Juan Muñoz-Oca
HEAD WINEMAKER
Juan Uribe
ESTATE VINEYARD MANAGER
From Grape to Glass
JUAN & JUAN ON FOOD, ART, AND RATINGS
Chefs and winemakers have a lot in common. But winemakers get one chance a year to get it right.
JUAN & JUAN ON SPRING BREAK
Springtime in the vineyard gets crazy busy for Juan Uribe. Juan Munoz-Oca, not so much.
JUAN & JUAN ON HIGH TECH
How can high-flying drones help grow the perfect grapes? Juan & Juan explain.
JUAN & JUAN ON HANDS ON
At Columbia Crest, hand-stirring matters. No matter how many barrels. Wait, how many!?!
JUAN & JUAN ON STAYING CLOSE
Does it really matter if a winery sits right next to its vineyard? Juan & Juan sure seem to think so.
JUAN & JUAN ON EXCUSES
There are plenty of ways to dodge blame if your wine isn’t well received. But Juan Uribe knows where to point the finger.
JUAN & JUAN ON VACUUMS AND GRAVITY
The easy way isn’t the Columbia Crest way. Find out why we use gravity instead of suction to move wine between barrels.
JUAN & JUAN ON ACTING SMALL
Don’t let the size of our winery, or Juan Muñoz-Oca, fool you: we’ve created wine with the same care and craft since 1982.
JUAN & JUAN ON EGGS AND TULIPS
What in the world do eggs and tulips have to do with making wine? Juan Uribe is curious as well.
JUAN & JUAN ON WINE TASTING
With Juan & Juan, wine tasting gets slightly more involved than simply swirling a glass and taking a sip.
Keepers of the Crest.
Guardians of the Vine.
Juan Muñoz-Oca
HEAD WINEMAKER
Raised in Mendoza, Argentina, Juan inherited his lifelong passion for wine from his grandfather, a cellar master at Bodegas Toso winery (Juan picked his first grapes at age eight). For the last 13 years, he’s been at Columbia Crest crafting some of the most highly-acclaimed wines ever produced in Washington, including the 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon named “Wine of the Year” in 2009 by Wine Spectator magazine.
Juan Uribe
ESTATE VINEYARD MANAGER
For 32 years, Juan has helped Columbia Crest grow grapes to the peak of perfection, moving from laborer to irrigation foreman, Senior Supervisor, and Assistant Manager before being named Columbia Crest Estate Vineyard Manager in 2008. He now oversees 2,500 acres of some of the finest grapes in the world, and works closely with Juan Muñoz-Oca to ensure spectacular wines, year after year.
