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Erin Green
Winemaker
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i. Biography
Raised in Sonoma County, Erin Green has built a career around blending and tasting wines, work that depends on close reading of vineyard character and the disciplined labor that carries grapes to a finished expression of place. The throughline is technical: patience at the bench, precision in the cellar, and a palate trained to sort detail from noise.
The Climb
Training at University of California, Davis gave Green a formal base before two part-time roles — with Helen Turley and at Sonoma-Cutrer — introduced the cadence of the trade. Those early positions were less about speed than accumulation: experience, judgment, and a working sense of how vineyard and cellar speak to one another. From there, the progression was steady. Green became winemaker at Vinwood Cellars in Sonoma County, then director of winemaking at Napa Wine Company, and later winemaker at Stone Creek. Each step widened the range of the work, leading to her role as director of winegrowing and winemaker at Pahlmeyer (2000–2012), where vineyard decisions and cellar execution sat together in her remit for more than a decade. That technical base carried into consulting work, where the value lies in steady evaluation and informed restraint. Erin later served as Consulting Winemaker at Flanagan Wines (until 2014), a role that reflects the kind of advisory practice built on long repetition rather than display. She is also Consulting Winemaker of Martinelli Winery (since 2010) and Consulting Winemaker of Ehret Family Winery, continuing to shape wines through close reading, careful blending, and patient tasting.
Today
Green makes wine for Ehret Family Winery and has also served as Consulting Winemaker at Martinelli Winery since 2010. The work remains consistent: read the vineyard, blend with discipline, and keep tasting until the wine settles into balance. Her career has moved through different sites and seasons, but the method has stayed the same — attention to nuance at the final blend.
Recognition
Her work sits in winemaking and consulting, with blending and tasting at the center. In a trade where the strongest results are often registered more than announced, Green’s record points to a practical authority: the ability to discern, refine, and guide a wine without losing sight of the vineyard origins that start the work. Return JSON {"page_md": "..."}.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
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Where did Erin Green train or study?
Erin Green trained at University of California, Davis.
What is Erin Green known for?
Blending and tasting wines.
