Moe & Flora Momtazi

Moe and Flora Momtazi founded Maysara Winery in 2001. Both are passionate about holistic farming and wanted to make wine using holistic, naturopathic practices. After leaving Tehran, Iran in 1982, the two arrived in the United States and Moe started his civil engineering practice. Moe originally learned about wine from his father who earlier made wine as a hobby. Flora heads the accounting portion of the winery. Additionally, she has become the official judge of flavor and body after years of critiquing her palate. Both Moe and Flora actively participate in the winemaking process, a daily practice from the first planting on the vineyard - to harvest - to bottling. They are confident that wine connoisseurs and newcomers alike will enjoy Maysara's biodynamic approach to winemaking and vineyard operations.

Tahmiene Momtazi - Winemaker

Ever since the first vintage in 2001, Tahmiene Momtazi, now winemaker has been at Maysara Winery. She earned Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Technology (Fermentation Science) with a minor in Chemistry at OSU. In addition to her experience from school and at Maysara, she has worked with numerous wineries including Belle Valle (Corvallis), Kim Crawford (Marlborough Region) and Toluca Lane ( Newberg). Her quest in life is to broaden her education in the wine industry by traveling overseas learning different methods.

"[Wine is] poetry in a bottle." - Clifton Fadiman
"In wine one beholds the heart of another" -- Anonymous