After moving back to Oregon following a professional stint in New York, chef Joel Stocks — known for his exceptional, now-closed tasting menu restaurant, Holdfast Dining — started working with winemaker Jeff Vejr at the restaurant Noble Rot. Years later, when Stocks started Holdfast as a pop-up with fellow chef William Preisch, he tapped Vejr to pick out the wines, which Vejr continued to do throughout the restaurant’s tenure. Vejr and fellow winemaker John House went on to open a wine bar, Les Caves, followed by sibling Les Clos. Meanwhile, Holdfast closed in the heat of the pandemic. Now, it’s Vejr opening the restaurant, and making the call to
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