Margo Van Staaveren

Margo Van Staaveren is a California winemaker who joined Chateau St. Jean in 1980 as a laboratory technician after graduating from the University of California, Davis with a B.S. in Fermentation Science in 1979. She spent decades at Chateau St. Jean in Kenwood, ultimately serving as winemaker and general manager, and later expanded into Treasury Wine Estates leadership overseeing North Coast and luxury winemaking. In 2025, she was named Director of Winemaking for Beringer Vineyards while continuing broader Treasury responsibility across the North Coast portfolio.