Wilson Daniels will assume national representation for the full range from Bergström Wines in January 2022.
“We’ve had the privilege of working with the Bergström family since they joined our Wholesale portfolio in 2015,” said Rocco Lombardo, President of Wilson Daniels. “Not only has Bergström already proven to be a great partner, but they are doing incredible work to produce these monovarietal wines with deference to the land.”
Following a successful 40-year medical career, Dr. John and Karen Bergström purchased the land that would eventually become Bergström Wines in 1996. Their dream was to create a new business that would become a legacy for their children while also paying tribute to John’s agricultural upbringing in Sweden.
In 1999, Josh Bergström, the fourth of their five children, returned home from Burgundy, France, after a postgraduate program in Viticulture and Enology in Beaune. He was accompanied by his fiancée (now wife) and business partner Caroline who, as a native of Burgundy, had also studied winemaking and beverage marketing at the famous Lycée Viticole in Beaune. They were married on the eve of their first harvest and have co-managed the family business, winery, and vineyards ever since.
“Bergström is the realization of my father’s Swedish agricultural upbringing and his passion for the Pacific Northwest’s viticultural landscape,” said Josh Bergström, General Manager/Winemaker. “In 1999, I readily embraced my parents’ dream, and so Bergström evolved into a family’s shared love for making wine in this place we call home. Our small-scale, artisanal approach to making wines expressive of the unique terroir of Willamette is something that Wilson Daniels understands intuitively, and we couldn’t image a better partner to represent our wines on a national scale.”
The 70 acres that comprise Bergström Wines consists of five monopole, biodynamic estate vineyards – Bergström Vineyard, Le Pré du Col Vineyard, La Spirale Vineyard, Silice, and Winery Block – which span across three of the Willamette Valley’s most exclusive AVAs. Each vineyard is farmed without the use of harsh fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or system fungicides.