WillaKenzie Estate
Winery · Founded 1991 · Yamhill, OR
Visit: 19143 NE Laughlin Rd, Yamhill, OR 97148
Yamhill-Carlton estate founded by Bernard and Ronni Lacroute, who bought a cattle farm in 1991, began planting in 1992 and made their first wine in a gravity-flow winery in 1995. Jackson Family Wines bought it in 2016.
Ownership
- Bernard Lacroute (co-founder, from 1991)
- Bernard Lacroute (owned by, 1991–2016)
- Jackson Family Wines (acquired by, from 2016)
Work
- Jimi Brooks (employed)
- Laurent Montalieu (partner and winemaker, until 2003)
- Kelly Kidneigh (employed)
- Michael Lundeen (harvest worker)
- Chris Lubberstedt (employed)
- Carole Stevens (employed)
- Thibaud Mandet (enologist)
- Thibaud Mandet (head winemaker)
Affiliation
- Method Oregon (member)
Geography
- Yamhill-Carlton AVA (draws fruit from)