Women Pinot Noir Winemakers

Here is a current list of lead women winemakers at wineries that focus completely or at least some production on Pinot Noir. My apologies to any women Pinot Noir winemakers I may have left out. There are also many women who are consulting winemakers, assistant winemakers and enologists, winery owners, and viticulturists that are not included in this list. * signifies that the winery's Pinot Noir has been reviewed in the PinotFile.

We probably shouldn’t be even talking bout women winemakers of Pinot Noir as if they were a different species. The discussion of any Pinot Noir starts with what is in the bottle or the glass, only secondarily moves to a discourse on who produced the wine. Female winemakers prefer to be called winemakers just like it makes no sense for men to be called men winemakers. Women have a touch with Pinot Noir and here are some winemakers to seek out.

Abiouness: Nicole Abiouness

*Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards: Samra Morris

*Anaba Wines: Katy Wilson

Artesa Vineyards & Winery: Ana Diogo-Draper

*Banshee Wines: Alicia Sylvester

*Bacigalupi VineyardsL Ashley Herzberg

Bennett Valley Cellars: Toni Stockhausen

*Blagden Wines: Catherine Blagden

*Bogle Vineyards: Dana Stemmler

*Bouchaine Vineyards: Chris Kajani

*Bruliam: Kerith Overstreet

*Bryter Estates: Kari Auringer

*Cakebread Cellars: Stephanie Jacobs

*Cambria Estate Vineyard & Winery: Denise Shurtleff, Jill DelaRiva Russell

*Carol Shelton Wines: Carol Shelton

Casa Carneros: Melissa Moravac

Casa Dumetz: Sonja Magdevski

*Castle Rock Winery: Meghan Rech

Cattleya and Alma de Cattleya: Bibiana Gonzalez Rave

*Chateau St. Jean Winery & Vineyards: Margo Van Staaveren

*Cuvaison Estate Wines: Sally Nightingale

D. Volk Wines: Dana Volk

Dalfonso-Curran Wines: Kris Curran

*De La Montanya Estate Vineyards & winery: Tami Collns

*Dehlinger Winery: Eva Dehlinger

Derbes Wines: Cecile Lemerle-Derbes

Ektimo Vineyards: Lisa Bishop Forbes

*El Molino: Lily Oliver Berlin

*Ferrari-Carano: Sarah Quider, Rebecka Deike

*Fiddlehead: Kathy Joseph

Flowers Vineyards & Winery: Chantal Forthun

Francis Ford Coppola Winery: Andrea Furber Card

*Freeman Vineyards & Winery: Akiko Freeman

Gallo Signature Series: Gina Gallo

Garnet Vineyards: Alison Crowe

*Gary Farrell Winery & Vineyards: Theresa Heredia

*Greenwood Ridge Vineyards: Victoria Wilson

*Hirsch Vineyards: Jasmine Hirsch

Horse & Plow: Suzanne Hagins (formerly Lutea)

