Lynn Penner-Ash
Lynn’s interest in winemaking grew out of an early passion for the sciences. After a summer working for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., she studied Botany at the University of California, Davis. Botany led to viticulture and eventually enology.
After graduation, Lynn worked as the enologist at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars for four years. She joined the Oregon wine industry in 1988 as winemaker for Rex Hill Winery. Consistently producing award-winning wines, she became Rex Hill’s President and Chief Operating Officer in 1993 and continued on with Rex Hill until March of 2002.
Lynn started Penner-Ash Wine Cellars with husband Ron in 1998, carefully crafting small amounts of Pinot noir and Syrah. In 2002, Lynn left Rex Hill to focus on the Penner-Ash wines. Each year the Penner-Ash wines are ranked among the finest in Oregon by the wine press.
In 2005, Lynn helped Dr. Revana locate the property which has become the Revana Vineyard in Oregon’s Dundee Hills. She crafted the first Alexana wines from the Revana Vineyard in 2006.