Dick Ponzi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dick Ponzi

American winemaker

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1934

Place of Birth: New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: brewer, winegrower, mechanical engineer, winemaker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Dick Ponzi (born 26 March 1934) is an American winemaker, a pioneer of the Oregon wine industry and the Oregon brewing industry, and the founder of Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Willamette Valley's founding wineries.
He also had a successful career as a structural engineer.
Ponzi is regarded as an enological and viticultural innovator.
He was a founding member and the first president of the Oregon Winegrowers Association and a founding director of the Oregon Wine Board.
He and his wife also established Oregon's first craft brewery, Bridgeport Brewing Company.