One of the few Indigenous vintners in North America, Grey is motivated to represent her father’s Cherokee Shawnee heritage.

Keep your eye on the name Brandy Grey because she is one talented winemaker. 

[The Willamette Valley] has its first Native American winemaker in Brandy Grey, both Cherokee and Shawnee, making Pinot Noir and sparkling Rosé across two Willamette Valley appellations, with the label used to help support fellow indigenous peoples.

Greywing Cellars believes small is beautiful

“Our journey doesn’t look like anyone else’s, and we want it that way,”

"Yamhill-Carlton Pinot Noir to try:

Belle Pente, EIEIO, Elizabeth Chambers, Erath, Greywing, Sineann"

Though small, they have ambitions with the wines they produce, and an interesting perspective on what might come next.