Et Fille Wines
Winemaker: Jessica Mozeico
Location: 718 E. 1st Street, Newberg, OR 97132
Instagram: @etfillewines
Website: www.etfillewines.com
Our story is about family. It is how we started, why we make wine, and what we hope accompanies our wines at your dinner table. Et Fille, which means “and daughter,” was co-founded in 2003 by father and daughter winemakers and is now in its second generation with daughter Jessica making elegantly complex wine inspired by her late father’s legacy and daughter’s future. We craft wines from our sustainably farmed vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.
My pathway into wine was family loyalty. My dad made wine as a hobby and I always helped him when I was growing up. After doing that for 20 years, my dad called me at my job in biotechnology in San Francisco and said he thought we should start a winery together.
We co-founded Et Fille Wines in 2003, and I learned winemaking from him in the 14 years that we made wine together before he died. Wine was never on my radar as a profession, but the prospect of running a business with my dad was too tempting to pass up.