The Evolution of Bertony Faustin, Oregon’s First Black Winemaker
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OCTOBER 20, 2023
He didn’t read how-to books or get any industry certifications, but he did attend a wine school in Salem, Oregon, for three months, dropping out after realizing he had something no one else in class did: grapes. In Oregon, the first recorded winery was in the 1850s, yet the first Black winemaker in the state was Faustin in 2008.
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