About Us

Natives of Grants Pass, Oregon Dave and Pamela Palmer are the owners of Jacksonville Vineyards and Fiasco Winery. Before this wonderful life of farming and wine making they lived completely different lives as most winery owners did. Dave’s early passion for flying hang gliders (1976) lead him to a career as an air force fighter pilot training others to fly jets. At retirement he moved on to cargo planes as an international airline pilot which sent him around the globe for two weeks of each month.

Their travels lead them around the world and opened many doors (not to mention their eyes) to some awesome sights; Smells they’ll never forget and an appreciation for their country. Pamela received a degree in Dental Hygiene while living in Lubbock, Texas. While in the Philippines she volunteered to spend many hours in the jungles with the monkeys swinging from the trees as she would line up eager patients and assist in extracting teeth of natives in pain. Currently the SMART reading program, Craterian Theatre donation, Susan G. Komen and other smaller foundations are a side note to her passions.

Two children and 5 grandchildren later they are back in Oregon enjoying the beautiful scenery and lack of humidity… West coasters don’t do humidity well!

The decision to come back home and find the “perfect” vineyard site was filled with excitement. They apprenticed with any winemaker and grape grower that would put up with them and then filled in the gaps with mountains of reading material and weekend courses at UC Davis. The pay off has been receiving international award winning medals for their wines.

Dave and Pamela are the tillers, planters, growers, winemakers, marketing team, tasting room staff, etc… and thrilled to be here!

Cheers, Dave and Pamela Palmer