Over time, Grace and Ken Evenstad have transformed and expanded their original Oregon estate on a grand scale. Today, they own 750 acres in Willamette Valley. They have also played a key role in another transformation: Willamette Valley's evolution from a sleepy community that sold most of its wine locally to one of the most respected and dynamic wine regions in the United States. Wine Spectator's Tim Fish explains.
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