Our Story

 

Founder & Winemaker, Dagger Daisy

 

With a wildflower heart and a dagger’s edge, I make wines for the ones who feel a little too much and never quite fit the mold. Dagger Daisy is my love letter to Oregon’s high-energy soils, sharp instincts, and the feral beauty of independent craft. Each wine I make is single-origin, small-batch, and unapologetically expressive - just like the people I hope will drink it.

Before this, I spent years navigating courtrooms and spreadsheets—lawyer by trade, unclaimed property hunter by profession. But it turns out, I prefer chasing acids and aromas to assets. I now make wine under the watchful gaze of the AVP Wine Collective in Portland, Oregon, while running my consulting business out of Salem. A little chaos, a lot of passion.

This is my first vintage. I do the picking, hauling, pressing, racking, swearing, and labeling myself - sometimes with wine-stained hands, sometimes with a dog on my lap, always with intention. Dagger Daisy is fierce yet feminine, gothic yet light, serious about quality but never self-serious.

I believe wine should be both soulful and sharp. Thoughtful but fun. And above all, it should taste like somebody actually cared.

Thanks for being here.

Let’s drink beautifully.

- Jennifer