OTIS KENYON VINEYARDS

Owners Steve Kenyon and Deborah Dunbar have been drinking wine together, and with friends and family, for as long as they can remember. They have shared a dream of becoming winemakers since living in Chateauneuf du Pape many years ago amid dozens of modest artisans making world-class wine, and surrounded by the beauty of the river rock vineyards of the Southern Rhone.

A life- long appreciation of wine, together with an affinity for Walla Walla stemming from Steve’s pleasant childhood days, motivated Steve and Deborah to purchase two vineyard sites in the Walla Walla Valley. Stellar Vineyard, an award-winning 10-acre mature vineyard, is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. The other, a 29-acre site with all the markers of excellent vineyard potential, will be planted to Bordeaux and Rhone varietals. Both vineyards are located within the Walla Walla Valley American Viticulture Appellation near Milton-Freewater, Oregon.