LATE SKY ORIGINS

Late Sky is committed to produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - grown only from our Dundee Hills, Oregon properties, farmed at the highest standards following organic practices - that will stand among the world’s benchmarks.

The Etzel-Fischer friendship began by chance in 2009 when Glenn and Karen Fischer visited Fisher Vineyards on a Napa trip to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They were disappointed to find the winery closed but were quickly met by Jared Etzel, the assistant winemaker at the time, and welcomed in anyway. The three spent the late afternoon chatting and getting to know one another, not knowing it would be the start of a relationship that would lead them to one day own a winery together. Jared bought the first parcel on Herring Lane in 2015, noting its extraordinary character and knowing that the land was something that didn’t come around often. In 2016, Jared called the Fischers and asked if they would like to start a wine project together. Karen and Glenn’s lifelong passion for wine made it an easy decision, and as one says— the rest is history.

In 2018, Jared met his future wife, Erica, and the two soon bonded over their mutual love of wine production, often spending weekends on the property raising catch wire, pruning vines, fixing deer fencing, re-planting young vines or planting fruit trees on the property. Erica worked at Domaine Roy from 2018 to 2023 and produced the 2020-2022 vintages under Jared’s winemaking.

In 2024, Glenn and Karen's daughter, Stephanie, and her husband, Andy, relocated to Oregon to immerse themselves in the wine world and take on Late Sky Hospitality. The Etzel and Fischer families are the sole owners of Late Sky and take great pride in the land and the wine it produces. Whether through hand-harvesting fruit, working the sorting line, filling barrels, shrink-wrapping final bottled wine, or planting the new vineyards, the two families are the backbones of the project and are involved in every step from vine to table.