Neil Goldschmidt, former Governor of Oregon, Mayor of Portland, U.S.
Transportation Secretary under the Jimmy Carter administration and
executive of Nike is adding another title to his long list of
achievements: wine producer.

For the past four years, Goldschmidt and his wife Diana Snowden have
sold grapes from their Dundee Hills Vineyards to some of the most
prestigious Pinot Noir makers in Oregon, including Adelsheim, Patti
Green and Rex Hill. The property, 17 acres nestled in the Dundee Hills
in the Willamette Valley, once belonged to John and Sally Bauers, who
began a vineyard in 1974.

"The Bauers sold grapes to Rex Hill, Elk Cove and others," Goldschmidt
said in a recent interview. "When we purchased the property in 1998, we
replanted some of the blocks, cleared sections that weren't planted and
added different clones.

"Today, we have more wineries buying fruit from our property than ever
before. As a result, we've had time to see how others used our fruit, so
we could learn."