Audeant Wines

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Audeant - May they dare, may they venture, may they risk In the late summer of 2015, a last minute change in plans led a couple from Chicago to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. They made an appointment at one of their favorite wineries, a bottle of which they shared on their first date. Over the course of a three and a half hour tasting, only two and a half hours longer than planned, they came to know a young winemaker there who shared his enthusiasm for the world of wine while pulling cork after cork. A mutual love of culinary and vinous experience was exchanged along with parallel perspectives about fine wine, its crafting and enjoyment. They left finding themselves struck with the energy and beauty of the valley, its wines, and the possibility of a life they never dreamt of. Leaning on winemaker Andrew Riechers’ relationships with farmers and vineyard owners throughout the valley, a small brand was formed around a handful of rows, in a few of the most challenging and compelling vineyard sites in the Willamette Valley. Whether older own rooted vines, or unirrigated and organically farmed at high elevation, we believe the margins are where place and time are reflected most beautifully. We venture to risk in these places and in our lives as we dare to place our goals higher than seems reasonable.