Portrait of Marc Goldberg
i. Biography
For more than three decades, Marc Goldberg has built a winemaking identity around constraint: one grape, one estate, one sustained set of decisions at Windward. In a trade that often prizes range, the work here is defined by repetition, attention, and the slower gains that come from staying with a site long enough to learn its edges.
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Today, Marc Goldberg is co-founder of Windward Vineyards & Winery and owner and operator of Windward Vineyard. Those roles mark continuity as much as position. At Windward, the emphasis has stayed on the character of the land and the discipline of estate work, with the winery’s identity taking shape through accumulation rather than reinvention.
Where They Are Now
The estate’s specialty is Pinot Noir, produced exclusively under his direction for more than three decades. That kind of concentration gives a winery a narrow working field and a deep archive of vintages. Under Goldberg’s direction, Windward has remained centered on this variety, a focused lane that leaves room for nuance, precision, and the kind of judgment that only builds over time.
In Their Words Taken together, these remarks point to a working life shaped by long perspective as much as by vineyard practice. Goldberg frames experience as a kind of accumulated reference, and ties that outlook to values formed outside the winery as well. The result is a view of craft that is measured, historical, and grounded in inheritance.
Honors
No specific award is named for Marc Goldberg.
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As of 2026, Marc Goldberg is Owner and Operator.
What is Marc Goldberg known for?
Pinot Noir.
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