Articles & Media
Oregon Wine Press article by Sarah Murdoch, November 17, 2023
Vine-Minded
Jessica Cortell adds wine collection to growing list of accomplishments
Jessica Cortell is truly living her best life. The founder and owner of Vitis Terra Vineyard Services, Cortell has contracts managing 1,000 primarily organic acres in the Willamette Valley. She’s a rockstar vineyard manager to notable winemakers in the Oregon wine pantheon— among them Evening Land Vineyards, Hazelfern Cellars, Cramoisi Vineyard and Antica Terra. Read more here.
Oregon Wine Press article by Jessica Cortell, October 4, 2023
Biodiversity Buzz
Learn about provisions, regulating, cultural and supporting services
What comes to mind when you hear the term “biodiversity?” Do you discount it as a marketing buzzword or rather a factor critical for life as we know it on this planet? In the wine industry, we talk plenty about sustainability but often forget to experience the many important connections and interwoven web that biodiversity creates and supports. Read more here.
By Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/OregonLive, September 20, 2023
The Cortell Collection is all the wine fashion rage this fall
Jessica Cortell is a highly sought-after vineyard manager whose company manages nearly 1,000 acres. So when I heard she was launching a wine label, I tracked Cortell down to an early morning grape pick in the Eola-Amity Hills.
The roosters weren’t even up yet, but it was worth the effort. Read the article here.
Linfield Oral History Interview with Jessica Cortell
Check out this interview with our owner, Jessica Cortell. In this interview, Jessica answers the question “why grapes,” and talks about her extensive education at OSU that led her to her PhD and conducted research that received international recognition. She then goes on to talk about how she became a vineyard manager and starting her own consulting business, her grape growing/vineyard philosophy. She also touches on the future of the Oregon Wine Industry, and concludes by offering words of wisdom to someone wanting to enter the industry.
An Interview with Jessica Cortell - A Scientist in the Vineyard
Jessica Cortell, owner of Vitis Terra, is an absolute force and we're grateful to have her collaboration in farming Seven Springs. Get to know her background, vineyard philosophies, and journey to Seven Springs better through our one-on-one interview here.
Read the Evening Land Vineyards interview here.