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This soil profile led the Ponzi Family and the Johnson family of neighboring Dion Vineyards to submit an application for a new AVA in 2016. Laurelwood District AVA was approved in 2020. Ponzi is family-owned and operated. Dick and Nancy Ponzi bought their first plot of land in Willamette Valley in 1969 after experimenting with Pinot Noir in California. Nowadays, Pinot Noir is Oregon's most-planted variety and the region is famous for it. Ponzi Vineyards has expanded to make 45,000 cases a year. Dick Ponzi used his background in engineering to develop a low-budget gravity flow production system to account for the delicate, thin-skinned Pinot Noir grapes. Nancy Ponzi spearheaded legislation to legalize tasting rooms in Oregon, paving the way for the state's eventual wine tourism industry. She also co-founded the International Pinot Noir Celebration in 1987. 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This soil profile led the Ponzi Family and the Johnson family of neighboring Dion Vineyards to submit an application for a new AVA in 2016. Laurelwood District AVA was approved in 2020. Ponzi is family-owned and operated. Dick and Nancy Ponzi bought their first plot of land in Willamette Valley in 1969 after experimenting with Pinot Noir in California. Nowadays, Pinot Noir is Oregon's most-planted variety and the region is famous for it. Ponzi Vineyards has expanded to make 45,000 cases a year. Dick Ponzi used his background in engineering to develop a low-budget gravity flow production system to account for the delicate, thin-skinned Pinot Noir grapes. Nancy Ponzi spearheaded legislation to legalize tasting rooms in Oregon, paving the way for the state's eventual wine tourism industry. She also co-founded the International Pinot Noir Celebration in 1987. Today, Ponzi is managed by the second generation, with Maria Ponzi taking over as president and Luisa Ponzi becoming the winemaker in 1993. Luisa Ponzi was the first American woman to enrol at Burgundy's Centre de Formation Professionnelle et de Promotion Agricole de Beaune to study enology.\u003cbr\u003e"}