Grace and Ken Evenstad founded Domaine Serene in the Dundee Hills of Oregon in 1989. The Evenstads had faith and confidence in Oregon early on, before there was a national market for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the region. Today, Domaine Serene produces wines from six individual vineyard estates, planted exclusively to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Each estate offers a diversity of soils, clones, rootstocks, microclimates, slopes and elevations that add distinguishing complexity and elegance to the wines. In 2015, Grace & Ken Evenstad acquired Château de la Crée. Established in 1431 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor to the Duke of Burgundy and the co-founder of the famous Hospices des Beaune wine auction, the historic wine estate is located in the Santenay region of the Côte d’Or – the birthplace of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. This made them the first Oregon-based vintners to own land and produce wines in Burgundy, France.
