the founders

STEVE & NIKKI BRUERE

Steve and Nikki Bruere grew up in the heart of the Corn Belt in Central Iowa with a passion for agriculture and land. Steve’s enthusiasm for farmland began as a child on his family’s farm in Warren County, Iowa.

Steve developed his passion into a career as the President of Peoples Company, a full-service agricultural land transaction firm serving the country’s largest landowners. Steve is a prominent voice in agriculture and is highly sought after by national media for his expertise and industry advocate. After Peoples Company started doing business in the Pacific Northwest and opened an office in Walla Walla, Steve and Nikki began spending a considerable amount of time in the area enjoying the wine and visiting their vineyards.

Steve and Nikki took their passion for growing grapes and the Pacific NW and have started to make exceptional wines through Capital Call Vintners to share their passion with friends and family through some amazing wines.

the founders

ALAN BUSACCA
AKA DOCTOR DIRT

Alan Busacca is known to many people around the Northwest U.S., California, and beyond as ‘Doctor Dirt’. He is a soil scientist and geologist who some years ago shifted his passion for pure research on agriculture, soil formation, and Ice Age geology toward the applied science of growing grapes for fine wine and helping others do the same. Alan was professor of soil science, agriculture, and geology from 1982 to 2006 at Washington State University. With a growing personal and professional interest in vineyard consulting, wine grapes, and wine, Alan left WSU in 2006 to pursue a new path.

Alan now owns Vinitas Vineyard Consultants, evaluating land nationally and internationally for vineyard development, pre-purchase and pre-sale assessment of farmland, and assisting in the design of vineyards.