INTERVIEWER
Schmidt, Rich
DURATION
1 hour 34 minutes 2 seconds
DATE
August 23, 2024
INTERVIEW SUMMARY
This interview is with Taylor Rebora of Rebora Wines. In this interview, Taylor speaks about growing up in Chicago surrounded by a family of artists, and discovering wine as a viable path when choosing a college. She talks about her time at Cal Poly – learning by doing – and about her internships and experiences abroad while working in wine production.
Later she talks about her experiences in New Zealand during 2020, and finding Oregon later that year while working a harvest at Antica Terra. From there she talks about the places in Oregon where she worked in production as well as her pivot into working in wine accounting. She also talks about making her first wine and what might come next.
This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt on August 23, 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.