Willamette Valley Vineyards Inc (WVVI) Dividends

Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. engages in the production and sale of wine. The company is headquartered in Turner, Oregon and currently employs 158 full-time employees. The firm produces and sells premium, super-premium and ultra-premium varietals. The firm has two segments: direct sales and distributor sales. The direct sales segment includes retail sales in its tasting rooms, wine club sales, online sales, on-site events, kitchen and catering sales and other sales made directly to the consumer without the use of an intermediary. The distributor sales segment includes all sales through a third party where prices are given at a wholesale rate. The Company’s wines are made from grapes grown in vineyards owned, leased or contracted by the Company, and from grapes purchased from other vineyards. The grapes are harvested, fermented and made into wine primarily at the Company’s winery in Turner Oregon (the Winery) and the wines are sold principally under the Company’s Willamette Valley Vineyards label, but also under the Griffin Creek, Pambrun, Elton, Maison Bleue, Metis, Natoma, and other labels.