Winemaker

Shortly after arriving in Walla Walla, winemaker Ryan Crane earned an AAAS in Enology and Viticulture. And while formal training and studies will always be a key part of Ryan's ongoing education, his hands-on participation began years earlier as a volunteer at Animale Cellars in Seattle. After falling in love with the process, Ryan probed further into the process, eventually working crush under the keen eye of Marie-Eve Gilla at Forgeron Cellars in Walla Walla.

Ultimately his passion landed him the enviable position of Assistant Winemaker at Va Piano, a position to which he reported to for three years. Now Ryan gets to focus solely on building the Kerloo brand. The influence and support of true luminaries in the Washington wine industry like Gilla, Justin Wylie of Va Piano, and Steve Brooks of Trust Cellars propelled Ryan forward to where he has found himself today: in the midst of his Kerloo Cellars dream-like reality.