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FOLLOWING A DREAM
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PAULA BANDY PROVIDED BY PASCHAL WINERY
ven twenty years ago, Southern Oregon appeared very different After twenty years of growing grapes for local wineries, Roy
than it does today. With only a handful of local wineries spotted and Jill realized they loved the craft of grape growing and har-
Earound the Rogue Valley, the wine business was in its infancy, vesting, a passion that seeped into their souls. Guided by this
on its way to becoming the “new wine country.” The winemakers in passion, they set their sights on making their own wines and
the fewer than a hundred wineries realized the benefits of the region’s established Paschal Winery in 1998 with a Cabernet and a Syrah
exceptional terroirs in temperate microclimates, making this alchemy as their first released wines.
of ingredients a perfect mixture for growing grapes.
The story of Paschal Winery began in 1980, when Roy and Jill Paschal
purchased twenty-two acres of property in Talent from a friend. Roy
Paschal was a former radio station owner and announcer from Alaska,
and his wife Jill was an art enthusiast. They felt a deep connection to
the property, passionately farming the land while considering its future
uses. Soon they realized that local wineries needed available property
to grow their grapes, and Roy and Jill met those demands by providing
their own land and expertise.
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