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Any winery is a work of love and passion, taking the efforts of a family to succeed.<\/h2>\n
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Ours is inspired by Jerry Sass Sr. in the 1970s and 1980s, continuing through two succeeding generations to the present day.<\/div>\n
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Jerry Sass Jr. was aware of wine\u00a0 from an early age because of the amateur wine his father made from Finger Lakes grapes in the family home in Rochester, N.Y.<\/div>\n
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Jerry Jr. grew more interested in wine, eventually moving to Oregon in 1982, buying a piece of bare land in 1989 that\u00a0became Wild Winds Vineyard.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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He worked harvests with winemaker Russ Raney at Evesham Wood Winery from 1989-1993,\u00a0 then worked with winemaker Mark Vlossak at St. Innocent Winery in 1994-1995.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Son Jerry III joined the winery full time in 2008.<\/div>\n
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More recently, Jerry Jr.’s son Sam and daughter Abby started working summers and part-time at the winery in\u00a02019.<\/div>\n
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Through the years we have adopted others – Assistant Winemaker Zeb Dewar in 2008 and Tasting Room Manager Cheryl Akimoff in 2019.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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With a revolving cast of part-time, seasonal and harvest help, Sass Winery has grown to 4,000-5,000 cases annually, sold through wholesalers in eight states and the District of Columbia, or shipped direct to our extended family in 37 states and D.C.<\/div>\n

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