Steve Matthiasson is the owner, farmer, and winemaker of Matthiasson Wines based in the Oak Knoll District AVA of Napa Valley.
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Steve dreamt of farming his entire life. He became an obsessed gardener and cook while studying philosophy in college. In 1994, while back in grad school for horticulture after three years as a bike messenger/wannabe farmer, he found a job in vineyards and orchards working for a small sustainable agriculture consulting firm. In 1999 he co-authored the California manual on sustainable vineyard practices. In 2002 he started consulting on vineyard practices in Napa. He still loves the challenge of solving vineyard problems for others, but since 2003 the primary focus has been on his own family farming and winemaking with his wife Jill. Steve is a life-long student of the craft of viticulture.
Steve’s classically balanced, restrained wines have earned the attention of consumers and critics alike under his own eponymous label. He has been named Winemaker of the Year by both Food and Wine Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle and is a four-time nominee for the prestigious James Beard Award. Since receiving his M.S. from U.C. Davis in 1996, he has also provided viticultural consulting for historic vineyards such as Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Spottswoode Winery, the Araujo Estate, and Dalla Valle Vineyards, to name a few. His background in farming stands as a testament of his belief that “great wine is made in the vineyard.”
Together with his wife Jill, Steve raises his two sons and farms his own family vineyards and orchards in the Napa Valley.
Eric Asimov has said of Steve’s wines, “Matthiasson wines bear an agricultural stamp, as fresh, lively and alive as the best produce from a farmers’ market.”
In this episode we mention…
Native Seeds Search Organization
Gary Nabhan, author on native foods
Anson Mills, heritage rices
Chef Frank Stitt of Highlands Bar
Chef Rodney Scott, James Beard Award
Brownen Percival & Steve Matthiasson Sustainability Talks in London on Wine & Cheese
Premier Viticulture, Steves Vineyard Company
Tenets of Integrated Pest Management
• Monitoring
• Establishing an Economic Threshold
• Cultural Controls
2012 Limerick Lane Pinot Noir
14 Inkas Vodka
High Wire Distillery in Charleston, South Carolina
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