Tahnee Shields: Oest Wines
Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Nisenan land – Nevada City, California
About
Oest Wines is a project by Tahnee Shields. She’s in search of Place in California to hold her, her beautiful wife and two kiddos, and her winemaking dream. She currently and gratefully works with the terrewhere of the Sierra Foothills alongside some of her sheroes and heroes at Clos Saron, La Onda, Frenchtown Farms, and Ellsworth Wines, and makes wine in a little corner of the Les Lunes facility in Richmond, CA.
Social Justice and Environmental Restoration Statement
Oest Wines was founded on the understanding that wine, like food, is an agricultural product. When we collectively remember where our wine and food comes from, it causes us to ask how and where it was grown, under what conditions was the fruit harvested, and by whom? We partner with farmers who we are in conversation with about how land and water is used, managed, and cared for in the production of the fruit; we make sure people who enjoy our wine know that without life- giving practices to the soil, vines, the people that help grow the fruit and fruit itself, the very alive wines we make wouldn't be possible.