![]() ![]() The certified sommelier spent a year at storied Whitehouse-Crawford while taking enology and viticulture courses at Walla Walla CC.Īlong the way, Rudin worked as an harvest intern at L’Ecole N° 41. Work as a server in Seattle’s restaurant scene inspired him first to become a sommelier and later a winemaker. Rudin graduated from East Wenatchee’s Eastmont High School in 1998 and matriculated to Western Washington University. 10, 2020 at Red Heaven Vineyard on Red Mountain. Rudin not only winemaker, but also certified sommīrian Rudin samples grapes on Sept. His wife, fellow College Cellars grad Kristina Czarny, is on the winemaking team for Precept. Czarny’s résumé includes Domaine Serene in Oregon’s Dundee Hills, Walla Walla wineries Forgeron Cellars and Revelry Vintners, Rooster Hill in New York’s Finger Lakes and overseas posts at Vidal Estate in New Zealand and Lambert Estate in Australia. Among the mentors Czarny lists is Tim Donahue, the former winemaking instructor at WWCC. His added duties will be collaborating with vineyard manager Dick Boushey on Longwinds Estate Vineyard - Duckhorn’s planting on Red Mountain. Two years later, he was promoted to assistant winemaker. Last year, Echolands opened a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla, and the new vinification facility will be scaled for production of 10,000 cases.Ĭzarny came to Canvasback as enologist for the 2018 crush. Oswald graduated from Whitman College prior to receiving a master’s in wine microbiology from Washington State University. Under their Walla Squared LLC, Bergman and Frost also have plans to plant at least 25 acres on the Mill Creek property, which reaches 1,800 feet in elevation.Īmong Echoland’s early releases was a 2019 Grenache, and critical acclaim for that wine by Oswald included a spot on The Seattle Times Top 20 Northwest list for 2021. The Echolands 2022 Albus is a vineyard-designated Sauvignon Blanc/Sémillon blend off young Taggart. ![]() She oversees the Echolands 50-acre vineyard - Taggart - in the SeVein project near Milton-Freewater, Ore., as well as Seven Hills Vineyard. Kansas City-based businessmen Frost and Bergman launched Echolands in 2018 with Taylor Oswald as their winemaker and acclaimed viticulturist Sadie Drury as vineyard manager. “Making wine with Duckhorn Wine Company has been a rare gift - there is no other wine company like this in the world.” “After nine wonderful years at Canvasback Wines, I am departing to pursue some new dreams,” Rudin announced. This fall, Frost and Echolands co-owner Brad Bergman plan to crush the first grapes at the 27,000-square-foot production facility they are building on the 341-acre site they own along Mill Creek Road in the Blue Mountain foothills. Their neighborhood includes Abeja, Aluvé, Figgins and the pending Jackson Family Wines project for Walla Walla. “His passion was infectious, he loved to teach and share information, and he embraced a collaborative approach as we explored the diversity of Washington wine together.” “In many ways, Brian represented all of the things I love about making wine in Washington,” Czarny noted in a statement issued by Duckhorn. He used social media on July 2 to announce that he has joined Echolands Winery, the young project launched by the affable Doug Frost, one of three in the world to earn both Master of Wine and Master Sommelier accreditation.Ĭzarny took over July 3, and Duckhorn describes him as Rudin’s “handpicked successor.” However, Rudin won’t be leaving Walla Walla. The two Duckhorn Portfolio brands in Washington state will continue to be led by a graduate of Walla Walla Community College’s vaunted winemaking program with Joseph Czarny replacing Brian Rudin as winemaker for the Canvasback and Greenwing labels. (Photo by Kristina Czarny/Courtesy of Duckhorn Vineyards) Joe Czarny took over the winemaking for The Duckhorn Portfolio’s Canvasback and Greenwing brands on July 3, 2023. ![]()
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