Joe Chepolis & Carmen Nydegger: Oral History Interview

The Oregon Wine History Archive Podcast

This interview is with Joe Chepolis & Carmen Nydegger of Sound and Vision Wines. In this interview, Joe and Carmen speak about their lives before wine, meeting each other, and starting down the path of creating their own wine brand.

They discuss how they found themselves in the Rogue Valley and how they got their first grapes to work with, as well as their role in creating the collaborative Catalyst Wine tasting room in Talent. Later in the interview, they share their big news that they'll be moving into their own winery and tasting room in 2024, and look ahead to the future.

This interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt in the Nicholson Library at Linfield University in McMinnville on November 17, 2023.