Norm is a winegrower and winery owner involved in several projects in the Walla Walla Valley. He is a managing partner in Seven Hills Vineyard, Les Collines Vineyard and Pepper Bridge Winery. He and his family are partners in Amavi Cellars and Artifex Custom Crush. He has chaired the Washington Wine Commission, was a member of the Oregon Wine Board, and was selected 1998’s Washington Wine Grower of the Year. Norm is a founding leader in Vinea, a Walla Walla Valley sustainable viticulture organization. A graduate of Oregon State University in Civil Engineering, he worked many years in one of the Northwest’s largest construction companies. He “retired” as a corporate executive in 1985 to begin his winegrowing career. Norm was named by Washington CEO magazine as one of the ten most influential people in Washington State agriculture.
