DEBRA HATCHER
SAM TANNAHILL
CHERYL FRANCIS
WINEMAKING
VINEYARDS
SALES
FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
SAM TANNAHILL: Executive Winemaker. 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 reentered the wine industry in the United States by working with Ted Lemon at Littorai, but soon heard the siren song of Yamhill County, Oregon and Archery Summit. 7 years later after laying a foundation as winemaker at Archery Summit he decided the time was ripe and struck 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 also own Francis Tannahill – a new winery and biodynamic vineyard founded in 2001. As if that wasn’t enough to think about he also is enjoying his three young children, Theo, Oliver and Stella, all newcomers since the founding of A to Z.
