SAM TANNAHILL & CHERYL FRANCIS
WINEMAKING
VINEYARDS
MARKETING
DIRECT SALES
NATIONAL SALES
FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
SAM TANNAHILL: Director of Viticulture & Winemaking
Sam graduated from Washington and Lee with an East Asian Studies degree that he uses on a daily basis in the winery. After traveling through Central Asia for a year he settled down working in the wineries and vineyards of Burgundy for two years and managed to bluff his way to a post-graduate degree in winemaking from the University de Dijon. He worked with Ted Lemon at Littorai, and then served as Winemaker at Archery Summit for seven years. In 2002, the time was ripe to strike out for further fame, glory and new horizons in the form of A to Z Wineworks with his wife, Cheryl Francis, and Bill and Deb Hatcher. Sam and Cheryl own a biodynamic vineyard and also make Francis Tannahill wines.
CHERYL FRANCIS: Consulting Winemaker
A Los Angeles gal who took her Biology degree from Lewis and Clark College in Portland to France where she studied Enology. She worked three harvests in New Zealand before returning to Oregon to make wine for Chehalem for eight years. She joined her husband, Sam, and Deb and Bill Hatcher in A to Z Wineworks, as well as making Francis Tannahill wines with Sam.
Sam Tannahill & Cheryl Francis
SAM@REXHILL.COM
CHERYL@REXHILL.COM
