Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 16, 2022, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Ms. Cara Pepper Day and Ms. Sarah Rose to serve as directors on the Board effective July 16, 2022. Ms. Cara Pepper Day is a member of director group III with a term expiring at the Company's 2025 annual meeting of shareholders and Ms. Sarah Rose is a member of director group II with a term ending at the Company's 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Day and Ms. Rose have not currently been appointed to any committees of the Board.

In connection with their appointment to the Board, Ms. Day and Ms. Rose will each receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the WVV Board Member Compensation Plan as described in the section entitled "Director Compensation" in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2022.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Day or Ms. Rose and any person pursuant to which Ms. Day or Ms. Rose was appointed as a director on the Board. Further, there are no transactions between Ms. Day or Ms. Rose and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

The 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of the Company was held virtually on July 16, 2022 from Turner, Oregon. A total of 3,293,379 shares of common stock, representing approximately 66.33% of the shares outstanding and eligible to vote and constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by valid proxies at the Annual Meeting. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors:





All of the nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company's
Annual Meeting in the indicated years with the respective votes set forth
opposite their names:



                        Year      Votes Cast For        Votes Witheld
                        Term                % of                 % of
Nominees for Director   Ends    Number   Votes Cast   Number  Votes Cast
James Ellis             2025   1,922,328   78.70%     520,424   21.30%
Leslie Copland          2025   1,957,689   80.14%     485,063   19.86%

Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors:

The shareholders ratified the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as independent auditors for the 2022 fiscal year by the votes set forth in the following table:

Votes Cast For Votes Cast Against Abstain


             % of                  % of                 % of       Broker

Number Votes Cast Number Votes Cast Number Votes Cast Non-Votes 3,262,615 99.07% 9,233 0.28% 21,531 0.65% 0

Proposal 3 - Amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation;

The shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company's preferred stock from 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock to 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock by the votes set forth in the following table:

Votes Cast For Votes Cast Against Abstain


             % of                  % of                % of       Broker

Number Votes Cast Number Votes Cast Number Votes Cast Non-Votes 1,460,744 59.79% 935,944 38.32% 46,064 1.89% 0

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