Ram Cellars, 2021 Chardonnay

Our 2021 Chardonnay was aged 'sur lie' (on the lees) in stainless steel and is a beautiful straw-gold hue.

The launch of RAM Cellars was the culmination of years of studies and work by winemaker Vivianne Kennedy. An interest in wine turned into a love of wine which turned into an intense curiosity about everything that goes into the production of premium wines. Vivianne launched the winery in 2014 and released the first RAM Cellars wines in early 2016. Pouring the wine somewhere nearly weekly, Viv created a market for the wines, bottle by bottle, at wine shops, New Seasons & Green Zebra Grocery stores, and restaurants in Oregon and Washington. In 2018, Vivianne made the decision that saved her life and came out as a transgender woman. In the spring of 2019, she launched the first wines under a new label, dubbed “Viv”, which raise money for organizations that provide support to queer and transgender people through a $5 donation for the sale of every bottle. Actually named ‘Viv’ because that’s the French root word that means “To live, to be alive” and, as Viv will tell you, making the choice to come into the light and live fully as herself meant that she too gets to live, and be alive, for a long time to come. And with that extra life comes extra responsibility to do good, meaningful things for members of communities.