{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Oregon Wine History Archive Podcast","title":"Olive Hamilton Russell: Oral History Interview","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/42642e39\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3649,"description":"This interview is with Olive Hamilton Russell. In this interview, Olive talks about growing up in South Africa and her family's background in farming. She discusses moving to London and become enamored with wine, which led to her working in the South African wine industry and selling wine in the United States.\nHer introduction to Oregon was at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in 2015, and from there she sought to make her own wine label in Oregon. She discussed the steps to making that happen, how she learned about winemaking, and what it has been like to have her own wines to sell.\nShe also talks about the future for herself and for the Oregon wine industry.\nThis interview was conducted by Rich Schmidt at Linfield University’s Nicholson Library in McMinnville on February 24, 2026.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8AkMl-t8kOYmd2BrE7mB584yzKekDC-VHYyaKHJlmcY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xOWI2/YmQ0Y2I2OTQyYjZh/Yzg4ZTVjOWM0ZjY0/MTYyYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}