Greg Jones – Board Chair

Research Committee Chair

Greg is a world-renowned atmospheric scientist and wine climatologist, he has held research and teaching positions at the University of Virginia, Southern Oregon University, and most recently, Linfield University. He has taught extensively across many areas including meteorology, climatology, ecology, hydrology, geology, statistics, GIS and remote sensing, and wine business, viticulture, enology, and sensory evaluation. For over twenty-five years his research has firmly linked weather and climate with grapevine growth, fruit chemistry, and wine characteristics in regions all around the globe. His work was also one of the first to tie climate change to fundamental biological phenomena in vines and the resulting influences on productivity and quality. His groundbreaking work has informed and influenced the wine industry across the globe. Greg has served on the editorial advisory boards of multiple international and national scientific journals and sits on the Erath Family Foundation board. Dr. Jones also has lifelong ties to the Oregon wine community, most closely with his family winery and vineyards at Abacela where Greg was appointed CEO in 2021. To find out more about his research and access videos, podcasts, and publications visit this website (www.climateofwine.com).

Tiquette Bramlett – Vice Chair

Education Committee Co-Chair

In May of 2023 Tiquette Bramlett became the Vice President of Oregon’s Chosen Family Wines and, in April 2021, became the first Black woman in the country hired to lead a winery. Bramlett began her studies to become a sommelier in 2015 and developed a passion for Willamette Valley wines.

In 2020, Bramlett founded a non-profit called Our Legacy Harvested, an organization dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusivity in Oregon’s wine industry. The non-profits’ mission is to educate, advance, and empower the BIPOC community at any career level so that tasting rooms, cellars, and vineyards will welcome and better represent the diverse world of wine drinkers and enthusiasts.

In addition, Bramlett is the Associate Director for Assemblage Symposium, a program for women and diverse groups in wine that inspires conversations about the challenges these communities face in the industry. She is on the board of IPNC (International Pinot Noir Celebration), Oregon Wine Board and Women in Wine.

Bramlett’s contributions to the industry and community have been recognized locally and nationally. In June 2021, Bramlett was included in Portland Business Journal’s “30 new Portland-area executives you should know” list. In August 2021, Bramlett was named one of Wine Enthusiast’s 40 under 40 Tastemakers 2021.

Justin King – Chair Emeritus

Industry Partnership Committee Co-Chair

Justin King is a third-generation member of the King family of King Estate Winery, just southwest of Eugene. Before becoming King Estate’s national sales manager he spent four years as a sales representative for the Northeast region, based in New York. Justin also participates in winemaking with his limited-production, biodynamic estate Pinot noir called 7 Rows.

Before joining his family’s business, Justin, a professional fingerstyle acoustic guitarist known for pioneering a percussive tapping style, founded and operated Vinegar Hill Sound, a recording studio in Brooklyn, NY. In the late 2000s he worked as a photojournalist in places such as Iraq, Haiti and South Africa. An active community volunteer, Justin also serves on the board of Food for Lane County, his area’s main food bank.

Gary Mortensen – Treasurer

With a career spanning more than 20 years of senior leadership in the Oregon wine industry, coupled with a decade as a start-up veteran, Gary brings a passion for innovation and pushing boundaries. Under the Stoller Wine Group umbrella, Gary oversees a family-owned portfolio consisting of Stoller Family Estate, Chehalem Winery, Chemistry, Canned Oregon, and History. His approach to leadership has quickly earned the Stoller Wine Group a reputation as one of Oregon’s most dynamic and celebrated family of wine brands, and earned him the honor of being named one of the Portland Business Journal’s 2022 Executives of the Year and Wine Business Monthly’s Top Leaders of 2022.

Cristina Gonzales

Education Committee Vice Chair

Cristina Gonzales is the granddaughter of migrant farm workers from Texas, who moved to Wisconsin to pick cherries in search of a better life. Her passion for wine began while traveling as a backpacker through South America in 2001 and landing in Mendoza, Argentina, the epicenter of South American Malbec. When she returned to the United States, she entered the wine industry and eagerly absorbed information any way she could, working harvests in California, Oregon, Tasmania, and Australia. She honed her skills at A to Z Wineworks/REX HILL in the Willamette Valley and in 2009, she finally launched Gonzales Wine Company, uniting winemaking experience from around the world with that first spark of inspiration in a glass of Malbec in Argentina. Cristina serves as Secretary on the Board of AHIVOY Oregon and serves on the Advisory Board of Woman-Owned Wineries.  She resides in Portland, Oregon with her son, their cattle dog, Bean and crafts small-production wines from Washington and Oregon grapes in the heart of SE Portland.  

