Rebecca Murphy, Owner, Vintage Productions

Rebecca Murphy is the owner of Vintage Productions, a wine-consulting firm based in Dallas, TX and Portland, OR. She is a free lance writer with a weekly feature in The Dallas Morning News and most recently has written articles for Wine Business Monthly, Wines & Vines and Wine & Spirits and contributed to the in-progress editions of The Oxford Companion to Wine and The World Atlas of Wine. In her more than thirty years of professional experience, she has written extensively on wine, and developed seminars, wine tastings and dinners to educate consumers and members of the trade.

Murphy began her wine career as the first female wine steward in Texas in 1972. In 1989, because of her work in education and the promotion of wine in Texas, she was elected by her peers to "Who's Who in Wine and Food in Texas," sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture and The Dallas Morning News.

Rebecca serves annually as a professional judge in several wine competitions including the Los Angeles County Fair Wines of the World Competition and Decanter World Wine Awards. She is also the founder and chairman of The Dallas Morning News Wine Competition, now in its twenty-second year.

Rebecca received her undergraduate degree in 1975 from the University of Texas at Arlington, and completed a Masters of Nonprofit Administration at the University of San Francisco in 2001. In 2002 Rebecca was accepted as a Master of Wine candidate. She is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, and Society of Wine Educators.

Rebecca Murphy lives with her husband, Keith Marton, in Portland, OR where she is a board member of Portland Farmers Market.

For AppellationAmerica, Rebecca serves as Regional Correspondent for Oregon's Willamette Valley appellation and it's rapidly delineating sub-AVAs.

Rebecca serves as Regional Editor for the following appellations:

Dundee Hills (AVA); Eola-Amity Hills (AVA); McMinnville (AVA); Polk County;

Ribbon Ridge (AVA); Willamette Valley (AVA); Yamhill Carlton District (AVA);

Yamhill County