Steve Mattiasson

Steve is the owner/farmer/winemaker of Matthiasson Wines, founded in 2003. He makes a number of different restrained and classically balanced wines from both common and uncommon varieties. He has been named Winemaker of the Year by both Food and Wine Magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle, and been nominated six times for the James Beard Award. Steve is a co-author of the California Code of Sustainable Winegrowing. He has provided consulting since 1995 to many vineyards including Araujo, Dalla Valle, Spottswoode, David Arthur, Chappellet, Two Wolves, Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, Accendo, Antinori, and others. Along with his wife Jill, Steve farms his own Certified Organic family vineyards and tree fruit orchards in the Napa Valley.

Steve received his BA in Philosophy from Whittier College in 1991 and his MS in Horticulture from UC Davis in 1996. He has been a member of the review committee for the American Vineyard Foundation, a Director of the Napa County Farm Bureau, a Board Member of the Applied Ecologists Foundation, the past President of the Association of Applied Integrated Pest Management Ecologists, and past Chair of the Viticulture Committee for the California Enological Research Association. He is currently the Co-Chair of the 280 Project, a pathway for BIPOC people into the wine business.