The Winemaker’s Dinner Series featuring John Paul Cameron of Cameron Winery

John Paul Cameron has been making wine in the Dundee Hills his own way for a long time — unhurried, uncompromising, and largely unbothered by convention. At Cameron Winery, a natural wine begins in the vineyard, and that belief shapes everything: prunings removed by hand to protect the soil, cover crops tended with intention, herbicides refused entirely. Every decision traces back to the health of the land, because John Paul understands that what happens beneath the vines is just as important as what ends up in the glass.

It's a philosophy that resonates deeply at ōkta farm and kitchen, where Chef Christy Smith and Farmer Elena Mudrak share that same reverence for the ground things grow from. This October evening will be a natural conversation — between two tables that have always believed the best things start in healthy soil.