INTERVIEWER
Schmidt, Rich
DURATION
50 minutes 32 seconds
DATE
July 31, 2024
INTERVIEW SUMMARY
This interview is with Keenan O’Hern of Revino Bottles. In this interview, Keenan talks about his path to help bring a reusable bottle system to the United States.
Keenan shares about growing up and how he split his time between Oregon and the Netherlands. He goes on to discuss how his time in the Netherlands influenced his environmental beliefs about bottle reusing. Before Keenan dives into all things Revino, he talks about his time at college and the different jobs he had before Revino.
Later in the interview, Keenan shares about some of the challenges Revino and reusable wine bottles have faced since coming to the United States. He then goes on to talk about what the Revino name is meant to symbolize and some of his hopes for the company.
This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt on July 31, 2024 at Linfield University in McMinnville.
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COMMENTS
Some oral history interviews are conducted on site and may contain background noise from nature, winery, or tasting room operations.