Wines

Flâneur Wines

Marty Doerschlag
Ribbon Ridge & Chehalem Mountains, OR

Featured:
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Congress Has Heart Reception & Collectors Dinner
Thursday, May 8, 2025 – Trade Tasting
Saturday, May 10, 2025 – Grand Tasting Reception

Growing up in Dublin, Ohio, I was surrounded by farms and learned to appreciate that hard work yields exceptional results. In college, I gravitated toward friends who worked in restaurants and was the cheerful beneficiary of their cooking experiments. I learned how to pair wines with food and began to understand how wine elevates the experience. 

 In 2005, I sold my shares in WD Partners, Inc., a design, architecture, and construction management firm started by my father. I was burned out. Our firm had grown from 13 people to 600 and we had been named the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004. All the while, I made sure that our company retained the feel of a small, personal business. But I was ready to pursue happiness somewhere else. 

That somewhere turned out to be farming grapes—pinot noir specifically—and nowhere are conditions better than in the Willamette Valley. I’ve assembled a world-class team for each stage of the process—farming, winemaking, hospitality—each part of equal importance. Our tight-knit group works together toward our shared goal: building one of the top wine brands in the world.