moved to Beaune, France, where she continued her education. As part of the required curriculum, Luisa apprenticed with Burgundian producer, M. Christophe Roumier of Domaine Roumier of Chambolle Musigny, France and Italian producer Luca Currado of Vietti in Piedmonte, Italy. In 1993, Luisa was awarded the degree Brevet Professional D'Oenologie et Viticulture.
In addition to her formal studies of enology and viticulture, Luisa has traveled extensively throughout other prominent wine regions including Australia, New Zealand, Germany, and the United States. Since 1986, she has participated in all the International Pinot Noir Celebrations in McMinnville, Oregon and has attended all of the accompanying Steamboat Technical Pinot Noir Conferences. She is an annual panelist at Oregon Pinot Camp and speaks often at various trade seminars about Pinot Noir and her winemaking style.
The majority of Luisa's winemaking experience is drawn from her life long work with her father, Dick Ponzi, at their Willamette Valley vineyards and winery. She blends her formal European education of enology and viticulture with the Oregon wine expertise of her world class winemaker father. Since 1993, Luisa has brought her knowledge of Burgundian practices and combined them with her personal experience to the family-owned winery.
She continues to educate herself through contacts with winemakers around the world and through constant winery tastings, vineyard and winemaking conferences. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the International Pinot Noir Celebration.
Luisa resides on her grandparents old 40-acre farm in Gaston, Oregon. There, with her winemaker husband Eric Hamacher, son, Nico, and daughter, Mia, she tends a large garden, nurtures various farm animals — including Scottish Highlanders and, in her gourmet kitchen, entertains residents of the surrounding wine community. The remodeled farmhouse boasts an impressive wine cellar.