Rob Townsend

When Rob and his wife Pam Turner first set foot on the property that would eventually become Ambar Estate, the land was an overgrown mix of scrub oak, native shrubs, and invasive blackberries. A lone tumbledown farmhouse shrouded in vines stood at the edge of Worden Hill Road. Yet from the start Rob and Pam knew this property had the potential to yield Oregon wines of the highest quality.

Rob is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Vinovate Custom Wine Services, an innovative wine production facility near Ambar on Worden Hill Road. Formerly a corporate attorney with Morrison & Foerster and Chief Legal Officer for Softbank and Softbank Group International, Rob also serves as Senior Advisor to Upside Foods (the leading cellular meat company), and Common Sense Growth (an innovative impact investor). He has lived and worked in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.