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Dick Ponzi
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Dick Ponzi (born March 26, 1934) is an American winemaker, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry[1] and the Oregon brewing industry,[2] and the founder of Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Willamette Valley's founding wineries.[nb 1][5] He also had a successful career as a structural engineer.[4] Ponzi is regarded as an enological and viticultural innovator. He was a founding member and the first president of the Oregon Winegrowers Association and a founding director of the Oregon Wine Board. He and his wife also established Oregon's first craft brewery, Bridgeport Brewing Company.[6]
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Born | (1934-03-26) March 26, 1934 (age 90) New Castle, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
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Children | 3 |
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