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Robert (Bob) Morus founded and serves as President and Director of Winegrowing for the Mt. Defiance Wine Company and Phelps
Creek Vineyards. He moved to Hood River in 1989 with the expressed goal of raising wine grapes and kids. Today, the estate vineyards
consist of 30 acres. When not tending the vines or selling our wines, Bob commands a Boeing 777 in international operations for a major
airline. robert@phelpscreekvineyards.com
Rich Cushman is Director of Winemaking. A Hood River native, Rich returns home after over 25 vintages in the Willamette Valley.
Classically trained at UC Davis then apprenticing in Germany, Rich brings experience and a passion for cool weather varietals to our team.
Rich's extensive ties to the Northwest wine industry provides attention, resources and credibility to our operations. He also crafts his own
label, Viento, in our facilities.
Alexandrine Roy joins us from Burgundy as Contributing Winemaker and Consultant. The fourth generation vigneron continually amazes
our team with techniques steeped in tradition. Originally tagged to produce a special cuvee from our estate Pinot Noir, her role has
expanded to contributions on all aspects of PCV crush. We look forward to a continued relationship into the future.
Nicole Backus serves as General Manager. Moving to Hood River from SW Michigan in January 2010, she brings a passion for wine that
stems from growing up in a small AVA. After earning her BBA from Western Michigan University, Nicole's interest set sail in the world of
wine while working for Norwegian Cruise Lines in Hawaii. After seafaring, Nicole returned to Michigan and put her wine knowledge to
work for a boutique winery and also helped to grow a wine distributorship before falling in love with Oregon and Phelps Creek wine.
nicole@phelpscreekvineyards.com
Irineo Magana is Operations Foreman. The quality in the bottle begins with hours of hard work in the field. Irineo's commitment to
quality grape production grows from personal pride in witnessing vineyards developing from cuttings to wines. He coordinates the efforts of
three brothers and numerous other workers in the field and winery.
Rebecca (Becky) Morus is our Implementations Director. Becky graduated with a BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Oregon
(Go Ducks!) in 2010. After completing a UK tour with her theatre company, she returned to the Columbia Gorge to join our PCV team.
Becky serves as the Wine Club correspondent, direct local sales and online marketing and she looks forward to meeting with our wine club
members at the upcoming events!
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