*Inman Family Wines: Kathleen Inman

*J Vineyards & Winery: Nicole Hitchcock

Joel Gott Wines: Alisa Jacobson, Chelsea Barrett, Sarah Gott

*Ketcham Estates Winery: Tami Collins

*Kitá: Tara Gomez

Kynsi Winery: Gwen Othman

*La Rue: Katy Wilson

LaMontagne Winery: Kimberly Smith

Land of Promise: Diana Karren

*Lazy Creek Vineyards: Christy Ackerman

Lincourt Wines: Lorna Kerutz

*LOBO Wines: Victoria Coleman

Lucas & Lewellen: Megan McGrath Gates

*Lumen Wines: Lane Tanner

*MacRostie Winery & Vineyards: Heidi Bridenhagen

*Maggy Hawk: Sarah Wuethrich

Marcassin: Helen Turley

*Martin Ray Vineyards & Winery: Leslie Mead Renaud

*Martinelli: Courtney Wagoner, Erin Green

*Matrix Winery: Diane Wilson, Victoria Wilson

*Merry Edwards Wines: Heidi Von Der Mehden

Metzker Family Estates: Melissa Apter Castro

*Migration: Dana Epperson

Miner Family Winery: Stacy Vogel

Mojave Wines: Rebecca George

*Neely: Shalini Sekhar

Niner Wine Estates: Molly Bohlman

*Oakwild Ranch Toboni Vineyard and Kastania Vineyards: Leslie Sisnerot

*Onward Wines: Faith Armstrong-Foster

Pahlmeyer: Jennifer Williams

*Peake Ranch Vineyard: Wynne Solomon

*Peay Vineyards: Vanessa Wong

*Pfendler Vineyards: Erica Stancliff

Riverbench Winery & Vineyard: Clarissa Nagy

Robert Mondavi Winery: Megan Schofield

Sapphire Hill: Tami Callins

Scheid Vineyards: Marta Kraftzeck

School House Vineyard: Sally Johnson

*Seagrape Wine Company: Karen Steinwachs

Selby Winery: Susie Selby

Shannon Ridge Family of Wines: Annette Hoff Danzer

Shokrian Vineyard: Morgan Clendenen

Simi Winery: Melissa Stackhouse (previously La Crema, Jackson Family Wines, J Vineyards & Winery, Meiomi)

*Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards: Zidanelia Arcidiacono

Stolo Family Vineyards: Nicole Pope

Storrs Winery: Pamela Storrs

*Taft Street Winery: Melissa Kuhn

*Tessier: Kristie Tacey

Tolay Springs Winery: Julia Iantosca

*Trombetta Family Wines: Erica Stancliff

Truett Hurst Winery: Virginia Lambrix

*Tulocay Winery: Brie Cadman

Valdez Family Winery: Elizabeth Valdez

*Waits-Mast Family Cellars: Shalini Sekhar

*WALT: Alison Frichtl Hollister, Megan Paredes Gunderson

*WesMar: Denise Hubbard Selyem

*Wonderment Wines: Stephanie Cook

*Wrath: Sabrina Rodems

*A to Z Wineworks: Cheryl Francis

*Airlie Winery: Elizabeth Clark

*Adelsheim Vineyard: Gina Hennen

*Analemma Wines: Kris Fade

*Anne Amie Vineyards: Gabriela Sepulveda Vignes

*Antica Terra: Maggie Harrison

Archery Summit Winery: Anna Matzinger

Ardiri Wine: Gail Lizak

Björnson Vineyard: Pattie Björnson

Boedecker Cellars: Athena Pappas

Coleman Vineyards: Kim Coleman

Day Wines: Brianne Day

*De Ponte: Isabelle Dutarte

*Domaine Drouhin Oregon: Veronique Drouhin-Boss

*Domaine Serene: Rachel Zasadni (long-time assistant)

*Et Fille Wines: Jessica Mozeico

Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein Winery: Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein

Geodesy: Magan Baccittich

*Ghost Hill Cellars: Rebecca Pittock-Shouldis

HelioTerra: Anne Hubatch

Hip Chicks Do Wine: Renee Neely and Laurie Lewis

Honeywood Winery: Marlene K. Gallick

*Jackson Family Wines: Eugenia Keegan

*Kelley Fox Wines: Kelley Fox

*Kramer Vineyards: Kimberly Kramer

Lavinea: Isabelle Meunier

*LUMOS: Julia Cattrall

Matzinger Davies Wines: Anna Matzinger

*Maysara Winery*: Tahmiene Momtazi

Omero Cellars: Sarah Cabot

OO Wines: Wynne Peterson-Nedry

*Ponzi: Louisa Ponzi

*Phelps Creek: Alexandrine Roy

*Privé Vineyard: Piper Underbrink

*Penner-Ash Wine Cellars: Lynn Penner-Ash

Quarantine Wine: Sarah Cabot

Ransom: Julia Cattrall

Redman Vineyard & Winery: Cathy Redman

Ridgecrest Wines: Wynne Peterson-Nedry

RR Wines: Wynne Peterson-Nedry

*Stoller Family Estate: Kate Payne-Brown, Melissa Burr

Stone Wolf Vineyards: Linda Lindsay

Stoney Wines: Donna Stoney

Southeast Wine Collective and Divison Wine Company: Kate Norris

Sweet Cheeks Winery: Lorrie Normann

*Tyee Cellars: Merrilee Buchanan

Union Wine Company: Meredith McGough, Joanna Engel

*Westrey Wine company: Amy Wesselman

*Willamette Valley Vineyards: Christine Clair

*Willful Wine Co.: Pam Walden

*Winter’s Hill Vineyard: Delphine Gladhart

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