From Skiing the Streets to the Vineyard

Words by Ian Greenwood / Photos by Espen Thomassen and Brady PerronForster Meeks stood atop a tank of glistening grapes and pungent, fermenting wine. He was 18—fresh out of high school—and working his first fall wine harvest at Penner-Ash, an Oregon-based winery co-founded by the trailblazing Lynn Penner-Ash. The summer prior, he lived the start of a years-spanning ski bum fantasy, working nights at Timberline Lodge, Oregon, and skiing the Palmer Snowfield during sun-baked after