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Creation Date
12-11-2015
Disciplines
Oral History | Viticulture and Oenology
Description
The vineyard at Brooks Winery & Tasting Room in Amity, Oregon is seen through a tasting room window. This image was taken during an oral history interview with Don and Carolyn Byard on December 11, 2015. The Byards were interviewed by staff from the Linfield College Archives.
Don Byard, along with his wife Carolyn, owned Eola Hills Vineyard and co-owned Hidden Springs Winery. When the Byards originally came to Oregon, they weren’t looking to buy land and grow grapes but, in 1973, Don eventually found a plot of 20 acres that was similar to what he had seen in Germany. In 1980, alongside Al Alexanderson, Hidden Springs Winery was started; the Byards sold it in 1993, and in 1998 it was renamed Brooks Winery under the leadership of Jimi Brooks.
Recommended Citation
Linfield College Archives, "Brooks Winery Vineyard View" (2015). Browse All Willamette Valley Oral History Interview Photos. Image. Submission 93.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/owha_willamette_ohphotos/93
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Collection Credit
Oregon Wine History Archive. Jereld R. Nicholson Library. Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.