Winemakers

Each Le Cadeau cuvee is hand-crafted in small lots (typically 200 to 400-cases), and each of our Pinot Noir wines is made by a different consulting winemaker.

Although Le Cadeau cuvees are made at each winemaker’s respective facility, Le Cadeau is a bonded Oregon winery and owns the tanks and barrels that are used to produce our wines. All winemaking is collaborative with Deb and Tom Mortimer, Le Cadeau’s owners; with final winemaking decisions typically left to our winemakers.

See an exhibit of winemaker history, by cuvee (PDF)

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“Côte Est” — Steve Ryan

In the mid-90’s, Steve was the original winemaker for Martinelli. He is now focused on biodynamic winemaking in Hopland, CA.

“Diversité” — Scott Shull

The owner and winemaker for Raptor Ridge – all while working full-time for Intel as a high tech planning/logistics engineer.

“Équinoxe” — Jim Sanders

Jim Sanders and his wife, Kristin, lived at Beaux Freres where he learned his winemaking from his friend and mentor, Mike Etzel.

“Rocheux” — Jacqueline Yoakum

Jacqueline has worked as consulting winemaker for Keller in CA and previously with Ted Lemon at Littorai as his assistant.

“Serendipity” — Tony Rynders

Tony was the head winemaker at Domaine Serene for over 10-years.