For these winemakers, forsaking the status quo leads to success

In 2007, when Bertony Faustin switched careers, from anesthesia technician to winemaker, he felt like an outsider. He was new to winemaking and the locations of his vineyard and winery isolated him from the Northern Willamette Valley scene. Faustin’s 18 acres of grapevines are on a 50-acre estate, owned by his parents-in-law, on Germantown Road. Yes, that’s right: The vines are a stone’s throw from Forest Park, in Multnomah County.