J.K. Carriere Pinot Noir Vespidae Willamette Valley
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The big face above + the contraction of one’s grandfathers’ names J.K. Prosser & Paul Carriere + an insect that can kill you + a couple of decades can lead to authenticity. My name is Jim Prosser, and in 1999, post dress-for-success, post finance, post crazy-shit-out-on-the-world, post eight Pinot producers in OR, NZ, AU and France, I returned to Oregon and started J.K. Carriere as my best guess at a recognizable life. At the outset it was just me — strapped, buying grapes and MacGyvering a 100-year-old barn into a winery. When the accolades of ‘’pure wine’’ ensued and the late nights and ramen got old, “me” led to “we.” In 2007, we willed our way into 40 acres of the best virgin hilltop imaginable. In 2008 we stood up a winery of beauty and simple physics. In 2009 we started planting and called it St. Dolores Estate, a nod to our mom. By the time of our 20th anniversary, we were farming 38,000 vines on 26 acres. And authenticity? Twenty-four years in, via soil, tractors and bottles, we’re coaxing it every day.