It all started in 2011 with the acquisition of a piece of land on the main Umpqua River, six miles south of the town of Elkton, Oregon.
South facing gently sloping grounds, shallow soil profiles with equal proportions of clay, silt and sand, and prone to low vigor were some of the elements that helped  Monja and Christopher Hudson in deciding that this was an ideal site for planting their vineyard. They had been scouting through Southern Oregon for 4 years before finding this property that would fit the vineyard that they had in mind.
Monja and Christopher then started breaking grounds in 2012, with the planting of clones of Pinot Noir and Gamay. 
In 2018 they added Viognier and Chasselas (main grape varietal grown in Switzerland) in gobelet style, as Monja has experience with in Switzerland. Extremely tight spacing of the vines, 3 by 3 feet, all cultivated by hand as no tractor does fit in that block. The gobelet style cultivation is known for bringing incredible depth to wines, with high concentration of aromas, balance of acidity and incomparable finesse. 
They also planted a small block of Malbec, in 2018, as a trial. Monja and Christopher found out after a few years that there are enough degree days to get Malbec ripe on their site, with their Pinot noir and Gamay ripening early year after year. The vineyard sits in a warm micro-climate, with its southern exposure and the river that parallels the site.
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