Maggie Harrison

The Path

The early training reads clearly in the method: Maggie Harrison worked as first assistant winemaker at Sine Qua Non until 2004, a period that helped set the disciplined, quietly exacting register that later defined her own winemaking. The value of that stretch is in the habits it formed—attention, restraint, and judgment built through repetition rather than rhetoric. In 2004, Harrison became head of winemaking of Lillian, a role she has held ever since, giving her work a long anchor point even as the rest of the portfolio expanded. The span of her practice is broader than a single address. Harrison is also head of winemaking of Antica Terra and head of winemaking of the Glories, while serving as founder and creative director of Yes Society and founder and creative director of Beauty School. Read together, those roles point to a maker working across different frameworks without changing the underlying discipline: the same concentration applied across rooms, labels, and expectations.

The Work Today

At Lillian, Harrison is head of winemaking. She is also head of winemaking at Antica Terra. In both roles, the title signals accumulated judgment rather than display; it describes a maker whose decisions are shaped by repetition, calibration, and control. The work here is less about performance than about listening closely to what the wine asks for, then answering with precision. Her own working question is plain: "What’s the most beautiful thing I can do in this moment?" It functions less as a slogan than as a practical filter, keeping the work pointed toward clarity, balance, and intent. The line fits a career organized around specific wine decisions, where the meaningful move is often the smallest one made at the right time.

Signature

Maggie's signature wines include Lillian. The name marks a long association with the project and serves as shorthand for the consistency and style that have made the work recognizable over time.

In Their Words “The way that I learned to make wine is by keeping my head down.” “What’s the most beautiful thing I can do in this moment?”

Acclaim

The recognition attached to Harrison’s career is built on continuity and range: first assistant winemaker at Sine Qua Non; head of winemaking at Lillian; and head of winemaking at Antica Terra. The sequence traces a move from apprenticeship to authority, and from a formative setting to a wider body of work that continues with the same steady purpose.