2024 AUCTION SPONSORS
Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction would not be possible without the generous contributions of our 2024 sponsors. Auction sponsors are offered the opportunity to showcase their commitment to the Willamette Valley wine community and support the work of the Willamette Valley Wineries Association.
To participate, please contact Julie Dalrymple, Membership & Sponsorship Manager at the Willamette Valley Wineries Association.
IMPERIAL SPONSORS
CONSTELLATION BRANDS
Constellation Brands is the fastest-growing large CPG company in the U.S. at retail, with operations in the U.S., Mexico, New Zealand and Italy. With the right brands in the right places at the right time, our products help people connect and celebrate, elevating good times so they can enjoy life to the fullest. Innovation has been part of our DNA since our founding in 1945 and will guide us in creating the next generation of products and experiences Worth Reaching For.
WInebow
Winebow offers a dynamic portfolio of fine wine and spirits from around the world, representing both established properties and a new generation of winemakers and distillers. Since 1980, Winebow has upheld a long-standing commitment to personal relationships, knowledge, and outstanding service. With a distribution network in 19 markets that cover ~65 percent of the wine consumption in the U.S., Winebow strives to be the best partner to its customers and suppliers, and to inspire a passion for fine wine and spirits nationwide.
northwest distribution & storage
We have been the foremost wine storage facility in the Pacific Northwest since 1994, providing a secure, licensed and bonded, temperature-controlled facility offering storage, comprehensive DTC fulfillment, labeling and repack services. We have the Northwest’s most extensive consolidation program utilizing our own fleet of refrigerated trailers and network of partner carriers.
JEROBOAM SPONSORS
TRICORBRAUN
At TricorBraun WinePak, we focus on providing our customers with reliable and consistent access to domestic and global supply. With so many factors impacting your business, it’s important to choose a packaging partner with sophisticated forecasting, deep industry know-how, and a global reach. With our strong partnerships and strategies, we aim to mitigate potential supply chain disruptions so that you have the bottles you need, when you need them.
MAGNUM SPONSORS
g3/diam
G3 is the exclusive distributor of Diam corks for still wine, sparkling wine, and spirits in North America. DIAM closures are guaranteed to provide clean, consistent, and reliable permeability from bottle to bottle. Offerings are currently available in ranges of DIAM 2, 3, 5, 10, and 30 for still wines and DIAM 3, 5, and 10 for sparkling wines. Diam’s sustainable corking solution, Origine by DIAM®, is a bio-sourced cork that offers different permeability options to control wine aging with ranges from 5, 10, and 30 years for still wines.
IRVINE & COMPANY, LLC
For more than three decades, Irvine & Company, LLC has provided professional tax, audit, and other financial accounting solutions for a variety of businesses throughout Oregon and Washington. Involved primarily in the alcoholic beverage, agriculture, and manufacturing industries, their services include everything from financial reporting and tax management to business consulting.
JACKSON FAMILY WINES WILLAMETTE VALLEY
Jackson Family Wines is a family-owned, vineyard-based company with a penchant for exploration. Founder Jess Jackson placed his faith in farming and a meticulous expression of wine with his first landscape-changing vintage in 1982, an ethos that chairman Barbara Banke and the Jackson family continue to uphold to this day. Since 2013 Jackson Family Wines has been honored to be part of the Willamette Valley community. In Oregon, and across other esteemed winegrowing regions, Jackson Family Wines maintains a steadfast commitment to making wines of character and integrity, rooted in vineyard ownership and sustainable practices, to drive consistent quality and artisan winemaking.
mitchell wine group
Portland, Oregon.
PONZI VINEYARDS
Established in 1970, Ponzi Vineyards was instrumental in working together with some of the first founding families to put the Willamette Valley on the map as a world-class wine region. Today, more than fifty years and two generations in, the founding spirit of Ponzi Vineyards is as alive as ever, continuing to elevate elemental into exceptional and celebrate Pinot Noir in its purest, most unadulterated expression.
REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
With roots extending before Prohibition, RNDC is one of the nation’s leading wholesale beverage alcohol distributors, specializing in wine and spirits. As the preferred partner for alcohol producers who value the three-tier system, RNDC serves as a brand-building and product expert liaison between suppliers and those who sell or serve alcoholic beverages. Customer service, product expertise, and executional excellence are the hallmarks of our enduring success.
saverglass
Saverglass is the leading global player in the market for Premium and Super Premium bottles. Its production tools and expertise are used to manage significant volumes of orders while meeting the specific needs of its customers for special and short runs. This technological expertise, the quality of its services and its capacity for creation place Saverglass in a unique position on the market.
STOLLER WINE GROUP
The Stoller Wine Group has earned a reputation as one of Oregon's most dynamic and wineries by thinking and acting differently than our peers. Our success begins with Founder and Proprietor, Bill Stoller, a native of Dayton, Oregon whose vision is to build a company that will last for 200 years.
Founded in 1993, our collection of family-owned brands includes Stoller Family Estate, Chehalem Winery, Chemistry, Stoller Swing, History and Canned Oregon. We take pride in our B Corp, LIVE and Salmon-Safe certifications, knowing that we back our values with actions when it comes to our commitment to our land, wines, and community. With every step forward, we are building a lasting impact on the wine industry and world. Our dedication has led us to be perennially honored as one of Oregon's most admired companies by the Portland Business Journal and 10Best Tasting Rooms by the USA Today Reader’s Choice.
WINESHIPPING
Wineshipping is a tech-enabled third-party logistics (3PL) provider for alcoholic beverage companies, managing the fastest, most accurate, and most cost-efficient delivery network in the US for wine and more.
SUPPORTER
GRANT CO. GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Serving the Willamette Valley and Portland area in Oregon since 1987, The Grant Company Inc. is a reputed design-build commercial general contractor. Over the past thirty-plus years in business, we’ve found ourselves in a unique niche, mostly building amazing one-of-a-kind buildings like churches and wineries, but also building lots of practical buildings like farm stores and storage buildings for our winery customers.
KNUDSEN VINEYARDS
Knudsen Vineyards is an iconic vineyard in the heart of the acclaimed Dundee Hills AVA overlooking the fertile Willamette Valley, majestic Mt. Hood and the North Cascade mountain range. The family has grown grapes and made wine here for 50 years.