Dionne Irvine

Dionne Irvine is a co-founder of Irvine & Roberts Vineyards in Ashland, Oregon.  Dionne and her husband, Doug Irvine, established Irvine & Roberts in 2007, which today includes 47 acres of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, and Gamay Noir planted on the high-elevation estate vineyards.  The vineyard is also the place she gratefully calls home. 

Dionne spent her younger years in Brookings, Oregon, then moved to Southern California, where she began her real estate career, working in sales, marketing and management for both small private and large publicly traded new homebuilding companies. With a desire to raise her 3 daughters in Oregon, she returned to her Southern Oregon roots in 1997, making Ashland her home.

Dionne currently serves as a marketing committee member for the Rogue Valley Vintners Association and as a Board Member at Large and Executive Committee Member for the Asante Foundation. She also served as a board member of the Oregon Winegrowers Association from 2020-2022.

Believing we are only as strong as the community we call home, she collaborates with, promotes, and supports the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, destination marketing organizations, local chefs, arts organizations, local schools, and several philanthropic foundations in the Rogue Valley.

Austin Kraemer

Austin Kraemer is a 4th generation farmer from the Willamette Valley in the Silverton area. Born into a family legacy of agriculture, Austin, alongside his brother Ben, manages Kraemer Farms vineyard operations. Stepping into his father’s boots, Austin took on the crucial responsibility of overseeing the existing vineyard acres while establishing a few hundred more acres.

Austin’s journey in agriculture led him to OSU where he pursued a degree in Agricultural Business Management.  Eager to broaden his knowledge, he embarked on an insightful internship with E.J. Gallo Winery. After, Austin returned to his roots, Kraemer Farms in the Willamette Valley. With a focus on winery relations and a vision for vineyard expansion, he played a pivotal role in shaping the vineyards’ operations trajectory.

Austin’s commitment to fostering strong relationships within the winemaking community and expanding the vineyards underscored his dedication to both the family legacy and the thriving wine industry in the region.

Austin Kraemer, shares his life on the family farm with his wife Destinee, who is expecting their first child in February, and his Belgian

Malinois, Chief. Beyond the demands of the vineyard, he is a fanatic gardener and avid Outdoorsmen, with a fondness for raising livestock. His goal is to continue an ongoing legacy of wine growing in the Willamette valley while contributing to the advancement of the industry for the betterment of the businesses, people, and the environment.

Anna Maria Ponzi

Anna Maria Ponzi is renowned for her wine industry expertise, bringing a wealth of experience to the Oregon Wine Board. As a second-generation wine producer, former owner and past president of Ponzi Vineyards, she helped transform the business from a garage operation into an established wine brand founded five decades ago by her parents Dick and Nancy Ponzi. With a career spanning various industry organizations, including serving four years on the OWB in 1996, Ponzi continues to make significant contributions, currently serving as an Oregon Tourism Commissioner, and past president of the Oregon Winegrowers Association. Ponzi and her husband Brett Fogelstrom own issimo Vineyard in the Laurelwood District, a 20-acre vineyard planted in 2018 to Chardonnay and Pinot noir in Clonal Massale technique. She also co-owns Laurelwood Vineyard Management, overseeing more than 100 acres of vineyards. Her dedication extends beyond her business, as she actively participates in promoting sustainable practices and community engagement. Her approach to quality winemaking aligns seamlessly with the OWB’s commitment to success.

Adam Ramirez

Adam Ramirez, originally from Red Bluff, California, made his way to the Northwest in 2006 to attend the University of Portland’s Pamplin School of Business. During his time in Portland, he started his career in Finance, met his wife Jessica, and established his roots in Oregon as well as the Northwest. In 2014, Adam moved to the Columbia Valley to enter into the wine industry. During that time, he has worked with Wyckoff Farms and Coventry Vale Winery since 2016. He is currently the President of Coventry Vale Winery and works with Sixmile Canyon Vineyards on a pioneering planting of grapes just west of Boardman, Oregon.