August 18th – Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards is happy to announce that Matt Ward, previously of Atelier Melka, has joined the staff as Winemaker.
Steve Satisfaction: “Matt is a tremendous younger man. By his onerous work, inquisitiveness and experimentation, he has developed as a lot perception into all facets of the winemaking course of as any winemaker I’ve ever met … and he’s simply getting getting into his profession! His mixture of type persona, pure management abilities and winemaking intelligence is simply what we want at Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards to proceed our evolving 30-year quest of constructing the most effective wines we are able to from our property.”
Born and raised within the Midwest, Matt packed up his automotive in 2010 and adopted his dream of constructing wine to Northern California. Beneath the mentorship of Kerry Damskey, he rose by the manufacturing ranks in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley. Nonetheless hungry for data after asking all of the questions he knew to ask, Matt pursued his graduate diploma in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis. Upon receiving his Grasp of Science diploma, he accepted a harvest place at Screaming Eagle and spent seven months within the cellar there earlier than heading to New Zealand to guide a staff making Bordeaux varieties at Craggy Vary. Again in California for harvest 2017, Matt joined Atelier Melka, the place he has been making wines for over 20 shoppers these previous 5 years, managing over 100 ferments annually, from vineyards throughout all of Napa and Sonoma. As Affiliate Winemaker to his mentors, Philippe Melka and Maayan Koschitzky, Matt has produced a number of the best latest wines to lately come out of Napa and Sonoma, garnering a formidable variety of 100-point crucial critiques for his many distinct wines.
Matt Ward: “I’m thrilled to affix the Satisfaction staff as winemaker. The vineyards, aside from being absurdly stunning, produce wines which are pure expressions of the distinctive website. Director of Winegrowing, Steve Satisfaction, and the staff he has drawn to his orbit are great and have welcomed me with open arms. I sit up for working alongside Steve to raise, and outline, Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards for a few years to return.”
About Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards
Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards is situated on 235 acres draped throughout the crest of the Mayacamas Mountains which can be the county line separating Napa from Sonoma. Based in 1990 by Jim and Carolyn Satisfaction, the vineyard has been owned by their kids Suzanne Satisfaction Bryan and Steve Satisfaction since 2004. The 85 acres of vines profit from south-facing exposures, reside above the marine fog layer and are blessed with cool afternoons, a definite mixture that ends in advanced structured wines with concentrated flavors that nonetheless stay recent and nuanced. Along with its uniquely located vineyards, the property features a manufacturing facility with 23,000 sq. ft of caves, charmingly understated tasting room and the ruins of the historic Summit Ranch Vineyard, in-built 1890.
Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards is proud to have been served on the White Home greater than 30 instances and of its inclusion in Robert Parker Jr.’s guide, The World’s Biggest Wine Estates. Since 2013 when Journey Advisor first named Satisfaction Mountain Vineyards as the most effective vineyard to go to in america, the visitor expertise has continued to evolve and enhance with the objective of constructing every go to as pleasant, enjoyable, informative and personable as doable.
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