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MARY JOLI - WILLAMETTE VALLEY VINEYARDS<br />
Mary Joli<br />
REGIONAL BRANCH MANAGER - WILLAMETTE VALLEY VINEYARDS<br />
Christopher & Pauline Tilley<br />
OWNER/WINEMAKER - V MADRONE CELLARS<br />
CHRISTOPHER & PAULINE TILLEY - V MADRONECELLARS<br />
Mary Joli is the Regional Brand Manager with Willamette Valley Vineyards<br />
in Oregon’s verdant Willamette Valley. Mary brings with her a wealth of wine<br />
knowledge and experience from over 13 years in the Oregon wine industry.<br />
Having worked in wine shops specializing in Oregon Pinots, she then went on<br />
to several small wineries where she managed tasting rooms, wine clubs, special<br />
events and having a hand in harvest/production before landing at WVV working<br />
in distribution.<br />
It was during the early time in her career that she traveled extensively<br />
throughout Europe she first came across the elegant old world wines, tasting<br />
her way across Europe for 4 years she developed a palate and a passion for wine.<br />
After settling down and raising a family Mary returned to the work force to<br />
peruse her passion for wines, of traveling and meeting new people, working with<br />
Willamette Valley Vineyards as an ambassador to 13 states has afforded her the<br />
opportunity to to do so.<br />
As an avid hiker, kayaker and organic gardener Mary feels privileged to enjoy<br />
Oregon’s endless forests, snowy mountains, rugged coastline and, of course, its<br />
elegant wines!<br />
Chris and Pauline Tilley founded V Madrone Cellars in St. Helena, California at the<br />
site of a preprohibition winery (also known as a “ghost” winery) whose foundation<br />
was originally laid in 1887 and then shuttered before the onset of Prohibition in 1920.<br />
Though continuing a long-term restoration of the buildings on the V Madrone campus,<br />
the Tilleys opened a tasting room after the completion of the first phase in December<br />
2008.<br />
In 2001, Chris and Pauline planted a 3.5 acre estate Cabernet vineyard adjoining the<br />
winery and released their very first vintage, V Madrone Estate Cabernet Sauvignon<br />
in 2004. The vineyard is situated on a slope just west of Highway 29 in the St. Helena<br />
appellation approximately two miles north of the Town of St. Helena and along a<br />
narrow bench of land that is home to several prestigious vineyards and wineries. V<br />
Madrone produces 1,200-1,400 cases of wine per year, half of which is Estate Cabernet<br />
Sauvignon.<br />
Chris, born and raised in Napa Valley, had always dreamed of being a “farmer.” He<br />
spent 28 years in the property casualty insurance business in New York, where he met<br />
his wife, Pauline. An attorney who had spent 25 years on Wall Street and other financial<br />
guaranty insurance firms practicing public finance law, Pauline, native to Dublin, Ireland<br />
left the east coast with Chris and headed to Napa in 2008. Before they knew it, they<br />
were full time “vintners” and haven’t looked back!<br />
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