Oral history interview with Virginia Fuller, 2002 April 25

This oral history interview with Virginia Fuller was conducted by Jamie Minkus and Kirsten Wall in Portland, Oregon, on April 25, 2002. The interview was conducted as part of the Oregon Wine Archives Oral History Project, which collected interviews with notable figures in the wine-growing industry, including vintners, vineyard growers, community members, and workers active in the development of Oregon's wine industry. The sound quality of this interview is extremely poor, and much of it is inaudible.

In this interview, Fuller discusses moving to Forest Grove, Oregon, with her husband, Bill Fuller, and their children in 1973, and talks about her role in the family winery, Tualatin Vineyards. She speaks about planting their first grapevines, about the development of their winemaking style, and about marketing their wines. She describes the creation of blue road signs for local attractions, now part of the Oregon Department of Transportation's Outdoor Advertising Sign Program; talks about developing brochures for the winery; and discusses the cooperation among early Oregon winemakers. She talks about her former career as a nurse, discusses her taste in wine, and speaks about her children, their families, and their careers. She also talks about the development of Forest Grove, and closes the interview by talking about Oregon winemakers that lobbied the Oregon legislature on behalf of the wine industry.