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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001199835-25-000201
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250609
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250609

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILLAMETTE VALLEY VINEYARDS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000838875
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BEVERAGES [2080]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				930981021
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OR
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37610
		FILM NUMBER:		251033756

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8800 ENCHANTED WAY S E
		CITY:			TURNER
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97392
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5035889463

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8800 ENCHANTED WAY SE
		CITY:			TURNER
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97392
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 4pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Definitive Proxy Statement</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc.</B></P>

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other than the Registrant)</P>

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box):</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROXY STATEMENT</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FOR THE 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>TO BE HELD ON JULY 12, 2025</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">This supplement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;)
to the proxy statement of Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc. (the &#8220;Company,&#8221; &#8220;we,&#8221; &#8220;us&#8221; and &#8220;our&#8221;),
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on May 30, 2025 (the &#8220;proxy Statement&#8221;), is being
furnished to our shareholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies by our Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221;) for use at
our 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;) to be held via online live webcast on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 11:00
a.m. Pacific Time, including any adjournment or postponement thereof. This Supplement, dated June 9, 2025, is being filed with the SEC
and is being made available to shareholders on or about June 9, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">Other than as set forth
below, this Supplement does not modify or supplement the Proxy Statement in any manner. This Supplement should be read together with the
Proxy Statement, each of which contains information that is important to your decisions in voting at the Annual Meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 24.5pt">_______________________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">As disclosed in the Proxy
Statement, the Audit Committee of our Board (the &#8220;Audit Committee&#8221;) selected Moss Adams LLP (&#8220;Moss Adams&#8221;) to
serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">On June 3, 2025, we were
notified that Moss Adams merged with Baker Tilly US, LLP (&#8220;Baker Tilly&#8221;), effective on June 3, 2025, and that the combined
audit practices operate as Baker Tilly. In connection with the notification of the merger, Moss Adams resigned as our independent registered
public accounting firm and the Audit Committee approved the appointment of Baker Tilly, as the successor to Moss Adams, as our independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">As reported in the Current
Report on Form 8-K we filed with the SEC on June 6, 2025 (the &#8220;Auditor Change 8-K&#8221;), the audit report of Moss Adams on our
consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of
opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the years ended December 31,
2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through June 3, 2025, there were no (i) disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)
of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) between us and Moss Adams on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction
of Moss Adams, would have caused Moss Adams to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in connection with its report,
or (ii) &#8220;reportable events,&#8221; as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, that would require disclosure under Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">During the years ended
December 31, 2024 and 2023 and the subsequent interim period ended June 3, 2025, neither we, nor any person acting on our behalf, consulted
Baker Tilly regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, (ii) the
type of the audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and Baker Tilly did not provide any written report or oral
advice to us that Baker Tilly concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing
or financial reporting issue, or (iii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation
S-K and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or a reportable event of the type described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation
S-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">We furnished Moss Adams
with a copy of the disclosure in Item 4.01 of the Auditor Change 8-K and requested that Moss Adams furnish us with a letter addressed
to the SEC stating whether Moss Adams agrees with the statements made by us in such Item 4.01, and if not, stating the respects in which
it does not agree. Moss Adams furnished such a letter, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to the Auditor Change 8-K.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">As a result of the foregoing,
with respect to Proposal 2 described in the Proxy Statement (the &#8220;Auditor Ratification Proposal&#8221;), our Board is requesting
that our shareholders ratify the appointment of Baker Tilly as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 2025, and our Board unanimously recommends you vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the ratification of the appointment of Baker
Tilly as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.</P>

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the ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams as our independent registered public accounting firm in the Proxy Statement are hereby
updated to refer to the ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly as our independent registered public accounting firm.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">We expect that a representative
of Baker Tilly will be present at the Meeting, in person or by phone, and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she so
desires and may respond to appropriate questions from shareholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt"><B>Important Voting Information</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">Proxy cards and voting
instructions previously returned by stockholders and votes previously cast by shareholders will remain valid and will be used at the Meeting
unless changed or revoked. We will consider votes &#8220;FOR&#8221; or &#8220;AGAINST&#8221; the Auditor Ratification Proposal as votes
&#8220;FOR&#8221; or &#8220;AGAINST,&#8221; respectively, the ratification of the appointment of Baker Tilly, as the successor accounting
firm following the merger with Moss Adams, as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2025. Similarly, we will consider abstentions on the Auditor Ratification Proposal as abstentions on the vote to ratify the appointment
of Baker Tilly as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 24.5pt">If you have already voted, submitted
voting instructions or returned your proxy card, you do not need take any action unless you would like to change or revoke your prior
vote, voting instructions or proxy card. Information regarding how to vote your shares and how to change or revoke your prior vote, voting
instructions or proxy card is in the Proxy Statement.</P>

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