The Team
Robin & Danuta Pfeiffer
Owners & Founders
Robin grew up on the land that is now Pfeiffer Vineyards. His family raised sheep and chickens for 30 years and lived in a small Quonset house where the winery parking lot is now. He acquired two Master's Degrees, in Foreign Language Studies and Counseling. He lived in Peru, Mexico and Chile and taught at the University of San Marcos in Lima. He was also a Spanish teacher for 33 years. Robin is one of the early pioneers in the state wine industry having planted his 70-acre vineyard on the south-facing slope of the property in 1984. He also planted a sustainable, award-winning forest on the north-facing slope.
Danuta was a ski instructor, swim instructor, scuba diver, sky diver, and a long-distance bicycle rider. Her first book, Watersafe Your Baby in One Week, was the first definitive book on teaching water survival to infants. Graduating from the University of Colorado, and through various high-profile TV and radio jobs in San Diego, Danuta became the co-host on the international television show, The 700 Club with Pat Robertson. Disillusioned, she retreated to her progressive roots, wrote an award-winning book, Chiseled, and now makes wine, loves and laughs with Robin, the love of her life. She has since also published two of three books in her new Pocket Full of Seeds trilogy, Libertas and Firmitas.
Vanessa Sitowski
General Manager
Vanessa joined the Pfeiffer family back in 2013. After 7 years (and many, many tears), she decided to follow a different career path. Well, that didn't last long ~ she returned to Pfeiffer, where her heart and soul belong, in 2022. Vanessa met and married her husband right here at the winery in 2015 (Robin and Danuta married them!) When she isn't working, she enjoys spending time with her friends, family, kids and fur babies. She and her husband have also acquired a passion for fishkeeping ~ at one time they had 9 fish tanks. Now they are down to 3, but they are big! Vanessa's favorite Pfeiffer wine is the 2015 "Robin's Romance" Blue Dot Reserve Pinot Noir!
Bella Bridges
Tasting Room Associate
My name is Bella Bridges, I was born and raised in Eugene Oregon and have lived here ever since! When I was growing up, my mom did marketing for a winery so I spent time running around the vineyard and I was fascinated by the process of harvesting and making wine. In my free time I like to take film photos, immersing myself in nature and crocheting. I have some fur babies at home that I love to snuggle up with when I’m not at work or out taking film photos. I have a pet bunny named Curtis and a grey tabby cat named Fig. I’ve been taking film photos since I was in high school, my love for film came from my great grandma when she passed one of her film cameras down to me. Since then, I’ve invested in over five film cameras and constantly growing my skills. I started photographing landscapes and recently have started to explore creative styled portraits. My childhood memories of running around a vineyard have come full circle and now I’m working at the lovely Pfeiffer Winery tasting room where I now get to learn all about our wonderful wine!