Knudsen Family
Page Knudsen Cowles is an owner and the Managing Partner of Knudsen Vineyards.
She has led the family’s return to winemaking and oversees the management of Knudsen Vineyard and KV Wines. She has spearheaded a substantial replanting of Knudsen Vineyard over the last decade and manages our relationship with Argyle Winery. Page is deeply committed to supporting and promoting Oregon’s wine industry.
Page also serves as immediate past Chair of the National Board of Directors for the Trust for Public Land, the leading nonprofit working across America to conserve land for people.
Page possesses boundless energy. She has many interests and connects genuinely with friends and everyone she meets. She is a great steward of Knudsen Vineyard and a powerful advocate for land conservation.
She is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Yale College. Page is married to Jay Cowles and they have three children.
Page is the only daughter of Cal and Julia Lee Knudsen.
Colin R. Knudsen is an owner and Partner of Knudsen Vineyards. He is actively engaged in the family’s return to winemaking with particular oversight of financial, marketing and strategy aspects of the business. A Pacific Northwest native, Colin loves spending time at the vineyard and at the “beach” in Oregon. The Knudsen family’s return to winemaking is a lifelong dream. He is a lover of wine, Pinot Noir in particular.
Colin is a 30-year veteran investment banker currently with BTIG, a leading global securities and investment banking firm. Colin was formerly with DLJ and Credit Suisse, and was a founder of boutique M&A firm Coady Diemar Partners. He specializes in providing M&A and corporate finance services to Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies.
Colin is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Brown University. He is married to Rita McNally and has four children.
Colin is one of three sons of Cal and Julia Lee Knudsen.
David C. Knudsen is an owner and Partner of Knudsen Vineyards and is engaged in oversight of all operations.
David was President and CEO of Ostrom Mushroom Farms from April 2007 through November 2020. Founded in 1928, Ostrom is the largest mushroom grower and packer in the Pacific Northwest.
David is now retired and resides near Houston, Texas with his wife Claudia Cannon and their four dogs.
David is a graduate of Wharton Business School and the University of Washington.
David is one of three sons of Cal and Julia Lee Knudsen.
Calvert Conrad Knudsen is an owner and Partner of Knudsen Vineyards. Cal provides oversight related to the management of all operations of the vineyard and winery. Cal has been active in the automotive parts delivery service business for 20 years. Cal’s love for sports of all kinds makes him an avid and incredibly well informed fan of all the local sports teams.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Cal has lived in the Pacific Northwest his entire life.
Cal is one of three sons of Cal and Julia Lee Knudsen.
Knudsen Vineyards Team
General Manager – KV Wines
A wine industry veteran of over 20 years, we welcomed Patty to the Knudsen Vineyards team in January 2020. Patty has helped to launch and grow direct-to-consumer sales for a few of the most premium wineries in the Willamette Valley, including Sokol Blosser, Bergstrom, Owen Roe and Lemelson. An Oregon native, Patty has a true passion for the Pacific Northwest and the future of our ever-changing wine community.
Patty holds an Associate of Arts degree in Fashion Design and continues to enjoy this passion through creative design at the workplace, providing sewing lessons, and home sewing projects.
Appointed as the Vice President of the Dundee Hills Winegrowers Association in 2025, Patty enjoys spending time with fellow industry members; contributing fresh ideas to events and programming as well as strategic planning.
Wine Club and Logistics Manager
Jennifer resides right here in wine country where she and her husband Jason run a hobby farm in Gaston. Jennifer achieved her WSET II and WSET III during covid to strengthen her wine knowledge. Jennifer’s professional experience includes Accounting, Recruiting and Human Resources prior to joining the wine industry.
When Jennifer is not at the tasting room, she is enjoying the outdoors camping or walking her goats and putting up all the food she grows on her hobby farm.
Wine Club and Logistics Manager
Jennifer resides right here in wine country where she and her husband Jason run a hobby farm in Gaston. Jennifer achieved her WSET II and WSET III during covid to strengthen her wine knowledge. Jennifer’s professional experience includes Accounting, Recruiting and Human Resources prior to joining the wine industry. When Jennifer is not at the tasting room, she is enjoying the outdoors camping or walking her goats and putting up all the food she grows on her hobby farm.
Marketing Coordinator
Takyah is our Marketing Coordinator. Before joining Knudsen Vineyards, she worked closely with small businesses to help shape and share their unique vision. With a background in food and beverage management, she brings a thoughtful and practical perspective to the team.
A single mom and full-time student, Takyah also find time to serve on several community councils. Once a marathon runner and rock climber, she now spends most of her down time wrangling her two rescue huskies or working on ongoing DIY home and landscaping projects.
